You sure? Czechs have their best defencemen this year, but our best d corps are below average in AHL at best and there is small sample of them, we haven’t had all of them until now.
WC: Team Finland 2019 men's World Championships roster talk
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Good game! important to win at least one of the games against Canada/USA. Even more important to win now when they have changed the semifinals format.
IIHF - Semi-final format changed
IIHF - Semi-final format changed
Nothing surprising about Finland winning today. Finland was better prepared with excellent coaching staff. Hopefully this good preparation by Finland will get us wins over Slovakia and USA as well.
I'm Helsinki based and think so too about Jalonen. Only Erkka Westerlund and Kari Jalonen come close. Also personally I liked Raimo Summanen, but Summanen's and Kari Jalonen's jobs as the head coach both ended too soon for different reasons.
I'm Helsinki based and think so too about Jalonen. Only Erkka Westerlund and Kari Jalonen come close. Also personally I liked Raimo Summanen, but Summanen's and Kari Jalonen's jobs as the head coach both ended too soon for different reasons.
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Anttila as a captain reminds me of Talvitie as a captain. Hard-working and big heart & soul kinda guys.
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Weird that he haven't captained a team before.
Why is Tyrväinen starting instead of Luostarinen? Luostarinen were great last night.
I'm fine that Lankinen starts again.
There's one player who sort of stands out, and I don't mean Anttila 
Anttila really only has been in beastmode for couple years and he blossomed under Jalonen's tenure in Jokerit. Still, I wouldn't be surprised if Anttila became Jokerit captain next season too. Fans really love him.
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We need only Marko Anttila and Kaapo Kakko and we are good.
I said I didn't expect Kakko to be our "saviour" but he absolutely has been..
I said I didn't expect Kakko to be our "saviour" but he absolutely has been..
I remember the time when Anttila played for Ilves here in Tampere. We used to laugh at how clumsy he was and how he constantly made terrible decisions with the puck, largely because he wasn't able to look around him as he had to watch the puck all the time to keep it under control. When Geoff Platt had to play with Anttila, he was rolling his eyes and shaking his head a lot because you were unlikely to receive a pass from Marko when you got yourself open.
There was one thing Anttila was good at though when playing for Ilves: when he just skated with the puck back and forth from corner to corner in the offensive zone, he had a good chance of drawing a penalty because it was very difficult to strip the puck off of him cleanly. When he stopped skating from corner to corner and tried to create something, it usually didn't end well. I still remember it when Ilves was playing Jokipojat in the relegation series in 2010 and Anttila tried to do a Denis Savard spinorama around a Jokipojat D-man. It was one of the funniest things I've seen in Hakametsä. Needless to say he wasn't able to pull it off, but somehow he managed to stay on his feet, and that alone was a result with his skillset.
Yes both of them has been great, didn't expect Rajala and Ilomäki to be this good as well.We need only Marko Anttila and Kaapo Kakko and we are good.
I said I didn't expect Kakko to be our "saviour" but he absolutely has been..
I'm almost hoping for a loss against USA, i don't wan't that inevitable loss to happen in the QF
Yes both of them has been great, didn't expect Rajala and Ilomäki to be this good as well.
I'm almost hoping for a loss against USA, i don't wan't that inevitable loss to happen in the QF
I want a QF revenge from Switzerland. Hopefully Finland faces them, even though they are very good.
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We have 2 wins more than I expected in the first two games.
To exciting for me
, to big of a risk for a upset to me.Kristian Kuusela will make his WC debut against USA. He replaces Ilomäki in the first powerplay line.
Huikea Slovakia-voitto muisto vain – vähäpuheinen Jalonen kommentoi Kuuselan mahdollista MM-debyyttiä: "Katsoitte treenit, en minä jaksa tässä toistella"
Huikea Slovakia-voitto muisto vain – vähäpuheinen Jalonen kommentoi Kuuselan mahdollista MM-debyyttiä: "Katsoitte treenit, en minä jaksa tässä toistella"
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