G Justus Annunen - Colorado Eagles, AHL (2018, 64th, COL)

[The Merchant]

Never been more excited for a goalie coming through the Avs pipeline

 

[Lemonlimey]

Justus almost served

 

[Kaako Kappo]

He'll be an NHL starter. No question.

 

[ChicagoBullsFan]

 

[Muffin]

Shut out today. Love that he was part of the Duchene trade.

Cautiously optimistic after how Aittokallio turned out.

 

[FreeMcdavid]

Very efficient in his movement!

 

[Chiarelli]

Don’t get used to that strong Finnish defensive structure my friend avs don’t deploy it.

 

[Brun0]

Don’t get used to that strong Finnish defensive structure my friend avs don’t deploy it.

You mean outplaying with better talent?

 

[a mangy Meowth]

You mean outplaying with better talent?

No need for weird nationalism here, seemed like a harmless comment.

 

[Chiarelli]

You mean outplaying with better talent?

Seriously just meant the avs team defense is brutal

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

You mean outplaying with better talent?

Lol if that's what you want to call it....


Disclaimer: I'm a Canadian who cheers for Finland. They were not the better team today. They deployed the better strategy to win however.

 

[Evgeny Oliker]

Don’t get used to that strong Finnish defensive structure my friend avs don’t deploy it.

That's not a fair assessment for a few reasons:
1. Finns actually haven't played great defense so far in this WJC. It's been inconsistent.

2. Annunen is not going to start for Avs for at least a few years. At that point, the Avs D is going to be quite different. For instance, Makar is a rookie right now. In a few years he should be better defensively. The Avs can of course add to their defense in the future and their other young D should improve over time. I think that Annunen can do very well on the Avs in the future...

 

[Patagonia]

Shut out today. Love that he was part of the Duchene trade.

Cautiously optimistic after how Aittokallio turned out.

Duchene trade acquired draft picks accounting for 3 of 4 of the current WJC players for the Avalanche. The 2019 pick - 4th overall and moved the 2018 - 58th overall selection from Nashville to trade down to 63rd/145th picks:

• 4th overall - CDN defenseman Bowen Byram
• 63th overall - Finnish goaltender Justus Annunen.
• 146th overall - Russian defenseman Danila Zhuravlyov.

 

[Papa Francouz]

Duchene trade acquired draft picks accounting for 3 of 4 of the current WJC players for the Avalanche. The 2019 pick - 4th overall and moved the 2018 - 58th overall selection from Nashville to trade down to 63rd/145th picks:

• 4th overall - CDN defenseman Bowen Byram
• 63th overall - Finnish goaltender Justus Annunen.
• 146th overall - Russian defenseman Danila Zhuravlyov.

Annunen was drafted 64th overall.

 

[cgf]

That's not a fair assessment for a few reasons:
1. Finns actually haven't played great defense so far in this WJC. It's been inconsistent.

2. Annunen is not going to start for Avs for at least a few years. At that point, the Avs D is going to be quite different. For instance, Makar is a rookie right now. In a few years he should be better defensively. The Avs can of course add to their defense in the future and their other young D should improve over time. I think that Annunen can do very well on the Avs in the future...

I can't help but think of this re-wording of the old E.B. White quote:

"Humor can be dissected, as a frog can, but the thing dies in the process."

 

[Patagonia]

That's not a fair assessment for a few reasons:
1. Finns actually haven't played great defense so far in this WJC. It's been inconsistent.

2. Annunen is not going to start for Avs for at least a few years. At that point, the Avs D is going to be quite different. For instance, Makar is a rookie right now. In a few years he should be better defensively. The Avs can of course add to their defense in the future and their other young D should improve over time. I think that Annunen can do very well on the Avs in the future...

Goalies normally require 4-5 years after they've been drafted to reach the NHL. Annunen was drafted in 2018, so another 3-4 years is approx. the correct timeline. AVs with their current youth will only be a slightly different team, but even better with more experience.

 

[Vasilevskiy]

This guy is legit, one of the best goalie prospects I've seen in the decade

 

[Mats26]

Show some highlights from the broze medal game...lol

 

[avsfan9]

Show some highlights from the broze medal game...lol

He let in one soft goal. With all the power plays Sweden has had the fins are lucky he’s in net or it would be a blowout

 

[Mats26]

He let in one soft goal. With all the power plays Sweden has had the fins are lucky he’s in net or it would be a blowout

That was the GWG. It was brutal and cost my Fins a medal.

 

[avsfan9]

That was the GWG. It was brutal and cost my Fins a medal.

Yeah M-A Fleury did the same for us in this tournament but that doesn’t diminish who he is or what he can become as a goalie in the future.

 

[Kaako Kappo]

Yeah M-A Fleury did the same for us in this tournament but that doesn’t diminish who he is or what he can become as a goalie in the future.

People don't understand how junior goalies work.

 

[Cardiac Jerks]

He'll be an NHL starter. No question.

Pretty bold statement given how incredibly difficult it is to project goalies. Damn near impossible, really.

Higher drafted, more highly touted prospects constantly busy at this position.

 

[TheBeastCoast]

Extremely talented, seemed to be a bit of a book on him though and he got beat high a lot.

 

[Chiarelli]

Extremely talented, seemed to be a bit of a book on him though and he got beat high a lot.

US coach didn’t read that book