Finnish all-star?

[SamiK]

Who are/were your favorite finnish players in the nhl? Please make 1st & 2nd finnish all-stars.

Guess I'll have to give it a try myself:

1st:
Esa Tikkanen-Matti Hagman- Jari Kurri
Teppo Numminen-Reijo Ruotsalainen
Miikka Kiprusoff

2nd:
Jere Lehtinen-Saku Koivu-Teemu Selänne
Jyrki Lumme-Risto Siltanen
Kari Takko

Some other good players: S. Kapanen, Ruuttu, Jokinen, Skriko (f)
Rautakallio, Timonen, Niinimaa (d)
Markkanen, Nurminen (g)

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[KOVALEV10*]

Who are/were your favorite finnish players in the nhl? Please make 1st & 2nd finnish all-stars.

Guess I'll have to give it a try myself:

1st:
Esa Tikkanen-Matti Hagman- Jari Kurri
Teppo Numminen-Reijo Ruotsalainen
Miikka Kiprusoff

2nd:
Jere Lehtinen-Saku Koivu-Teemu Selänne
Jyrki Lumme-Risto Siltanen
Kari Takko

Some other good players: S. Kapanen, Ruuttu, Jokinen, Skriko (f)
Rautakallio, Timonen, Niinimaa (d)
Markkanen, Nurminen (g)

Hagman from what I saw of him in NHL he's not better then Koivu so reverse both players and I pretty much agree with your picks.

 

[Know Your Enemy]

1st
Tikkanen-Koivu-Kurri
Numminen-Ruotsalainen
Kiprusoff

2nd
Lehtinen-Sinisalo-Selanne
Siltanen-Lumme
Nurminen

3rd
Skriko-Ruuttu-S. Kapanen
Timonen-Rautikallio
Toskala

 

[f1nn]

I think BLomquist deserves a honorable mention, maybe not the most skilled but a hard worker, great leader with awesome work ethic

 

[VanIslander]

While I was a huge fan of Tikkanen, and liked as Canucks Lumme and Skriko, pegged the Kipper as a future star when he as a Shark stoned St. Louis in the playoffs a couple of years ago, and I think Sami Kapanen is very underappreciated by HFboard posters...

Come on!

None of you have mentioned the most exciting young NHLer from Finland in the young blueliner Joni Pitkanen

After seeing two NHL games of the guy who had dominated the world juniors I knew he was the real deal!

Give it up for Joni!

 

[f1nn]

While I was a huge fan of Tikkanen, and liked as Canucks Lumme and Skriko, pegged the Kipper as a future star when he as a Shark stoned St. Louis in the playoffs a couple of years ago, and I think Sami Kapanen is very underappreciated by HFboard posters...

Come on!

None of you have mentioned the most exciting young NHLer from Finland in the young blueliner Joni Pitkanen

After seeing two NHL games of the guy who had dominated the world juniors I knew he was the real deal!

Give it up for Joni!

that's true Joni is AMAZING if you ask me.. but I think he needs a little bit more experience before we add him to the all time all star team

 

[SamiK]

Hagman from what I saw of him in NHL he's not better then Koivu so reverse both players and I pretty much agree with your picks.

You saw him play in NHL then? I've never seen a single NHL game by him, was around 11 when he returned to Europe. Yle (national broadcasting service) wasnt very interested on reporting or showing NHL games back then. I just remember how awesome he was in some of the games I did see...
Quote from Kurri:"Hakki was surely one of the best passers in the league. In some other team he would have gone far" Anyway, I guess it'd have been a very difficult situation for any center to play in the same team with #99 (who had 35 minute icetime per game).

 

[SamiK]

I think BLomquist deserves a honorable mention, maybe not the most skilled but a hard worker, great leader with awesome work ethic

I agree.

 

[f1nn]

I agree.

awesome a new finn welcome to hfboards

 

[pnep]

FWs

1- Tikkanen Esa -- Koivu Saku -- Kurri Jari

2- Skriko Petri -- Ruuttu Christian -- Selanne Teemu

3- Makela Mikko -- Hagman Matti -- Lehtinen Jere

4- Nieminen Ville -- Jokinen Olli -- Sinisalo Ilkka

Some other good players: Laaksonen Antti (LW), Kapanen Sami (RW)

DEFs

1- Lumme Jyrki -- Numminen Teppo

2- Niinimaa Janne -- Ruotsalainen Reijo

3- Salo Sami -- Siltanen Risto

4- Berg Aki -- Laukkanen Janne

Some other good DEFs: Timonen Kimmo, Rautakallio Pekka, Vaananen Ossi, Virta Hannu

Goalies

1- Kiprusoff Miikka

2- Nurminen Pasi

3- Takko Kari

4- Hurme Jani

Some other good Goalies: Markkanen Jussi, Noronen Mika, Toskala Vesa

 

[SamiK]

I had 2 search the net to learn who the heck is Juha Widing. Having seen his stats, he seems like a good player but hardly a finnish one. Swedish parents, played junior hockey in NA. The same goes for Sandström. He was a great player in his prime, but swedish (his parents moved to Sweden when he was little, played 4 Sweden in numerous tournaments etc...) I suppose they are finnish by the NHL standard, but not otherwise

Otherwise a good list.

 

[pnep]

Thanks for information!!!

 

[SamiK]

awesome a new finn welcome to hfboards

Thank you kindly, sir. Mohikaanjpiällikkö (Kuopijon kuninkas) aka Appelsiinj-mehu (O.J.) rulettaap oo-koo tiällä päen.

BTW, Kalpa will play in SM-liiga next season.

 

[SamiK]

Who are/were your favorite finnish players in the nhl? Please make 1st & 2nd finnish all-stars.

Guess I'll have to give it a try myself:

1st:
Esa Tikkanen-Matti Hagman- Jari Kurri
Teppo Numminen-Reijo Ruotsalainen
Miikka Kiprusoff

2nd:
Jere Lehtinen-Saku Koivu-Teemu Selänne
Jyrki Lumme-Risto Siltanen
Kari Takko

Some other good players: S. Kapanen, Ruuttu, Jokinen, Skriko (f)
Rautakallio, Timonen, Niinimaa (d)
Markkanen, Nurminen (g)

O.K. Maybe its time 2 move on...What about the other countries?
Sweden has had her fair share of great players: Loob, Gustafsson, Gradin, Steen, Sandström, Sundin, Forsberg, Alfredsson, Näslund... But for some reason it seems hard, at least for me, to name swedish defs that were big stars in NHL. Salming of coss, Öhlund is (kinda)...ummm...Ulf Samuelsson was a swede right? Goalies? Tommy Salo, Pelle Lindbergh.

So: Let me see your Swedish all time nhl all stars (1st, 2nd or more)

My suggestion:
Sandström, Forsberg, Alfredsson
Salming, Samuelsson
Pelle Lindbergh

Sundin and Näslund in 2nd line

It would be nice to see russian, czech etc. all stars as well.

And finally the ultimate challenge: european all-time nhl all stars
(remember: nhl players only)

 

[mcphee]

O.K. Maybe its time 2 move on...What about the other countries?
Sweden has had her fair share of great players: Loob, Gustafsson, Gradin, Steen, Sandström, Sundin, Forsberg, Alfredsson, Näslund... But for some reason it seems hard, at least for me, to name swedish defs that were big stars in NHL. Salming of coss, Öhlund is (kinda)...ummm...Ulf Samuelsson was a swede right? Goalies? Tommy Salo, Pelle Lindbergh.

So: Let me see your Swedish all time nhl all stars (1st, 2nd or more)

My suggestion:
Sandström, Forsberg, Alfredsson
Salming, Samuelsson
Pelle Lindbergh

Sundin and Näslund in 2nd line

It would be nice to see russian, czech etc. all stars as well.

And finally the ultimate challenge: european all-time nhl all stars
(remember: nhl players only)

I hope when you mention Naslund, you mean Le Petit Viking 'Mats'.

 

[SamiK]

I hope when you mention Naslund, you mean Le Petit Viking 'Mats'.

Well I wasnt, and am redder than a fire truck right now. He just slipped my mind somehow. Correction: 2 x M. Näslund in the 2nd all stars

 

[Crosby=Gretzky]

O.K. Maybe its time 2 move on...What about the other countries?
Sweden has had her fair share of great players: Loob, Gustafsson, Gradin, Steen, Sandström, Sundin, Forsberg, Alfredsson, Näslund... But for some reason it seems hard, at least for me, to name swedish defs that were big stars in NHL. Salming of coss, Öhlund is (kinda)...ummm...Ulf Samuelsson was a swede right? Goalies? Tommy Salo, Pelle Lindbergh.

So: Let me see your Swedish all time nhl all stars (1st, 2nd or more)

My suggestion:
Sandström, Forsberg, Alfredsson
Salming, Samuelsson
Pelle Lindbergh

Sundin and Näslund in 2nd line

It would be nice to see russian, czech etc. all stars as well.

And finally the ultimate challenge: european all-time nhl all stars
(remember: nhl players only)

And I've made WORLD all-starteams with 30 forward lines and 15-20 D-pairings. Anyone who wants to take a look.

 

[Ogopogo*]

Who are/were your favorite finnish players in the nhl? Please make 1st & 2nd finnish all-stars.

Guess I'll have to give it a try myself:

1st:
Esa Tikkanen-Matti Hagman- Jari Kurri
Teppo Numminen-Reijo Ruotsalainen
Miikka Kiprusoff

2nd:
Jere Lehtinen-Saku Koivu-Teemu Selänne
Jyrki Lumme-Risto Siltanen
Kari Takko

Some other good players: S. Kapanen, Ruuttu, Jokinen, Skriko (f)
Rautakallio, Timonen, Niinimaa (d)
Markkanen, Nurminen (g)

I would trade Hagman with Selanne. Otherwise, pretty good selections.

 

[pnep]

My "All Sweden" Team:

FW

1- Naslund Markus -- Forsberg Peter -- Sandstrom Tomas

2- Naslund Mats -- Sundin Mats -- Alfredsson Daniel

3- Holmstrom Tomas -- Nilsson Kent -- Loob Hakan

4- Modin Fredrik -- Steen Tom -- Dahlen Ulf

Some other good players: Gradin Thomas (C), Kallur Anders (RW), Renberg Mikael (RW)

DEFs

1- Lidstrom Nicklas -- Salming Borje

2- Persson Stefan -- Samuelsson Ulf

3- Olausson Fredrik -- Johansson Calle

4- Samuelsson Kjell -- Jonsson Tomas

Some other good DEFs: Albelin Tommy

G

1- Lindbergh Pelle

2- Salo Tommy

3- Hedberg Johan

 

[pnep]

My "All Czech" Team:

FWs

1- Elias Patrik -- Holik Bobby -- Jagr Jaromir

2- Klima Petr -- Straka Martin -- Hejduk Milan

3- Rucinsky Martin -- Nedved Petr -- Sykora Petr

4- Kron Robert -- Pivonka Michal -- Dvorak Radek

Some other good players:Grosek Michal (LW), Pouzar Jaroslav (LW), Reichel Robert (C), Havlat Martin (RW)

DEFs

1- Svoboda Petr -- Hamrlik Roman

2- Smehlik Richard -- Slegr Jiri

3- Kaberle Tomas -- Malik Marek

4- Skoula Martin -- Kubina Pavel

Goalies

1- Hasek Dominik

2- Turek Roman

3- Cechmanek Roman

 

[pnep]

"Slovakian All-Stars"

FWs

1- Satan Miroslav -- Stastny Peter -- Bondra Peter

2- Stastny Anton -- Stumpel Jozef -- Demitra Pavol

3- Zednik Richard -- Nagy Ladislav -- Palffy Zigmund

4- Gaborik Marian -- Vasicek Josef -- Hossa Marian


DEFs

1- Chara Zdeno -- Svehla Robert

2- Suchy Radoslav -- Majesky Ivan

3- Lintner Richard -- Strbak Martin

4- Malec Tomas -- Smrek Peter

Goalies

 

[pnep]

"Russian All-Stars"

1- Kozlov Vyacheslav -- Fedorov Sergei -- Bure Pavel

2- Kamensky Valeri -- Yashin Alexei -- Mogilny Alexander

3- Kovalchuk Ilya -- Larionov Igor -- Kovalev Alexei

4- Khristich Dmitri (Ukr.) -- Zhamnov Alexei -- Makarov Sergei

Some other good players:Samsonov Sergei (LW), Brylin Sergei (C), Nemchinov Sergei (C), Bure Valeri (RW)

DEFs

1- Ozolinsh Sandis (Lat.) -- Zubov Sergei

2- Gonchar Sergei -- Konstantinov Vladimir

3- Fetisov Viacheslav -- Zhitnik Alexei (Ukr.)

4- Mironov Dmitri -- Karpovtsev Alexander

Goalies

1- Khabibulin Nikolai

2- Nabokov Evgeni

3- Irbe Arturs (Lat.)

 

[pnep]

and finaly, "Europe All-Stars"

FWs

1- Naslund Markus -- Forsberg Peter -- Jagr Jaromir

2- Tikkanen Esa -- Fedorov Sergei -- Kurri Jari

3- Elias Patrik -- Sundin Mats -- Selanne Teemu

4- Naslund Mats -- Stastny Peter -- Bure Pavel

DEFs

1- Lidstrom Nicklas -- Salming Borje

2- Ozolinsh Sandis -- Zubov Sergei

3- Persson Stefan -- Gonchar Sergei

4- Svoboda Petr -- Konstantinov Vladimir

Goalies

1- Hasek Dominik

2- Kolzig Olaf

3- Turek Roman

 

[Crosby=Gretzky]

and finly, "WORLD All-Stars"

FWs

1- Naslund Markus -- Forsberg Peter -- Jagr Jaromir

2- Tikkanen Esa -- Fedorov Sergei -- Kurri Jari

3- Elias Patrik -- Sundin Mats -- Selanne Teemu

4- Naslund Mats -- Stastny Peter -- Bure Pavel

DEFs

1- Lidstrom Nicklas -- Salming Borje

2- Ozolinsh Sandis -- Zubov Sergei

3- Persson Stefan -- Gonchar Sergei

4- Svoboda Petr -- Konstantinov Vladimir

Goalies

1- Hasek Dominik

2- Kolzig Olaf

3- Turek Roman

Great work. A know a goalie for Slovakia. Vlad Dzurilla(sp?). Just one thing:You must mean Eourope All-stars.

 

[pnep]

Just one thing:You must mean Eourope All-stars.

yes