Prospect Info: 2023 91st Overall - Emil Pieniniemi

[Lust for Life]

Emil Pieniniemi at eliteprospects.com

Eliteprospects.com hockey player profile of Emil Pieniniemi, 2005-03-02 Kuopio, FIN Finland. Most recently in the Liiga with Kärpät. Complete player biography and stats.

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Ranked #135 by ELITEPROSPECTS.COM

Ranked #174 by FCHOCKEY

Ranked #125 by DAILY FACEOFF

Ranked #76 by THE HOCKEY NEWS

Ranked #191 by MCKEEN'S HOCKEY

Ranked #31 by NHL CENTRAL SCOUTING (EU Skaters)

Ranked #169 by DRAFT PROSPECTS HOCKEY

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[Dominance]

Hard to complain about a good-skating Finnish defenseman with a ton of room to add physical strength here.

 

[Ryder71]

He projects all over the place.

 

[The Grim Reaper]

He projects all over the place.

Welcome to the third round

 

[Empoleon8771]

The broadcast was speaking really highly of him, saying he plays in all situations, skates really well and is one of the best draft eligible D out of Finland this year.

No complaints here.

 

[Dennis Reynolds]

Based on the numbers where he was ranked, he seems like a bit of a reach.

And the ESPN guys said "depth" about five times when the pick came in. Also said he was very solid defensively.

Finns are my favorite, so I'm excited to see how he develops.

 

[Empoleon8771]

Based on the numbers where he was ranked, he seems like a bit of a reach.

And the ESPN guys said "depth" about five times when the pick came in. Also said he was very solid defensively.

Finns are my favorite, so I'm excited to see how he develops.

I think they meant that he was a depth D for Finland's WJC team.

 

[Randy Butternubs]

His name translates to "small peninsula".

 

[OtherThingsILike]

In case anyone stumbling into this thread is wondering why we picked 91st instead of 90th:



Also, both of the players we've picked so far were rated higher than we took them by The Hockey News and lower by just about everyone else. Lol.

 

[Empoleon8771]

EliteProspects seems to like him. Seems like he's really well defined defensively and has shown some offensive upside.

He actually gives me Pettersson vibes from what I'm reading.

 

[CheckingLineCenter]

Surprised you don’t go Perron there. Oh well.

 

[domaug]

I don't like the pick at all.

 

[HandshakeLine]

His name translates to "small peninsula".

Rude.

 

[Big McLargehuge]

Kuopio-born?

f***, I guess I'm a fan.

 

[Josey Wales]

Pittsburgh Penguins
@Penguins
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2m
Pieniniemi on being drafted by the Penguins: “I feel so good! I have been dreaming about it all my life… I’m a good two-way defenseman and can skate well.”

 

[Peat]

Surprised you don’t go Perron there. Oh well.

Words out of my mouth.


Not much more than a quiet shrug right now. One of only two u18 dmen to play in the Liiga this season - okay, only one game, but still impressive. But then... can't really find a Finnish dman who's made the NHL who wasn't a Liiga regular in D-1.

But hard to get excited about a guy who shows flashes of offensive skill in a league that feels pretty bad at developing that in dmen.

 

[mrzeigler]

His name translates to "small peninsula".

That was my nickname in high school

 

[The Great Mighty Poo]

I like consonants, thus I like this pick.

 

[The Old Master]

That was my nickname in high school

that's good enough for me, we will take you in the next round

 

[SEALBound]

I tend to like prospects whose names end in "niemi" therefore I like this kid.

Just from some of the scouting reports, sounds like a decent 3rd round pick for us. Something to consider, I wonder how much Dubas knew about guys out this far from his time in Toronto. Possible that he is getting two forms of scouting opinions. That said, I imagine he's leaning on the Penguins staff pretty hard which is fine. Just something I'd be curious about.

 

[Jacob]

Pittsburgh Penguins
@Penguins
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2m
Pieniniemi on being drafted by the Penguins: “I feel so good! I have been dreaming about it all my life… I’m a good two-way defenseman and can skate well.”

It’s funny how it reads like he said that unprompted.

 

[Dennis Reynolds]

Love the thread title. "91th overall"

It's clear that the thread was created when the Pens still had the previous pick, but the trade caught OP by surprise and he forgot update everything when he updated the number.

 

[Lust for Life]

Love the thread title. "91th overall"

It's clear that the thread was created when the Pens still had the previous pick, but the trade caught OP by surprise and he forgot update everything when he updated the number.

Guilty as charged.

 

[Jdodd]

Seems like we reached.. could have potentially got him at 142...

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

I tend to like prospects whose names end in "niemi" therefore I like this kid.

Just from some of the scouting reports, sounds like a decent 3rd round pick for us. Something to consider, I wonder how much Dubas knew about guys out this far from his time in Toronto. Possible that he is getting two forms of scouting opinions. That said, I imagine he's leaning on the Penguins staff pretty hard which is fine. Just something I'd be curious about.

I'd hope not considering how shitty our drafting has been the past, oh, decade.

To be honest, I'd rather Dubas be pushing for prospects that his Toronto staff viewed highly rather than whoever the Pens' staff views highly.