WC: Team Finland 2019 men's World Championships roster talk
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ChicagoBullsFan
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GORDIEHOWE
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IceHockeyDude
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You forgot Hartikainen.
Him and many other Finns have played very efficiently in KHL this season.
Him and many other Finns have played very efficiently in KHL this season.
IceHockeyDude
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His having their first baby with her wife this spring so it won't be likely he will be interested in joining this year unfortunately.
ChicagoBullsFan
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ChicagoBullsFan
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Hartikainen added.
Can someone make list potential candidates upcoming men's world championships for those Finnish players who plays SHL and NLA ( i can't remember everyone)
Artorius Horus T
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There's not many thou, especially SHL, SHL's this season....kinda slim pickens, all together
SHL's top players this season are either 27-30+ vet Swedes or foreign players (none Finns)
NLA: Rajala&Pesonen?
Honestly, i wouldn't pick a single player from either of the leagues to this years Worlds.
Eye of Ra
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Just hope they go for skill/talent over experience. Watching 30 year olds who'll never be in NHL is not very exciting to me.
Which players are you referring to when you talk about skill/talent?
I hope they pick the players that give them the best chance to succeed in the tournament, no matter what the players' ages are. And I hope Kaapo Kakko is one of those players.
Kakko, Kupari, Heponiemi, Vesalainen, Niku... You probably get the theme. I'd like to see future NHL players and potential Olympic players over 30 year olds who'll spend their careers in Europe
ChicagoBullsFan
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I'd like to see Finland win the tournament even if you have to pick 30-year-old Euro-league players to achieve that goal. I guess that's not a very fashionable opinion. I don't think Rasmus Kupari is good enough to play in the men's WHC yet. Too much puck hogging. And Heponiemi might find it quite hard to play against NHL defensemen with his tiny frame.
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From the WJC 2019 team only Kakko, Tolvanen, Jokiharju and Vaakanainen are good enough for this tournament imo.
ChicagoBullsFan
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And Talvitie would have been at least in training camp without that ACL injury.
I don't think he was even near men's WHC level. He just doesn't have that much skill. Talvitie became totally overrated in Finland because of the high amount of points in a small sample size of matches.
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Sebastian Aho
Jesse Puljujärvi
Mikko Rantanen
Esa Lindell
Julius Honka
Kasperi Kapanen
Patrik Laine
Joel Armia
Artturi Lehkonen
Joonas Korpisalo
Markus Granlund
Joonas Donskoi
Better hope Barkov and Teräväinen comes...
Sebastian Aho
Jesse Puljujärvi
Mikko Rantanen
Esa Lindell
Julius Honka
Kasperi Kapanen
Patrik Laine
Joel Armia
Artturi Lehkonen
Joonas Korpisalo
Markus Granlund
Joonas Donskoi
Better hope Barkov and Teräväinen comes...
FinPanda
Barkov Stanley cup champ!
For the finnish players it usually means that. Players don´t want to represent men´s team even if they have a contract.
We tuly need Barkov and Teräväinen....
