Liiga 2022-2023

[Jukurit]

not to sound like an asshole, but I don’t speak Finnish. I don’t even see a EN option on there

Use some kind of translation program (Google Translate for example).
Here's SaiPa shop translated to English

 

[Jukurit]

Sport's 7 leading scores. Swedes carrying Sport's offense.

 

[Jukurit]

Lucas Nordsäter to Jukurit. @Eye of Ra

 

[Jersey Fan 12]

Montreal Canadians no longer hold his rights but is there anything in his game that suggests Ikonen can play in the NHL one day?

 

[Jersey Fan 12]

Was just looking at the TPS results to see what kind of season former U of Denver defenseman (and Detroit draft pick) Antti Tuomisto was having.

It seems another 21-year-old, Valtteri Pulli, is the top scorer among the defensemen.

Any impressions of these two? It appears the team doesn't score a lot of goals.

 

[mattihp]

Montreal Canadians no longer hold his rights but is there anything in his game that suggests Ikonen can play in the NHL one day?

I think one day Joni Ikonen might be a better Liiga player. I don't think he has a much higher ceiling than what he has reached this far.

A new challenge abroad could change things, but the NHL? I don't think so at all.

 

[Eye of Ra]

Hjalmarsson - Holmström - Lööke line seems to be doing great. Would love to see that line been tried in the upcoming EHT tournament for Sweden. But its not gonna happen.

Apparently some former NHLers said the traning in Liiga is really hard, even harder than in NHL. Any truth to that?

 

[Jersey Fan 12]

Hjalmarsson - Holmström - Lööke line seems to be doing great. Would love to see that line been tried in the upcoming EHT tournament for Sweden. But its not gonna happen.

Apparently some former NHLers said the traning in Liiga is really hard, even harder than in NHL. Any truth to that?

Craig Rivet has talked about that on his radio show - but he was in Finland 20 years ago. Not sure whether that has changed; I suspect it hasn't.

One funny thing he mentioned was that there were times the coach would tell him not to even try some of the exercises the younger Finnish players were doing.

 

[Jersey Fan 12]

Was looking at younger Finnish-born goalies who might be NHL caliber one day.

To this point it seems the two Karpat goalies are the only goalies under 25 who have seen significant action and are drafted by NHL teams.

Elite Prospects - Liiga Stats 2022-2023

2022-2023 regular season player stats for Liiga, including top goal scorers, most games played, PPG leaders and more.

www.eliteprospects.com

 

[Jukurit]

Montreal Canadians no longer hold his rights but is there anything in his game that suggests Ikonen can play in the NHL one day?

No. He's a bad skater.

 

[Jersey Fan 12]

No. He's a bad skater.

Makes you wonder how Montreal scouts missed that; he was the 58th player taken that year.

 

[Jukurit]

Makes you wonder how Montreal scouts missed that; he was the 58th player taken that year.

Ikonen has also had a lot problems with knee injuries.

 

[Jukurit]

SaiPa, last team in Liiga losing 1-8 to HPK, second last team in Liiga. At home.
That's just sad.

 

[Jersey Fan 12]

SaiPa, last team in Liiga losing 1-8 to HPK, second last team in Liiga. At home.
That's just sad.

Due to injury, missing players or are there other factors? Seems like they were improving a few seasons ago.

 

[Jukurit]

Due to injury, missing players or are there other factors? Seems like they were improving a few seasons ago.

Yes.

 

[Jersey Fan 12]

Yes.

As they say, "Hauskaa miehet." With apologies for any spelling errors or missing dots.

 

[Jersey Fan 12]

According to eliteprospects, Nikita Krivokrasov, son of former NHLer Sergei Krivokrasov, is playing for Jukurit.

On hockeydb.com, it looks like he only played one game. Did he just join the team, is he injured or is he no longer with the club?

 

[gritdash60]

Great paikallispeli, rare occasion on the last couple of years that i dont have to go to work monday with red cheeks and try to explain how "regular season doesn't matter". Instead im going with "rintarottingilla" and asking if it was the referees or what that caused hervanta to lose.

 

[Eye of Ra]

Victor Berglund to HIFK, yes another swede.

 

[TheFinnishScout]

Was looking at younger Finnish-born goalies who might be NHL caliber one day.

Have you heard about Daniel Lebedeff (HPK) or Juha Jatkola (KalPa)?

 

[Jersey Fan 12]

Have you heard about Daniel Lebedeff (HPK) or Juha Jatkola (KalPa)?

Asked about Jatkola but didn't get much feedback.

Remember seeing Lebedeff during his college days at Wisconsin.

 

[TheFinnishScout]

Asked about Jatkola but didn't get much feedback.

Remember seeing Lebedeff during his college days at Wisconsin.

Lebedeff has developed much further since those times. This season started well, but now has been injured. HPK is not the easiest team for goalie.

Jatkola has perhaps unexpectedly become KalPa's #1. This is just the first season in Liiga with a big responsibility so the next season will tell more about the his future. In my opinion, Jatkola has been one of the best goalies in Liiga this season.

 

[Jukurit]

What the actual f*** is this thing supposed to be

HIFK's new mascot

 

[ES]

According to eliteprospects, Nikita Krivokrasov, son of former NHLer Sergei Krivokrasov, is playing for Jukurit.

On hockeydb.com, it looks like he only played one game. Did he just join the team, is he injured or is he no longer with the club?

Relatively minor role, then got to play in CHL game in Prague and was badly concussed. The arena there didn't apparently have flexible rink (or how to say that), which have been mandated on several leagues.

 

[karhukissa]

What the actual f*** is this thing supposed to be

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HIFK's new mascot

And just when HIFK fans thought it couldn't get any worse...