Jokerit 2021/2022 - Playoffs sucess incoming?

[Eye of Ra]

Team right now:

#30		Janne Juvonen (G)	26	1994	Kiihtelysvaara, FIN	185	85	L	22/23
#35		Sebastian Katajainen (G)	19	2001	Helsinki, FIN	183	71	L	21/22
#39		Anders Lindbäck (G)	33	1988	Gävle, SWE	199	100	L	22/23
#70		Samuli Tervo (G)	24	1997	Mänttä, FIN	193	87	L	21/22
DEFENSEMEN
#3		Niklas Friman (D/F)	27	1993	Rauma, FIN	189	88	L	21/22
#51		Alex Grant (D)	32	1989	Antigonish, NS, CAN	191	95	R	22/23
#52		Philip Holm (D)	29	1991	Stockholm, SWE	186	86	L	22/23
#4		Tommi Kivistö (D)	29	1991	Vantaa, FIN	186	95	L	21/22
#36		Jakub Krejcik (D)	29	1991	Praha, CZE	187	90	L	21/22
#40		Petteri Lindbohm (D)	27	1993	Helsinki, FIN	190	95	L	22/23
#53		Jaako Manninen (D)	20	2001	Vantaa, FIN	175	86	L	21/22
#34		Niko Mikkola (D/F)	24	1997	Oulu, FIN	175	75	R	21/22
#90		David Sklenicka (D)	24	1996	Rakovnik, CZE	180	82	L	21/22
#73		Oliver Tuhkanen (D)	20	2001	Vantaa, FIN	180	75	R	21/22
FORWARDS
#12		Marko Anttila (RW)	36	1985	Lempäälä, FIN	203	104	R	21/22+1
#42		Hannes Björninen (C/W)	25	1995	Lahti, FIN	185	86	L	22/23
#25		Henrik Haapala (LW/RW)	27	1994	Lempäälä, FIN	175	75	L	22/23
#72		Aleksi Halme (LW)	21	1999	Tampere, FIN	184	88	L	21/22
#33		Markus Hännikäinen (LW/RW)	28	1993	Helsinki, FIN	186	91	L	22/23
#54		Mathias Hänninen (F)	20	2001	Hamina, FIN	172	75	L	21/22
#48		Henri Ikonen (LW/C)	27	1994	Savonlinna, FIN	183	86	L	21/22
#17		Nicklas Jensen (RW/LW)	28	1993	Herning, DEN	191	98	L	22/23
#18		Jesse Joensuu (LW)	33	1987	Pori, FIN	193	96	L	21/22
#13		Julius Junttila (LW/RW)	29	1991	Oulu, FIN	179	81	L	21/22
#86		Kristjan Kombe (C/LW)	21	2000	Kuressaare, EST	187	81	L	21/22
		Tommi Laakso (F)	24	1997	Helsinki, FIN	191	96	L	21/22
#37		John Norman (C/W)	30	1991	Stockholm, SWE	180	83	L	21/22
#21		Brian O'Neill (RW/LW)	33	1988	Yardley, PA, USA	175	78	R	23/24
#81		Iiro Pakarinen (RW/LW)	29	1991	Suonenjoki, FIN	185	95	R	22/23
#10		Jordan Schroeder (C/RW)	30	1990	Lakeville, MN, USA	175	79	R	21/22
#61		Niclas Tenhovuori (F)	19	2002	Helsinki, FIN	190	96	R	21/22
#77		Teemu Turunen (LW/RW)	25	1995	Helsinki, FIN	179	84	L	21/22

[TBODY] [/TBODY]
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[TBODY] [/TBODY]

Added some good players in Holm, Turunen, Lindbohm and Juovonen.

Can Jokerit finally have some playoffs sucess? I think they have the players for it. Good mix beetwen skilled players and gritty players.

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[Jussi]

Fiscal report for the period between May 1st 2019 and April 30th 2020: Jokerit sai valtavan pääomalainan Norilsk Nickel Harjavalta Oy:ltä (iltalehti.fi)

11,27 million in the minus. Personnel expenses 15, 218 million.

 

[alko]

Can Jokerit finally have some playoffs sucess?

What is a success in this case? Gagarin Cup?

 

[Jussi]

New Covid restrictions in the Helsinki/Uusimaa region mean that Jokerit home games will begin without spectators.

 

[Exarz]

New Covid restrictions in the Helsinki/Uusimaa region mean that Jokerit home games will begin without spectators.

As of now the new restrictions are valid until 12 September meaning that only the first game against Traktor will be without spectators. After that we'll see but considering the overall negative response I'm certain some or at least vaccinated fans will be allowed into the games beyond this date.

 

[Jussi]

As of now the new restrictions are valid until 12 September meaning that only the first game against Traktor will be without spectators. After that we'll see but considering the overall negative response I'm certain some or at least vaccinated fans will be allowed into the games beyond this date.

The Coronapass won't be ready before October/November.

 

[Exarz]

1225 fans will be allowed at the home premiere against Traktor

 

[Exarz]

Update on the previous post as parts of the restrictions have been lifted. Around 50% of the capacity will be allowed to the home opener against Traktor

 

[Maritime Hockey]

Team right now:

#30		Janne Juvonen (G)	26	1994	Kiihtelysvaara, FIN	185	85	L	22/23
#35		Sebastian Katajainen (G)	19	2001	Helsinki, FIN	183	71	L	21/22
#39		Anders Lindbäck (G)	33	1988	Gävle, SWE	199	100	L	22/23
#70		Samuli Tervo (G)	24	1997	Mänttä, FIN	193	87	L	21/22
DEFENSEMEN
#3		Niklas Friman (D/F)	27	1993	Rauma, FIN	189	88	L	21/22
#51		Alex Grant (D)	32	1989	Antigonish, NS, CAN	191	95	R	22/23
#52		Philip Holm (D)	29	1991	Stockholm, SWE	186	86	L	22/23
#4		Tommi Kivistö (D)	29	1991	Vantaa, FIN	186	95	L	21/22
#36		Jakub Krejcik (D)	29	1991	Praha, CZE	187	90	L	21/22
#40		Petteri Lindbohm (D)	27	1993	Helsinki, FIN	190	95	L	22/23
#53		Jaako Manninen (D)	20	2001	Vantaa, FIN	175	86	L	21/22
#34		Niko Mikkola (D/F)	24	1997	Oulu, FIN	175	75	R	21/22
#90		David Sklenicka (D)	24	1996	Rakovnik, CZE	180	82	L	21/22
#73		Oliver Tuhkanen (D)	20	2001	Vantaa, FIN	180	75	R	21/22
FORWARDS
#12		Marko Anttila (RW)	36	1985	Lempäälä, FIN	203	104	R	21/22+1
#42		Hannes Björninen (C/W)	25	1995	Lahti, FIN	185	86	L	22/23
#25		Henrik Haapala (LW/RW)	27	1994	Lempäälä, FIN	175	75	L	22/23
#72		Aleksi Halme (LW)	21	1999	Tampere, FIN	184	88	L	21/22
#33		Markus Hännikäinen (LW/RW)	28	1993	Helsinki, FIN	186	91	L	22/23
#54		Mathias Hänninen (F)	20	2001	Hamina, FIN	172	75	L	21/22
#48		Henri Ikonen (LW/C)	27	1994	Savonlinna, FIN	183	86	L	21/22
#17		Nicklas Jensen (RW/LW)	28	1993	Herning, DEN	191	98	L	22/23
#18		Jesse Joensuu (LW)	33	1987	Pori, FIN	193	96	L	21/22
#13		Julius Junttila (LW/RW)	29	1991	Oulu, FIN	179	81	L	21/22
#86		Kristjan Kombe (C/LW)	21	2000	Kuressaare, EST	187	81	L	21/22
		Tommi Laakso (F)	24	1997	Helsinki, FIN	191	96	L	21/22
#37		John Norman (C/W)	30	1991	Stockholm, SWE	180	83	L	21/22
#21		Brian O'Neill (RW/LW)	33	1988	Yardley, PA, USA	175	78	R	23/24
#81		Iiro Pakarinen (RW/LW)	29	1991	Suonenjoki, FIN	185	95	R	22/23
#10		Jordan Schroeder (C/RW)	30	1990	Lakeville, MN, USA	175	79	R	21/22
#61		Niclas Tenhovuori (F)	19	2002	Helsinki, FIN	190	96	R	21/22
#77		Teemu Turunen (LW/RW)	25	1995	Helsinki, FIN	179	84	L	21/22

[TBODY] [/TBODY]
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
[TBODY] [/TBODY]

Added some good players in Holm, Turunen, Lindbohm and Juovonen.

Can Jokerit finally have some playoffs sucess? I think they have the players for it. Good mix beetwen skilled players and gritty players.

When you have a good Nova Scotia boy like Alex Grant you'll always be set up for success

 

[Jussi]

Jokerit sai valtiolta tukea yli 2 miljoonaa euroa – tappiota tuli silti yli 10 miljoonaa (iltalehti.fi)

10,2 million euro losses, turnover fell by almost 5 million euros. Government Covid aid was 1,5 million euros.

 

[rohky]

Jokerit is still on 1st place in the KHL Western Conference. Will it be a breakthrough season for them?

 

[Exarz]

Interesting article in Iltalehti regarding Jokerit's entry to the KHL (paywall):
Hyvästi, KHL? Jokereista kova väite: ”Venäläiset lopettavat Jokerien rahoittamisen”

Key notes:

• Harkimo states that the annexation of Crimea changed Jokerit's KHL fate completely. The team had several massive sponsorship deals ready for the inaugural season that all withdrew prior to the season.
• If he knew the outcome, Harkimo wouldn't have sold Jokerit. He states that the trade relations were like day and night in 2013.
• An anonymous source speculates that Jokerit will play this and the next season in the KHL, but not longer than that. Harkimo also adds that the day Jokerit stops receiving Russian money they will be forced to look for a new owner as it won't be viable to fund the team with the current ownership structure.
• Kalervo Kummola states that the reason he gav Jokerit permission to leave Liiga was an established plan of a European league with a Western and Eastern conference and keeping more national team players in Europe. Kummola also claims that one of the conditions to Jokerit's KHL entry was that the KHL would join the CHL with four teams.
• Former CEO Jukka Kohonen explains that Jokerit were able to negotiate their own TV contract, and when he was finalizing the TV rights with Yle the very same TV rights had been sold behind their back. The planned budget was 4 million euros. According to an inside source, Rotenberg just used Kohonen as a tool to analyze how much money the KHL could claim for the TV rights.
• Erkka Westerlund comments what he claims to be corruption in the early seasons as the referees favoured SKA and CSKA heavily. He claims, however, that this was not some foreign bias, but just a bias that favoured the two major clubs and that he experienced the same bias when coaching Salavat Yulaev.

Other interesting facts:

• Jokerit doubled the sponsorship income the second season compared to the final Liiga season. Gate-revenue was increased by 150%.
• Jokerit receives roughly 22 MUSD (about 20 MEUR) per year from Russia.
• The total franchise budget is around 25 MEUR, whereas taxes account for roughly 8-10 MEUR per year.

 

[vorky]

An anonymous source can speculate as much as he wish. One thing is evident, this anonymous source knows nothing about Jokerit/KHL plans.

Kummola´s statement on four KHL teams joining the CHL is interesting. If I remember, yes, it was the idea. But, the idea was blocked by Finnish CHL founding clubs, personally by Timo Everi. So, if Kummola wants to blame anybody, he needs to knock on Everi´s & friends doors. He can not blame the KHL or personally Medvedev for the outcome.

Kohonen is not right with negotiating of the television deal. It has never worked like he says.

Westerlund presenting his unproved wishis as reality.

Yeah, 25 million euro is some average KHL budget.

 

[Exarz]

Kummola´s statement on four KHL teams joining the CHL is interesting. If I remember, yes, it was the idea. But, the idea was blocked by Finnish clubs, personally by Timo Everi. So, if Kummola wants to blame anybody, he needs to knock on Everi´s & friends doors. He can not blame the KHL or personally Medvedev for the outcome.

Probably true. The KHL wanted that Jokerit was one of those 4 teams, but the CHL declined that proposition according to Kummola.

 

[vorky]

Probably true. The KHL wanted that Jokerit was one of those 4 teams, but the CHL declined that proposition according to Kummola.

Yeah, I have just found Medvedev´s statement from December 2013, here. I will translate below.

"We agreed on everything (regarding the CHL) with the IIHF, even on scheduling & competition´s format. But unfortunatelly, KHL clubs participation in the CHL is impossible for one reason. We reserve a right to determine who will represent the KHL for the innaugural season & we chose Jokerit who is joing the KHL next season. And this became a problem. I received an official letter claiming that the KHL´s development in Europe is not in the CHL´s interests. That statement is simply dumb. It is a very short-sighted position if they claim that keeping Jokerit out of the Champions Hockey League is the way how to stop the KHL development in Europe.

I think that every normal human being understands that the CHL without the KHL clubs will be the secondary tournament, its winner will never be able to call himself as European champion. The KHL thinks globally about development of hockey in all Eurasia, so I am forced to point out that the CHL´s decision is short-sighted & I am very sorry the CHL is beginning with this."

And, it is still a problem - the KHL wants to choose the clubs participating in the CHL, while the CHL wants to pick the KHL teams by themselve.

 

[Jussi]

Probably true. The KHL wanted that Jokerit was one of those 4 teams, but the CHL declined that proposition according to Kummola.

Yes, CHL wanted the 4 best clubs, not randomly assigned clubs. Kummola said this back then.

 

[vorky]

As expected, it was a fake news about Jokerit

 

[Jussi]

If you actually understood Finnish, you'd know that it's commenting on something the Iltalehti article didn't say.

 

[Jussi]

The way things are going, I don't think Jokerit will be playing any more games.

 

[Jaska]

There will be no spectators in Finland...

 

[Jaska]

Now Eteläpääty (the Jokerit fan org) demands Jokerit to leave KHL. Sorry for the link being only in Finnish.

Tiedotteet | Eteläpääty

 

[Exarz]

It would for sure be a complete suicide mission to continue playing in the KHL if the situation continues in the current direction. Good luck getting sponsors and fans on board for next season!

 

[vorky]

I would not be surprised if Jokerit went through CSKA this season. And if not this season, definitelly the next.

 

[Jaska]

I would be extremely surprised if Jokerit plays in KHL next season.

 

[Jussi]

If the games go on next week, it's likely to be very empty after Eteläpääty statements. Even at Jatkoaika, apart from a few posters, who you can now pretty much count on the fingers in one hand, the mood has turned. Several formerly "die hard" KHL/Jokerit fans are done with this project.