FiLe
Mr. Know-It-Nothing
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They don't both play. If Jokinen is healthy, no changes. If he isn't, Kiiskinen takes his place.If Kiiskinen and Jokinen play, where is Pesonen's place then?
They don't both play. If Jokinen is healthy, no changes. If he isn't, Kiiskinen takes his place.If Kiiskinen and Jokinen play, where is Pesonen's place then?
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They don't both play. If Jokinen is healthy, no changes. If he isn't, Kiiskinen takes his place.
Yes, Kiiskinen is in for the regular lineup in today's practice, because Jokinen didn't skate as "a precaution". Decisions for tomorrow's lineups will be made depending on whether Jokinen plays or not. All the other lines have been the exact same and no indication has been made that they'd be a subject of change.They said in Katsomo that Kiiskinen is in but Jokinen also plays. Dont know if thats true.
Jokinen is one mysterious player. Soft, fairly weak shot and not fast by any means. So how the hell did he ever manage to put up points in the NHL?
Okay okay i know how, but his place isnt on the top line.
Jokinen should be moved down, too bad we don't have any 1st line scorers in this team.Jokinen should be out of the roster or maybe take pyöräläs place at fourth. Kiiskinen to first line for a test in the next game.
But he's better than jokinen. I dont know tuppurainen that well but what ever, I would more likely try even him than keep Jokinen there.Jokinen should be moved down, too bad we don't have any 1st line scorers in this team.
And yeah Kiiskinen is NOT the answer for contending team's 1st line sniper
Tami said 1st line needs Komarov and move JJ down. I like the idea.
Komarov creates space and Koivu/Val can start scoring.
Komarov or Joensuu. Both would fit the role.Why Komarov? I said like less than a week ago that we should try Joensuu there. He brings more size than Komarov and even has more skill - which isnt very known fact about him.
Joensuu is the dark horse in this tournament, please Jalonen do it.
Why Komarov?
He was pretty good at it at the preliminaries.What has Kiiskinen done to deserve the first line winger's slot over Komarov/Joensuu?
Nice you say so yourself, since even if some radicality is needed, that's far too radical. First of all, what's with taking Filppula and Koivu apart? Those two have found each other just fine. The logic probably is to maintain Granlund - Pesonen connection (the Pesonen that was supposed to be useless... remember?) but that can be done simply by throwing Kapanen and Immonen around, though I would still give Immonen more time. He is the one who most reliably picks up his game when things start to be on the line. He's done so in his every WHC so far.It's pretty radical move to change all the lineups like this, but if we'd have few games to adjust, these would work very well.
Nice you say so yourself, since even if some radicality is needed, that's far too radical. First of all, what's with taking Filppula and Koivu apart? Those two have found each other just fine.
If the team can beat the lesser countries even with this lineup, then it should be kept that way or only go through fine-tuning changes. If you mix up the lines from scratch, you also enhance the risk of an upset or two to happen, and besides having a chance to topple the other elite countries, we also DO need points from these lesser countries to make it to the games that truly matter.
Another thing is this insane logic behind "adjusting" again when the tournament is underway. If the team can beat the lesser countries even with this lineup, then it should be kept that way or only go through fine-tuning changes. If you mix up the lines from scratch, you also enhance the risk of an upset or two to happen, and besides having a chance to topple the other elite countries, we also DO need points from these lesser countries to make it to the games that truly matter. To risk those points so that our team would have better odds at then regaining them from tougher opposition is just doing things bass-ackwards.