The center situation is veryyy bad.. Wirtanen will be out for the next 3-4 weeks so that leaves Jokerit with like 2 real centers. One of which is Niemi.
Didn't you also call the team trash in some Tolvanen thread few days ago?
Few weeks ago Kurri said that they were looking for a very good center but werent able to land one. Jokerit isn't the only team in KHL or Europe looking for centers.
Latest addition John Norman's last KHL season stats could have been better but he was still a 42 pts player in SHL plus he can play in center role or a wing.
Gladly Jokerit has quite a lot wingers who can play the center position so I wouldn't call it veryyy bad. For example O'Neill who normally is a winger, is looking quite good in his center role and Pihlström was used as a center in NT.
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Eeli Tolvanen showed his skills already in pre-season games and 3+1 in his first pro game with lethal wristers
Great start so far! I guess he has a place in the team now
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And I think Nicklas Jensen will score lot of goals also in KHL.