Barkov
He was as good as him as a 15 year old. He missed over half of the season due to injury. He has the potential to be as good as him. But yeah he isn't going to score 48 points though.He is closer to Julius Nättinen than Barkov. People seem to have forgotten how good Barkov was as 16 year old, Kotkaniemi is not even close to that.
He was as good as him as a 15 year old. He missed over half of the season due to injury. He has the potential to be as good as him. But yeah he isn't going to score 48 points though.
There's a LiveArena for Finland but at least last season they only showed some A-Jr games: http://sports.livearena.com/Is there a way to watch finnish Jr A games online? How can I watch games (from the previous season) of Kotkaniemi, Kupari, Ylonen etc? Does Finland have something similar to the swedish LiveArena?
Seems you can buy access to previous games on LiveArena for 10 euros a month. Not sure if there are region blocks up or not.Is there a way to watch finnish Jr A games online? How can I watch games (from the previous season) of Kotkaniemi, Kupari, Ylonen etc? Does Finland have something similar to the swedish LiveArena?
That's not really a fair comparison to Kotkaniemi since he's been incredible unlucky with injuries thus far. In their -2 draft years they had very similar seasons statwise. Also Kotkaniemi was about 9 months younger.In their draft -1 years Barkov scored 16 points in 32 games in Liiga, along with 8 points in 5 u20 games. Kotkaniemi scored 15 points in 17 u20 games. Barkov was also the second or third line center for u20 Finland as a 16 year old. I like Kotkaniemi but Barkovs 16 year old season is on another level.
Don't go to Finnish LiveArena if you want to watch Jr.A. During the last season Finnish Ice Hockey Association made a deal with Fanseat which includes agreement that all the Jr. A should be broadcasted in Fanseat. After that nothing new arrived to LiveArena.
So if nothing changes, my advice would be to sign up in Fanseat and go to http://go.fanseat.com/. You can also find recordings of the last season games from there. Jr. A is Nuorten SM-liiga.
Is it free? (Fanseat)
No. 7,99€ per month. There is one month free trial though.
Oh yeah, my bad.Barkov was the youngest player of his draft. How could Kotkaniemi Be younger than him in his draft -2?
Kotkaniemi scored his first goal for Ässät men's team in his first game.