G Veini Vehviläinen - JYP/Sport, Liiga (2015 undrafted)

[BarDownBobo]

http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=176290

This guy's got some great stats for a 17 year old in the Mestis, but I can't seem to find any more info on him. Has anyone had the chance to see him play that could give some insight?

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[Eyelanders]

I've seen him once this year, looked very calm in the crease, highly mobile and showed excellent technqiue for such a young goalie. Really liked what I saw, made some key saves and flashed a quick glover, too.

 

[Jersey Fan 12]

Played for Finland at Ivan Hlinka Tournament and has split season between A Juniors (U20) and Mestis. Highly-regarded entering season - has been a bit up-and-down for him so far this year. Candidate to play for U18 team in World Juniors.

 

[Jack DiBiase]

After the tremendous Under-18 games, where does he rank now? Top 3 rounds, maybe?

 

[Raimo Sillanpää]

Confirmed, Vehviläinen to Edmonton, McDavid to Buffalo..

 

[5 14 6 1]

Crazy performance by him today in the gold medal game

 

[SoupyFIN]

After the tremendous Under-18 games, where does he rank now? Top 3 rounds, maybe?

Mid-late 3rd round?

 

[DonskoiDonscored]

I would take him in the 4th. Definitely.

 

[William H Bonney]

He was superb against Team USA today. One of the better goalie performances I've seen in a long time. Almost single-handily won gold for Team Finland. Finland just churns out goalies.

 

[JJTT]

Kähkönen went on 4th round last year, after being terrible for most of the year.

Vehviläinen has already played in in men's league for a large part of the season and having this kinda tournament in top of that. Late 2nd?

 

[Roof Daddy]

Mid-late 3rd round?

Hope so as an Oil fan. OTT 3rd, STL 3rd, potentially MTL 3rd. Take him with the OTT 3rd just to be sure.

 

[Quethas]

I considered him to be 4th round before the U18 WJC with outside chance to be drafted already in 3rd round. So 3rd round sounds about right after stellar tournament in Switzerland.

 

[dathockeydoe]

He played very well. His puck reads and lateral movements seemed to be dialed in. With the player crop/goalies in this draft I still wouldn't use a 3rd rounder on him; I'd be happy to take him in the 4th if he was still available but I could see scouts falling in love with him if they'd only seen him a few times.

 

[Woodhouse]

 

[Jyssy]

I thought it was borderline whether he even gets drafted before U18 WC. Now thinking 5-6 might be realistic. His biggest problem IMO is inconsistency.

 

[Risingwind]

I thought it was borderline whether he even gets drafted before U18 WC. Now thinking 5-6 might be realistic. His biggest problem IMO is inconsistency.

Consistency comes with age, that's why I could understand if goalies were drafted at age 23 for example. Any goalie at 17 years old will be looking to hit his peak in a decade or more. It's likely he'll be traded several times before that, so I wouldn't worry too much whether a goalie gets drafted or not.

 

[BIitz]

Has he been invited to any camps?

Nevermind, I see he's attending the Ducks one.

 

[JJTT]

Signed 3 year contract with JYP.

http://www.jypliiga.fi/uutiset/veini-vehvilaiselle-kolmen-vuoden-jyp-sopimus

Looks like he will be backup to Tuomas Tarkki this year with Dennis Saikkonen playing in Mestis.

 

[Jack DiBiase]

I still can't believe he wasn't drafted.

 

[Opak]

I still can't believe he wasn't drafted.

It's even more unbelievable that Markus Ruusu, the guy who was playing for JYP's U20 team, was taken with a 6th rounder.

 

[Keke]

30 save shutout in his first FEL game.

 

[SoupyFIN]

30 save shutout in his first FEL game.

It was so dumb that no one bothered to take him in the later rounds of the draft.

 

[ChicagoBullsFan]

It was so dumb that no one bothered to take him in the later rounds of the draft.

That's not matter Vehviläinen visited, this summer in Anaheim Ducks prospects summer camp.
So he's got attention in NHL.

I'm sure that if/when Vehviläinen, will be one of the best goalies upcoming world juniors in Helsinki.
Some NHL team will pick him next summer.

Example HIFK goalie Ville Husso didn't get picked 2013 NHL draft.
But year later in 2014 NHL draft, St Louis Blues picked Husso in 4th round.

Why not, same can't happen for Veini Vehviläinen.

 

[BusQuets]

That's not matter Vehviläinen visited, this summer in Anaheim Ducks prospects summer camp.
So he's got attention in NHL.

I'm sure that if/when Vehviläinen, will be one of the best goalies upcoming world juniors in Helsinki.
Some NHL team will pick him next summer.

Example HIFK goalie Ville Husso didn't get picked 2013 NHL draft.
But year later in 2014 NHL draft, St Louis Blues picked Husso in 4th round.

Why not, same can't happen for Veini Vehviläinen.

I think he meant more from the NHL team's point of view. Someone could have used 4-7th round pick last draft but now has to use 2-4 round pick. Bad asset management.

 

[JJTT]

It was so dumb that no one bothered to take him in the later rounds of the draft.

Especially when there was 24 other goalies picked, half of them are way worse than Vehviläinen.