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According to IIHF's stats Kakko played only 14:30. That's third line minutes. I'm not sure if Jalonen is trying to rest him because they are playing B-tier countries or if he's just running four lines like all lines were first lines (a victim of a habit). I think it's more important to keep the kid on the top of the flow as opposed to have him on the bench taking it easy. Also I couldn't but help to wonder if Jalonen ever watched Kakko play powerplay in TPS. He's getting wasted away behind the goal while he would be the perfect player on the right wall. He can shoot as well as he can pass while Manninen doesn't really possess much of a threat either way.

Kakko had been head and shoulders ahead of the other forwards on the team before this and the game against the UK, but none of it really seem to matter. Couldn't but help to wonder why he wasn't on when we had 5 vs 3 powerplay, nor why he didn't play on the powerplay at the last minute. We literally have no other top tier goal scorers on this team so makes no sense to leave him out especially 5 vs 3.

Oh well, at least no one can make an argument for Kakko being handed anything whatsoever on the silver platter. Have to admit I'm not the biggest fan of this coach and we're in for an early exit once the real games begin unless Kakko makes something happen with the limited time & resources.
 
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Star Ocean said:
Kakko slowing down? Scoreless vs GB and France.
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He didn't play well against GB, but he was really solid today. I feel as if he's been horribly used by the coaching today though. Kakko should be running the PP, not be behind the net.
 
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According to IIHF's stats Kakko played only 14:30. That's third line minutes. I'm not sure if Jalonen is trying to rest him because they are playing B-tier countries or if he's just running four lines like all lines were first lines (a victim of a habit). I think it's more important to keep the kid on the top of the flow as opposed to have him on the bench taking it easy. Also I couldn't but help to wonder if Jalonen ever watched Kakko play powerplay in TPS. He's getting wasted away behind the goal while he would be the perfect player on the right wall. He can shoot as well as he can pass while Manninen doesn't really possess much of a threat either way.

Kakko had been head and shoulders ahead of the other forwards on the team before this and the game against the UK, but none of it really seem to matter. Couldn't but help to wonder why he wasn't on when we had 5 vs 3 powerplay, nor why he didn't play on the powerplay at the last minute. We literally have no other top tier goal scorers on this team so makes no sense to leave him out especially 5 vs 3.

Oh well, at least no one can make an argument for Kakko being handed anything whatsoever on the silver platter. Have to admit I'm not the biggest fan of this coach and we're in for an early exit once the real games begin unless Kakko makes something happen with the limited time & resources.
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He has only been playing around 14 minutes in the first of back to back games...they play tomorrow again, the early game. Only the 1st played more today, around 15-17 minutes. The coach doesn't want to wear out the team so the ice time has been very even in the first of back to backs.
 
I thought he had a better game than against GB. Still not his best, but it might be possible that now that he has had some good success and goals, he expects himself to score, to be the leader and carry our team. We can put pressure on him, but we don't know how much he feels pressure for himself to score and be on the scoreboard.
 
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The Crypto Guy said:
He has only been playing around 14 minutes in the first of back to back games...they play tomorrow again, the early game. Only the 1st played more today, around 15-17 minutes. The coach doesn't want to wear out the team so the ice time has been very even in the first of back to backs.
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No they don't play tomorrow, they play the day after tomorrow.

I don't think I've ever seen an early game after a late one back-to-back anyway.
 
apparently people still have faith :sarcasm:

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The Crypto Guy said:
He has only been playing around 14 minutes in the first of back to back games...they play tomorrow again, the early game. Only the 1st played more today, around 15-17 minutes. The coach doesn't want to wear out the team so the ice time has been very even in the first of back to backs.
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You need to re-check the schedule.

FinPanda said:
I thought he had a better game than against GB. Still not his best, but it might be possible that now that he has had some good success and goals, he expects himself to score, to be the leader and carry our team. We can put pressure on him, but we don't know how much he feels pressure for himself to score and be on the scoreboard.
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The strange part of it is that he's been doing exactly that, carrying the team when it counts. Meaning excluding the punch-bag countries like France and UK, he's been delivering and playing well. Now his ice time suddenly drops down to 14:36 & 14:30, which means it's practically impossible to come out with multi-point games and in hot streak. There's plenty of time to rest with no back to back games and keeping up top form is far more important than getting rest when you don't really need it. He's being misutilized on the powerplay and being held on the bench on EV for no good reason. I'd get that if we had some NHL players who needed more TOI, but we don't. Kakko is the best forward if not the player in this team and we're heavily dependant of him excelling well. Lets hope this is Jalonen playing save, otherwise the journey is going to end pretty damn soon.
 
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ijuka said:
No they don't play tomorrow, they play the day after tomorrow.

I don't think I've ever seen an early game after a late one back-to-back anyway.
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Ah my mistake, not back to back. Thanks IIHF for your terrible web format :laugh: Regardless same holds true, the coach spread the ice time out very evenly this game throughout the lineup.
 
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You need to re-check the schedule.



The strange part of it is that he's been doing exactly that, carrying the team when it counts. Meaning excluding the punch-bag countries like France and UK, he's been delivering and playing well. Now his ice time suddenly drops down to 14:36 & 14:30, which means it's practically impossible to come out with multi-point games and in hot streak. There's plenty of time to rest with no back to back games and keeping up top form is far more important than getting rest when you don't really need it. He's being misutilized on the powerplay and being held on the bench on EV for no good reason. I'd get that if we had some NHL players who needed more TOI, but we don't. Kakko is the best forward if not the player in this team and we're heavily dependant of him excelling well. Lets hope this is Jalonen playing save, otherwise the journey is going to end pretty damn soon.
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Who cares, he spread the ice time evenly for the most part. This was a nothing game that should have been much worse than 3-0. Why risk injuries a few days before the elimination round starts?
 
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Devil in the detail said:
Now it's the coach's fault why Kakko is not scoring. Because when he was scoring the first couple of games the coach did everything right.
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Is this the hill you really want to die on if we're going by stats for Hughes/Kakko?

Kakko could be used incorrectly, just like Hughes is not being put in many situations to get points, as well.
 
But Kakko was dominating against men... He should be scoring at ease, especially against weaklings like GB and France.

It's all the coach's fault for cutting his minutes and not putting him in the right situations.
 
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But Kakko was dominating against men... He should be scoring at ease, especially against weaklings like GB and France.

It's all the coach's fault for cutting his minutes and not putting him in the right situations.
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If we're going to use stupid logic, Hughes has 1 point in the entire tournament.....

That being said, both that and your argument are trash and shouldn't be used by anyone in general.
 
It was a solid game for him, didn't take any penalties, didn't blow any coverages, had a few good scoring chances and a few more good dishes that could have resulted in goals. As said here already tho, he could have a few more points in the tournament if his PP deployment wasn't so asinine. He has a better shot than propably anybody else out there AND he's a way better distributor yet they put him behind the goal and then don't even run any plays by him.

People just look at teams like France and expect them to be blown up but the fact is this team is still devoid of any NHL talent outside of Kakko so there isn't gonna be any feasting on the weak countries.
 
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The Crypto Guy said:
Who cares, he spread the ice time evenly for the most part. This was a nothing game that should have been much worse than 3-0. Why risk injuries a few days before the elimination round starts?
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Wakey wakey. One can count with two fingers the number of games where he has breached even 15 minutes, despite of being the best forward of the team in most of the games. Kakko played 14:20 against Denmark, 12:35 against Slovakia and whopping 15:13 against Canada, so it's not as like we are talking about "just a couple of games". So go ahead then, calculate the average TOI in his tournament and while at it, come back with the results and lets talk some more.

When your coach distributes minutes equally it's never good if you're in it for the win since the best players are who suffer. Of course we're not dealing with just that but rather questionable PP utilization as well (what the heck is he doing behind the goal), well that is of course unless you can come back with even remotely good argument how Manninen is the better playmaker/scorer out of the two. I'm all ears.

How Jalonen runs the team is systematic, not just random game coincidence as we can see going back to game one. If anything that just makes it all the more impressive for Kakko but not good for the team in the long run as far as "getting anywhere" comes. That's his trademark. But yeah let see what happens after the group stage and if Kakko is still skating 12-14+ minutes a game (that is if we even get past the first round).
 
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Why in hell Jalonen should use team in evenly in a non mattering games?

To get Kakko points and tire him?
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Yeah I'm confused as well with why people are getting worked up over his deployment in recent games. Getting lots of points and stat-padding isn't super impressive especially to a scout (what he has done this whole tournament though is extremely impressive).

I personally think Jalonen has done phenomenally with this Finland team (and Kakko).
 
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He generated several chances, such as a couple of partial breakaways and some good chances for his linemates with his passes. He can't and won't be scoring a highlight goal every game, but that doesn't mean he didn't have a good game.
 
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