PTO: [COL] F Saku Maenalanen signs PTO with the Avalanche (failed physical; released)

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[BKarchitect]

He’s big….

Avs cornering the market on Finnish 4th liners who are black holes offensively.

 

[dirtydanglez]

makes sense. the avs had a lot of trouble finding depth scoring last season.

 

[MarchessaultCantRead]

The missing piece!

2 Cups in three years baby!!

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

makes sense. the avs had a lot of trouble finding depth scoring last season.

While certainly true, I dont think going after guys like Maenalanen(4 Goals, 10 points), Kiviranta(8 Goals, 9 points), and Holland who hasn't played in years, is going to do much to improve that scoring depth.


Especially when there's a 20+ Goal winger still sitting on the market in Tatar...

 

[BKarchitect]

makes sense. the avs had a lot of trouble finding depth scoring last season.

This ain’t it.

Kiviranta should make this bottom six no problem. Maenalanen is just as likely to end up back in Liiga IMO.

 

[dirtydanglez]

While certainly true, I dont think going after guys like Maenalanen(4 Goals, 10 points), Kiviranta(8 Goals, 9 points), and Holland who hasn't played in years, is going to do much to improve that scoring depth.


Especially when there's a 20+ Goal winger still sitting on the market in Tatar...

This ain’t it.

Kiviranta should make this bottom six no problem. Maenalanen is just as likely to end up back in Liiga IMO.

ranta, maltsev, burke, blidh, hudon, foudy, sedlak, bowers, olausson, glachenyuk, helm, megna, and hunt all combined for a total of 111 games played with the avs, with a total of 1g, 0a, 1p. not 1 goal each. only 1 goal/point for that entire list.

you can even add kaut and meyers to that list and you have 15 forwards that played 174 games with the avs and scored 8 points total. maenalanen scored more than those 15 players combined lol.

 

[TS Quint]

He's a plug. Everyone needs one. But he might as well play without a stick.

 

[BKarchitect]

ranta, maltsev, burke, blidh, hudon, foudy, sedlak, bowers, olausson, glachenyuk, helm, megna, and hunt all combined for a total of 111 games played with the avs, with a total of 1g, 0a, 1p. not 1 goal each. only 1 goal/point for that entire list.

you can even add kaut and meyers to that list and you have 15 forwards that played 174 games with the avs and scored 8 points total. maenalanen scored more than those 15 players combined lol.

Being a more serviceable 13/14 forward plug than Maltsev and Blidh is one thing. “Adding depth scoring” is something else.

At the NHL level this guy is a big body and nothing else. He’s certainly not adding depth scoring. He’s completely useless offensively and with the puck. A lot of the guys you mentioned could’ve scored 4 goals if they got 64 games of NHL action.

 

[dirtydanglez]

Being a more serviceable 13/14 forward plug than Maltsev and Blidh is one thing. “Adding depth scoring” is something else.

At the NHL level this guy is a big body and nothing else. He’s certainly not adding depth scoring. He’s completely useless offensively and with the puck. A lot of the guys you mentioned could’ve scored 4 goals if they got 64 games of NHL action.

thats what depth scoring is. your depth forwards.

only 2 of the 15 guys i mentioned came close to matching maenalanen none were on pace to it. avs needed depth scoring bad last season so im not surprised they are taking a flyer on a few lower end guys.

 

[Shane Diesel]

Fire MacFarland

 

[AhosDatsyukian]

I liked him with the Canes, I think he could stick as a rock solid 4th liner. Interesting he came back to NA, never expected him to

 

[Thechozen1]

Decent player to have for your PK and good at cycling along the boards, but doesn’t bring much else to the table. A basic no offense 4th line grinder.

 

[biturbo19]

I thought he was kinda fun as part of that Jets line with Stenlund and Gustafsson. Just three giants lumbering around the ice doing big things. Without any apparent clue as to where the opposing net was.


But probably the weakest link of an complete offensive black hole line. Which isn't great.

 

[Colorado Avalanche]

Decent player to have for your PK and good at cycling along the boards, but doesn’t bring much else to the table. A basic no offense 4th line grinder.

Our PK can use a player.

 

[GJF]

Gives you

+ generally good defensive work
+ above average PK minutes

- absolutely zero offense

 

[GirardSpinorama]

Being a more serviceable 13/14 forward plug than Maltsev and Blidh is one thing. “Adding depth scoring” is something else.

At the NHL level this guy is a big body and nothing else. He’s certainly not adding depth scoring. He’s completely useless offensively and with the puck. A lot of the guys you mentioned could’ve scored 4 goals if they got 64 games of NHL action.

Problem is they werent really good enough to get 64 games since they dont break any defensive play to the table either.

 

[Atoyot]

Weird player. Hurts the team at even strength and doesn't do anything offensively, but when he steps out on the penalty kill he creates chances left and right.

 

[DEANYOUNGBLOOD17]

I liked him on the Jets last year.

If he had any puck luck around the net at all ….. he would if had a a better/ decent stat line.

It seemed like he had plenty of opportunities…. (But had no Finnish!!!)

 

[Hasbro]

Weird player. Hurts the team at even strength and doesn't do anything offensively, but when he steps out on the penalty kill he creates chances left and right.

I'm all for a 4th line PK specialist.

 

[DEANYOUNGBLOOD17]

I said….. This boy has no Finnish around the net!!’

All he can do is Czec !

 

[AvsGuy]

I like to think I follow the entire league decently, but this guy played 60+ games for the Jets last year and I've legitimately never heard of him

 

[OKR]

I like to think I follow the entire league decently, but this guy played 60+ games for the Jets last year and I've legitimately never heard of him

He also is a World Champion, Olympic gold medalist and U20 World Champion, also lead 13-14 U20’s in goals.

 

[AvsGuy]

He also is a World Champion, Olympic gold medalist and U20 World Champion, also lead 13-14 U20’s in goals.

 

[jetsforever]

IIRC he was better than these stats seem to suggest.