Prospect Info: Eeli Tolvanen

[Drake744]

Called up, but not in the projected lineup

Is he not in the projected lineup because he wasn't at morning skate?

 

[INDhockeyfan]

Is he not in the projected lineup because he wasn't at morning skate?

Recall announced after morning skate where he wasn't there so they wouldn't have him in projected lineup. Doesn't mean he won't be in it.

 

[Enjoy i24 Traffic]

HOLD ON TO UR BUTTS

 

[Bringer of Jollity]

Can't wait for the invasion of our GDT by Finns and anti-Finns...none of whom give a crap bout the Preds.

 

[RedWillys]

The last two interviews posted on nhl.com makes me think he’s playing.

 

[jumb0]

Recall announced after morning skate where he wasn't there so they wouldn't have him in projected lineup. Doesn't mean he won't be in it.

Gotcha. The recall tweet was posted before the projected lineups so figured that meant he was out.

 

[FilthyScoresberg]

I like how he commented that he’s not gonna go back to the KHL. Excited to see his progress tonight.

 

[wadesworld]

I'm not expecting much tonight. With so many weapons out of the lineup, it's going to be difficult for him to score playing with a bunch of guys who don't create on their own. Hopefully he's with Johansen so he has a chance.

 

[maplepred]

I'm not expecting much tonight. With so many weapons out of the lineup, it's going to be difficult for him to score playing with a bunch of guys who don't create on their own. Hopefully he's with Johansen so he has a chance.

Forsberg Ryjo Tolvanen
Fiala Sissons Smith
Watson jarnkrok Hartman
Salomaki bonino Grimaldi

Looks pretty solid to me. I think sissons has a fair amount of uptapped offensive potential as well so let him go with fiala and smith.

 

[Armourboy]

Forsberg Ryjo Tolvanen
Fiala Sissons Smith
Watson jarnkrok Hartman
Salomaki bonino Grimaldi

Looks pretty solid to me. I think sissons has a fair amount of uptapped offensive potential as well so let him go with fiala and smith.

No Forsberg

 

[maplepred]

No Forsberg

Yes just saw that in the injuries thread... damn...

Ok well here is my prediction now then,

Fiala Ryjo Tolvanen
Hartman Sissons Smith
Watson jarnkrok Grimaldi
Salomaki bonino gaudreau

See what Ryjo can do with the two kids??
Maybe Hartman had a big game against his old team??

 

[maplepred]

Goal and assist in first period!!

 

[adsfan]

Goal and assist in first period!!

He is a bum, send him back to Milwaukee for the rest of the season

 

[BigFatCat999]

Um...the first line looked good.

 

[Drake744]

I'm glad we got the production we did out of him and maybe the monkey is off his back BUT..... I'll play devil's advocate for one second. After watching the replay of his goal a few times I do wonder if he kinda rushed the shot a little and was like "oh shit I better hurry up", because he definitely had more time. Granted, no one expects to be that open in front either, especially in what was possibly (don't remember) his first NHL game in a top 6 role. I mean I don't know, maybe not, just an observation. I'm not usually one to pick on those things so I don't know why I am now.

 

[Gh24]

He was better defensively than I expected. We should see some more production if we get our PP to work.

 

[ThirdManIn]

I'm glad we got the production we did out of him and maybe the monkey is off his back BUT..... I'll play devil's advocate for one second. After watching the replay of his goal a few times I do wonder if he kinda rushed the shot a little and was like "oh **** I better hurry up", because he definitely had more time. Granted, no one expects to be that open in front either, especially in what was possibly (don't remember) his first NHL game in a top 6 role. I mean I don't know, maybe not, just an observation. I'm not usually one to pick on those things so I don't know why I am now.

Considering he had his back to the net when he received the pass, I'm fine with a quick backhander as opposed to trying to get turned around for a snipe wrister. He did have a bit more time, but when he got the shot away there was a defender just a few feet away. I bet that gap closes entirely if he tries for a more patient shot.

 

[maplepred]

I think getting the quick shot off along with accuracy is the best option anyhow.

 

[Albatros]

Nothing wrong with his move, he'll still need time but scoring is not what he needs to learn.

 

[TitansVolsPreds615]

I'm confused....are people complaining that he wasn't patient enough on his first NHL goal?

 

[Drake744]

I'm confused....are people complaining that he wasn't patient enough on his first NHL goal?

I was just wondering (pointlessly) if it looked like he just kinda threw the puck at the net thinking there were people on him. I was envisioning a scenario where the shot gets stopped and fans are like "noooo you had more time! rawr!!!!" There's nothing wrong with what he did but I was just thinking to myself how well he might be adjusting to the game speed, but of course I made the mistake of actually posting it because it's going to get blown out of proportion. My fault.

 

[LCPreds]

It could very well be that he has a great backhand top shelf shot and we simply witnessed the first of many.

 

[maplepred]

Looking forward to seeing him tonight again! If he keep performing well I can’t see them sending him back down even when IR guys are back

 

[Drake744]

It could very well be that he has a great backhand top shelf shot and we simply witnessed the first of many.

That would be my preference

 

[seadawg]

I was just wondering (pointlessly) if it looked like he just kinda threw the puck at the net thinking there were people on him. I was envisioning a scenario where the shot gets stopped and fans are like "noooo you had more time! rawr!!!!" There's nothing wrong with what he did but I was just thinking to myself how well he might be adjusting to the game speed, but of course I made the mistake of actually posting it because it's going to get blown out of proportion. My fault.

I understood what you were saying, but I wouldn't read too much into that play by Tolvanen. We obviously don't know what he was thinking, but speaking from personnel experience as a shoot-first goal scorer (which is what Tolvanen is projected to be), I always released my shot as quickly as possible, giving the goalie and defenders less chance to react to my shot. I never had the hardest or most accurate shot, but I released the shot so quickly that I scored a lot of goals and won many scoring titles in the process. Mind you, I was a soccer player, but I think the mindset is the same in both sports. I suspect in that same situation a player like Patty Kane or Gaudreau would have spun around with the puck and deked the goalie out of his pads, whereas someone like Laine, Ovechkin, or Tarasenko would have just released the shot as quickly as possible.