Zaddy
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Probably because he plays in the finnish 2nd league where not many people get to see him. And he's a late '99 birthday so he hasn't played any of the U18 tournaments this year.
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Probably because he plays in the finnish 2nd league where not many people get to see him. And he's a late '99 birthday so he hasn't played any of the U18 tournaments this year.
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Lahti is a good team for him. I saw him play for Espoo a few times during my trips to Helsinki these past few months. He's definitely a kid who can rise to the early 2nd round or maybe even the late 1st round, depending on what teams are looking for. Definitely a prospect to keep an eye on.
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It's so weird that he played in the last tournament being underage but didn't make it year later? Being able to play in Mestis should have increased his odds to make the team rather than the opposite. Especially when he already looked good last year. He was eligible after all?
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He was too old for U18's as he is a late '99. Bigger question is why he didn't make the U20 team. Ofc he would have been on the team if he were a '00.
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Ah ok, makes more sense. Yeah that was weird too, although I admit since I don't really follow Mestis my viewings of him were kind of limited. Still, they made quite a lot of mistakes with the U20 team and this could maybe be added on the top of that pile.
Pronman really likes, has him ranked 14th for the upcoming draft.
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Great pick. He's a steal in the 30's. I had him ranked 19.
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Why people don't talk more about him? He looks very promising. Can't wait to see him in Liiga. He reminds me of William Nylander.
Very few people here got to watch him play last season with him being too old for the U18 events due to late birthday, not making the WJC team and playing in Mestis, that barely anyone here watches.
With him moving to Liiga and playing for the U20 NT I think there will be fair amount of hype.
He has scored already 2 goals after 40 minutes.
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i can't realy catch any liiga game, but his productions has been realy Mehhh.
it would be cool if some fins that actually watch the matches can tell us how is his overall game!
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If I remember correctly he's trying to achieve his potential and worry about points later, which is very good for his growth
i mean he's an offensive player... if he doesnt at least go 0.50pgg in the liiga in his draft+1 specially as a october, i'd be kind of worrie. it's wierd with how good he was at the rookie camp...
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He's 19 and I don't think he has much of good team mates surrounding him, he's pretty quick though, saw few times where his zone entry goes through but his team mates fail to help on that line
i just wished he made the NA switch right away in laval, it would of been easier to send kotka back and build chemistry between the 2!
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I think he comes to AHL after Liiga, I don't remember what reason he was sent for, he got skills and his stick handling is elite, he knows his surroundings. I would love him in AHL but his clause could be the reason why he never went; he might of had another reason to stay
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