If you could make....

[Koivu 11]

a Finnish National team with only using players 23 and under what would your teams look like? All I know is my top 2 centers would be T.Ruutu and M.Koivu!

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[andora]

well pitkanen and lehtonen are givens..

riku hahl perhaps.. he's still 23 i believe

maybe others like :

jussi jokinen
lasse kukkonen
jani rita
jesse niinimaki
tomi maki
tony salmelainen
ari ahonen


that's tough, i can't think of anyone else

 

[Vyse64]

jesse niinimaki

tony salmelainen

 

[Sampe]

Centers:

Tuomo Ruutu
Mikko Koivu
Jesse Niinimäki/Jarkko Immonen
Riku Hahl

Wingers:

Niklas Hagman (still 23 years old)
Antti Miettinen
Jani Rita
Tony Salmelainen
Tuomas Pihlman
Janne Laakkonen
Sean Bergenheim
Jarkko Immonen/Jesse Niinimäki
Jussi Jokinen

Defensemen:

Joni Pitkänen
Lasse Kukkonen
Tuukka Mäntylä
Ossi Väänänen
....????..... Anyone found some good young Finnish defensemen lately?

Goaltenders:

Kari Lehtonen
Ari Ahonen
Hannu Toivonen

Honorable mention: Antero Niittymäki, Jari Viuhkola, Jukka Voutilainen, Janne Pesonen and Tomek Valtonen among others.

The lists are in no particular order.

 

[mcarrick16]

Masi Marjamaki could be on the team I think