Petr Cejka
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- Feb 1, 2018
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Adam Fox 2+2 today..Impressive
Good question.Has anyone followed Välimäki's WHL season closely? I checked some stats and he seems to be doing quite well in P/GP and GF%, but there is not much talk about him.
Good question.
I noticed some negativity towards this pick around the board, looks like some rather would have picked somebody else, despite his stats.
At 5v5, he is 1st in G/GP, 3rd in P1/GP and 2nd in P/GP, and seems to be facing quite heavy competition (GF% of his opponents is 5th best while his linemates' GF% is 105th). His point/60 stats are also top-5, although the ice time tracking might not be accurate. His GF% is 54.55%, which is good for 33rd, which I think is respectable playing for a lower middle-tier team. All in all, his stats suggest he is doing very well. I wish I could watch his games so I could see how the stats reflect his game.Good question.
I noticed some negativity towards this pick around the board, looks like some rather would have picked somebody else, despite his stats.
I've only seen snippets and one full game so take it with a big grain of salt but from what I've seen he's been great. He takes a tonne of shots and is putting up decent scoring stats (I think his puckluck has been poor) on a team that IMO isn't very good. Since moving to Tri City Jake Bean who's been a 1 point/game D man for the last three years has 17 points in 28 games. I definitely want Valimaki to get more points but given his situation I don't think he's in a good position to get them vs the D men on true contenders (Foote on Kelowna and Jokiharju on Portland).At 5v5, he is 1st in G/GP, 3rd in P1/GP and 2nd in P/GP, and seems to be facing quite heavy competition (GF% of his opponents is 5th best while his linemates' GF% is 105th). His point/60 stats are also top-5, although the ice time tracking might not be accurate. His GF% is 54.55%, which is good for 33rd, which I think is respectable playing for a lower middle-tier team. All in all, his stats suggest he is doing very well. I wish I could watch his games so I could see how the stats reflect his game.
I'm here every day and I've never noticed negativity towards the Valimaki pick. I think he's established himself unquestionably as our top prospect if he wasn't already there before the season started, and I think most people here would agree with me.
I believe there was some negativity towards us picking a defenseman when our forward prospect pool is so shallow. There were also a few that even liked other defenseman better.
Yeah Valimaki is a beast. I don’t care what his stats say. He’s just really good at hockey.Reminds me of Giordano. Still would have preferred Tolvanen (those were my two guys when we picked). Oh well.
I wanted one of Thomas, Vesalainen or Yamamoto, not because I didn't like Valimaki, just really thought we were going to go for a forward.