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C/LW Anton Lundell - IFK Helsinki, Liiga (2020, 12th, FLA) Part2
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first 6 games of the season, 1+1 -2
next 22 games (wjc included), 21 goals, 12 assists, 33 points, +13
next 22 games (wjc included), 21 goals, 12 assists, 33 points, +13
Kaako Kappo
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I think Hart, Vezina, Norris, Art Ross & Rocket are all realistic.
I very much doubt he'll make a big impact right away unless his skating gets better and fast, he still moves his feet abit sluggishly.
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I’ve put quite a lot of money in the Vezina market for him so I say it’s a guarantee
It’s going to be like Barkov’s first season I think: slowness stops him from dominating but solid two way play!
I’ve put quite a lot of money in the Vezina market for him so I say it’s a guarantee
It’s going to be like Barkov’s first season I think: slowness stops him from dominating but solid two way play!
Lundell is much much better skater than Barkov was at the same age. I don't think skating will be an issue for Lundell next season.
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He also has another offseason to work on it before joining NHL.
He’ll also have Barkov sheltering him, with hopefully Wennberg as well
Kaako Kappo
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I don't think he's much better. Same level at best, probably worse at quick turns which is important in the NHL.
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Barkov was a worse skater at that age, he was better than Lundell at every other facet of the game, but didn’t dominate Liiga like Lundell does even tho he played with better players, because of his skating back then.
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Nice. Hopefully he plays in this years World Championships. Could be this year's Kakko.
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Remember, Barkov was the youngest player in his draft class while Lundell is one of the oldest. It's better to compare Lundell's skating to Barkov's D+2 season.
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The reason it's quiet is because the last time he played a Liiga game was Feb. 6th, before some national team games at EHT. And at that tournament, turned out one of the Finnish players got COVID so now all of the players have been quarantining since the 15th and will do so for at least one more week.
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I'm sure he will get some good experience playing with some pros but would have preferred if he stayed with HIFK to help them more, he was on some kind of run there.
So they're waiting the week and then continuing the tourney?
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No, they found out after they had arrived in Finland. Not going to explain the format of this tournament, easier to look it up from Wikipedia: Euro Hockey Tour - Wikipedia
And trust me, the Finnish hockey community is pretty furious about the situation. Liiga and the clubs are not openly criticizing, but they are pretty pissed off. These tournaments are useless anyway, and are only played for money generated by revenue and some TV-deals. And now the Liiga teams pay the price for losing players over these BS games.
For an example, Markus Nurmi (late 2016 Ottawa pick) has been on fire for my team TPS this season. This was his second EHT-tournament of the season. The tournaments alone made him miss some games because Liiga has been forced to play at the same time because of COVID, now the quarantine has made it even more games 13 games in total. In a 60 game regular season, that's almost 25% of games we are missing out on one of our best players for a useless BS tournament.
And many other clubs are obviously pissed of as well. Lundell is the #1 center for HIFK, maybe the best center in the league. And now they lost him for 10 games.
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Thank you for the update.
Ya I asked around and it seems almost a practice for Olympics in a sense?
Been a weird year but I agree with your frustration, seems the younger players would have been better served to stay along with their own teams, of course easier to say after the issues came about.
2 weeks is a long time to wait to play and rust sets in.
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More like practice for the WHC, but even that is a bit questionable since top NHL and KHL players would probably fill the slots. KHL I think has recently limited the number of players they are allowing for these tournaments.
But, playing for the National team is still obviously lucrative for the players, they are not going to decline the invitation.
It's not a good thing for clubs in a normal season, now the fact that they had to keep on playing these tournaments during a pandemic really bit them in the ass. And it's the clubs paying the price, not the federations.
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Panthers finally being good this year. Can't wait to see him join them. Should be one hell of an addition going forward.
