Prospect Info: Ville Husso (2014 Draft - 94 Overall)

[Ranksu]

I hope Husso comes even more ready for next season and gets first taste of NHL.

 

[STL fan in MN]

I hope Husso comes even more ready for next season and gets first taste of NHL.

Glad he’s working hard this summer.

Anyone else find it funny though that this is pretty much exactly the exercise Bergy was doing last summer when his foot slipped and he dislocated his shoulder?

 

[MissouriMook]

Glad he’s working hard this summer.

Anyone else find it funny though that this is pretty much exactly the exercise Bergy was doing last summer when his foot slipped and he dislocated his shoulder?

No worries. Finns > Swedes

 

[BlueDream]

Not really, I’m sure all players do that training.

 

[Zamadoo]

Wow, I didn't know that's how Bergie hurt his shoulder. Ha.

 

[Bluesnatic27]

On a side note, I feel like Husso was once told what emotions were but only has a vague understanding of how to use them. I mean the guy looks like he has a permanent “Mona Lisa” smile on his face in every picture I see of him. You know, when he’s smiling at all.

 

[TK 421]

On a side note, I feel like Husso was once told what emotions were but only has a vague understanding of how to use them. I mean the guy looks like he has a permanent “Mona Lisa” smile on his face in every picture I see of him. You know, when he’s smiling at all.

Skynet didn't think he'd need to smile so it isn't part of his programming.

 

[David Dennison]

f*** Finland looks nice this time of year.

 

[STL fan in MN]

Not really, I’m sure all players do that training.

It was a joke/simple observation. Agree that pushing sleds is a very common and very good exercise and I have no problem with Husso or anyone else doing it. It just has some risks if you’re not careful as Bergy unfortunately found out.

 

[Ranksu]

 

[rumrokh]

Cool. Not super interesting, but I have a soft spot for those classic, simple 80's and 90's mask designs. And I don't want the diagonal jerseys or round-edged blue note back, but I think the red is a nice accent.

 

[TruBlu]

Does Ranksu get money for promoting Husso?

 

[yogintheaveragebears]

Ranksu is lotta!!

 

[Ranksu]

Ranksu is lotta!!

Do you even understand what Lotta means in finnish history?

 

[yogintheaveragebears]

Not worth it

 

[Ranksu]

Not worth it

I don't understand your point?

 

[Son of Petter]

Pretty bad start statistically for Husso in the A which surprised me. He’s one of my favorite goalie prospects. Any thoughts on his game? Haven’t been able to watch any myself.

 

[MortiestOfMortys]

Pretty bad start statistically for Husso in the A which surprised me. He’s one of my favorite goalie prospects. Any thoughts on his game? Haven’t been able to watch any myself.

Started off with a shutout, and has been 3-5 goals per game since. Is it Husso? Is it Daigneault? Is it Butler, Walman, Reinke, Wotherspoon, Mikkola, Lofquist, etc? Hard to say. On paper, that seems like a pretty good AHL backend to me. It bears mentioning that Binnington didn’t really stand out in his one start so far either, keeping in mind that it was one game but he was also very effective in Providence last year. Daigneault has had troubles in Montreal the last several years managing the D, so that could be part of it. There has also been barely any run support along the way. BUT, it has seemed like the goals are coming in bunches, which suggests that Husso is struggling to move on from goals and letting in more goals as a result. It’s early in the season, it’s a development league, and he’s made some quality saves along the way. Idk, hard to diagnose what’s going on at this point, but suffice it to say that my expectations were a lot higher for San Antonio this year so far.

 

[Ranksu]

Found this in AHL thread.

As long as Mitch Reinke is on the ice, they could have Dominik Hasek circa 1999 back there and it wouldn't matter. The guy needs to sit for 3 or 4 games to get his **** together.

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[Ranksu]

When you speaking of at in same sentence Butler, Walman, Reinke, Wotherspoon, Mikkola, Löfquist you isn't saying they are pretty good AHL d-core. Mediocre in my book.

 

[Majorityof1]

When you speaking of at in same sentence Butler, Walman, Reinke, Wotherspoon, Mikkola, Löfquist you isn't saying they are pretty good AHL d-core. Mediocre in my book.

I thought you wanted Walman or Mikkola in the NHL over Jerabek? So 2 NHL caliber D, a former NHL caliber D in Butler, and a guy who just missed being NHL caliber in Wotherspoon is not enough to hold down an AHL D-core?

 

[Brian39]

I'll preface this by stating that I haven't seen a single second of AHL play this year other than the Fabbri goal highlight posted in his thread. So I have literally zero info about how Husso looks.

With that said, it's 6 games into his first year handling a starter's workload in a North American league on a team with a brand new coach who is coming straight from junior. He's developing and learning how to be a starter. I couldn't be less concerned about him posting terrible stats at the moment.

 

[Brian39]

When you speaking of at in same sentence Butler, Walman, Reinke, Wotherspoon, Mikkola, Löfquist you isn't saying they are pretty good AHL d-core. Mediocre in my book.

This is hilarious.

 

[Ranksu]

I thought you wanted Walman or Mikkola in the NHL over Jerabek? So 2 NHL caliber D, a former NHL caliber D in Butler, and a guy who just missed being NHL caliber in Wotherspoon is not enough to hold down an AHL D-core?

Continue to attack me. Thank you.

 

[Majorityof1]

Continue to attack me. Thank you.

How is that an attack? I asked a question to reconcile what appears to be two contradictory thoughts from you.