Jokerit Helsinki 2015/2016 Thread (Part 2)

[Jussi]

I know about Zapolsky but I don't see them really targeting keeping Helenius. They might keep him, if they see better option they might move him.

He's cheap.

 

[Jussi]

I watched very few regular season games of Jokerit, and they seemed to have been playing something resembling soviet style of hockey, nothing any of the Russians teams play anymore.

I didn't see this hockey in play offs, because, well we all know how to shut this type of hockey down from Canada lessons. Could that be the problem? Was the team build for regular season success only?

Westerlund wanted Jokerit to play like Team Canada at the Worlds last year. Problem was that Jokerit didn't have the line/talent depth for that. Based on what the media's written about him today, he seemed to also have fallen victim to his old achilles heel, inability to adapt his systems according to the opponent. Jokerit tried to play their system, Torpedo adapted to how Jokerit played. Teuvo Teräväinen said Chicago didn't care much how Tampa played at the SC finals last year, their pregame video scouting consisted only on Tampa's special teams. Otherwise they just relied on their own system. Needless to say, Jokerit system wasn't so good that they could just rely on it.

 

[Finnpin]

He's cheap.

He is not. The salary was too much for a bad backup.