Liiga 2022-2023

[Jukurit]

Holy f*** Kärpät is stacked
Kemppainen, Kunyk, Tiivola, Emanuelsson, Ohtamaa, Rundblad, Anttila, Turunen, T. Niemelä, Leskinen, Junttila, Byström, Koivunen, Björkqvist, Kivistö, Blomqvist.

 

[Eye of Ra]

Maxim Matushkin to Tappara.

 

[Eye of Ra]

Swedish invasion keeps going.

Lars Bryggman and Peter Andersson to Pelicans.

Tommi Niemelä Headcoach of Pelicans said: Bryggman coming to Finland because he wants to take next step and play for Team Sweden.

 

[Eye of Ra]

Sami Niku to JYP

 

[Ciccarelli]

Swedish invasion keeps going.

Lars Bryggman and Peter Andersson to Pelicans.

Tommi Niemelä Headcoach of Pelicans said: Bryggman coming to Finland because he wants to take next step and play for Team Sweden.

More ice time, better production/development = higher chance of the into a position where Team Sweden is a possibility. He knows he's not getting a spot even from a EHT team while playing in Finland. He could score 50 goals next season and wouldn't get a look. We've seen how it goes in the past. Guys like Malte Strömwall that have dominated the finnish league, only get a chance when they return to Sweden or sign in Russia or Switzerland. That's becose the swedish hockey system/media need to have a narrative where finnish hockey is garbage.

 

[Eye of Ra]

More ice time, better production/development = higher chance of the into a position where Team Sweden is a possibility. He knows he's not getting a spot even from a EHT team while playing in Finland. He could score 50 goals next season and wouldn't get a look. We've seen how it goes in the past. Guys like Malte Strömwall that have dominated the finnish league, only get a chance when they return to Sweden or sign in Russia or Switzerland. That's becose the swedish hockey system/media need to have a narrative where finnish hockey is garbage.

Reason i question it is because Bryggman is very mediocre, there is no way he will ever play for Team Sweden, not even in EHT.

Liiga is good, but somehow swedish NT coaches always ignore that league. They are doing the same with DEL.

 

[Ciccarelli]

Reason i question it is because Bryggman is very mediocre, there is no way he will ever play for Team Sweden, not even in EHT.

Liiga is good, but somehow swedish NT coaches always ignore that league. They are doing the same with DEL.

It's mainly just hockey yargon. Many north americans that come from a ECHL background as 25 year olds say that the NHL is their goal, even though most know thats never gonna happen. Allthough Justin Danforth did prove that it is possible.

 

[Eye of Ra]

Stefan Warg to KooKoo. Another swede. 27 swedes in Liiga right now.

 

[Eye of Ra]

Teemu Kivihalme to TPS

 

[Jukurit]

Stefan Warg to KooKoo. Another swede. 27 swedes in Liiga right now.

I wonder what the all-time record for Swedes in Liiga is?

 

[Eye of Ra]

I wonder what the all-time record for Swedes in Liiga is?

96-97 i think

Elite Prospects - SM-liiga Stats 1996-1997

1996-1997 regular season player stats for SM-liiga, including top goal scorers, most games played, PPG leaders and more.

www.eliteprospects.com

 

[Jukurit]

Another Swede. Viktor Persson to Pelicans.

 

[Eye of Ra]

Jere Karjalainen to Lukko

 

[Eye of Ra]

Aaaaaand another swede to Liiga. Anton Karlsson to Kaipa

 

[Smirnov2Chistov]

Interesting to see a whole bunch of Swedes heading to the Liiga. Not enough 'room' in the SHL? or are finnish teams just more attractive?

 

[Rcknrollkillnmachine]

Isn't this a fall out from the KHL? Correct me if I'm wrong.

 

[Exarz]

Liiga is also seen as a good stepping stone for players being considered top players in HockeyAllsvenskan but not good enough to get significant ice time/responsibility in the SHL, as the average level of play is somewhere in between

 

[Jukurit]

Robin Press, Jakob Stenqvist and Simon Johansson are some Swedish success stories in Liiga in recent years. All 3 played in Allsvenskan or limited icetime in SHL and then came to Liiga to have good seasons. Press and Stenqvist got KHL contracts and Johansson signed an NHL contract.

 

[Eye of Ra]

swede invasion keeps going on. anton mylläri to pelicans

 

[gritdash60]

When will Tappara lose their first game? November or December? The most dominant team of all time in the Liiga.

 

[gritdash60]

Yeah today they did, i hope the coaching staff will understand that Savimies isn't a top6 winger before the poffs.

 

[Luolis]

TPS needs a 1st line center bad. Sadly the market seems to be quite empty.

 

[gritdash60]

Don't know if this thread is only for transfers etc, but have to say these "basketball screens" and other things like that when player is not with the puck or even close to it have to go. I see like 25 plays that should be called interference every game. And i'm a Tappara fan and they do it probably more than average, it looks just so stupid and something that doesn't belong in the game.

Edit: BIG we got more than half full Hakamettä in here today! Leeetsssgooo!

 

[Smirnov2Chistov]

I can make a dedicated thread on this, but does anyone know if the Liiga shop ships to the US?

I want to buy a SaiPa hoodie and shirt, but I can’t find any outlets that are in English.

 

[Rcknrollkillnmachine]

Big win for IFK. Hopefully begins a climb to the top of the table.