Liiga 2022-2023

[Yellow and the green]

is it a sign? I think so, merge the SHL and Liiga

LoL no! It does not make any sense from monetary point of view. Also swedish clubs are way more rich than finnish ones. They are showing them in sweden because the company Cmore owns the tv-license for both leagues

All jokes aside, that would be awesome

No it wouldnt. Finnish teams would be at the bottom of the table. NLA and SHL have relegation and promotion systems while Liiga does not so it would not work. Personally i like the local appeal of national leagues than some plastic NHL

 

[Yellow and the green]

Lol the most expensive Liiga roster just got eliminated in wild card playoffs

 

[matsqq]

I would appreciate if someone could tell me something about Tommi Tikka - average Liiga player or how much better /worse ?
Is he injury prone ? Strengths/weaknesses?
Any info appreciated.

 

[Jukurit]

Jatkola was injured with 1 minute left to play and Rahm played 40 seconds and gave up one goal. Leads to this funny statline. 85.71 GAA lol

 

[ES]

I would appreciate if someone could tell me something about Tommi Tikka - average Liiga player or how much better /worse ?
Is he injury prone ? Strengths/weaknesses?
Any info appreciated.

Quite close to average when it comes to skills. He's good in faceoffs and can be agitating sometimes. He has cleaned his game a lot in recent years.

 

[PerryTurnbullfan]

Curious if anyone could tell me how Leo Loof has looked for Ilves Tampere and whether you think he has NHL potential.

 

[Yellow and the green]

I would appreciate if someone could tell me something about Tommi Tikka - average Liiga player or how much better /worse ?
Is he injury prone ? Strengths/weaknesses?
Any info appreciated.

Tikka fits in every Liiga roster so he is definitely better than most Liiga players, also he got a euro hockey tour invite this season. Tikka is most famous for making the opponent players mad and from his great faceoffs. You will understand his importance when he plays for your team.

Curious if anyone could tell me how Leo Loof has looked for Ilves Tampere and whether you think he has NHL potential.

He has improved a bit but the soonest i can see him getting a NHL contract is after next season.

 

[Eye of Ra]

Is my eyes getting worse, or is that Jukka Jalonen in Cmore studios? Is he often part of cmore liiga studios as expert?

 

[Yellow and the green]

Is my eyes getting worse, or is that Jukka Jalonen in Cmore studios? Is he often part of cmore liiga studios as expert?

He is not a regular and probably not much work on the national team right now

 

[Eye of Ra]

Carl Johan Lerby to Sport....he has the talent

 

[Jukurit]

Liiga is so boring. Nobody can challenge Tappara.

 

[Eye of Ra]

Liiga is so boring. Nobody can challenge Tappara.

Jokerit when they are back

 

[Jukurit]

Great win by Pelicans. Tappara is still really good but now looks beatable.

 

[Jukurit]

Tappara Champions. Pelicans 1 second away from winning Game 5.

 

[Eye of Ra]

Jakob Stenqvist to Lukko

 

[Smirnov2Chistov]

What happened to SaiPa? Sad to see them in last place with only 8 wins..

 

[Albatros]

What happened to SaiPa? Sad to see them in last place with only 8 wins..

Sold everyone when their playoff chances became unfavorable.

 

[Tuoppi]

FHL	Teams		Arena	Population (metro)
1​	Helsinki	Jokerit	13,349​	1,671,000​
2​	Tampere	Ilves	13,455​	448,000​
3​	Turku	TPS	11,820​	362,000​
4​	Helsinki	HIFK	-10,500​	1,671,000​
5​	Tampere	Tappara	13,455​	448,000​
6​	Oulu	Karpat	6,768​	258,000​
7​	Jyvaskyla	JYP	-7,000​	212,000​
8​	Lahti	Pelicans	5,371​	191,000​
9​	Kuopio	KalPa	5,300​	168,000​
10​	Pori	Assat	6,300​	137,000​
11​	Kouvola	KooKoo	5,950​	61,000​
12​	Hameenlinna	HPK	5,360​	67,000​
13​	Lapreenranta	SaiPa	4,820​	73,000​
14​	Riga	Dinamo	10,300​	1,100,000​
FHL2	Teams		Arena	Population (metro)
1​	Vassa	Sport	4,512​	67,000​
2​	Mikkeli	Jukurit	4,200​	54,000​
3​	Rauma	Lukko	5,400​	39,000​
4​	Espoo	Keikko	6,982​	1,671,000​
5​	Joensuu	JoKP	4,800​	76,000​
6​	Kokkola	Hermes	4,200​	48,000​
7​	Rovaniemi	RoKi	3,500​	63,000​
8​	Vantaa	Keikko	3,700​	1,671,000​
9​	Kaunas	Hockey	13,762​	588,000​
10​	Vilnius	Hockey Punks	8,750​	810,000​
11​	Tallin	Vipers	5,840​	455,000​
12​	Riga	HK Mogo	6,000​	1,100,000​

So you wanna drop Lukko, regular season third, 2021 champion and always has one of the biggest budgets. If you look at the Swedish and Swiss leagues how small places there are. Its not the size but how you use it. Estonians and Lithuanians don't care about hockey.

 

[Jersey Fan 12]

Riihinen has been quite solid TOP 6 D for Pelicans. He doesn't do anything extra and just focuses on playing Pelicans's defensive zone well. He plays actually quite a lot (average 17:53 per game). An interesting player

Too old to be drafted but it appears he played in all 17 playoff games as a 21-year-old.

Any chance he receives an invitation to an NHL camp?

So you wanna drop Lukko, regular season third, 2021 champion and always has one of the biggest budgets. If you look at the Swedish and Swiss leagues how small places there are. Its not the size but how you use it. Estonians and Lithuanians don't care about hockey.

That one caught my attention too.

 

[Eye of Ra]

Johan Sundström to Sport

 

[TheFinnishScout]

Too old to be drafted but it appears he played in all 17 playoff games as a 21-year-old.

Any chance he receives an invitation to an NHL camp?

I think he has a good chance. A lot depends on how much NHL scouts have followed him. It's a shame that he didn't get a chance at EHT.

 

[Eye of Ra]

Westerholm twins to Lukko

 

[Eye of Ra]

Swe invasion of liiga keeps going, jonas gunnarsson to Illves

 

[Jersey Fan 12]

Decent offensive numbers with HIFK but seems as if his defensive game is still a work in progress.

Playing in Oulu next season. Anything to suggest he can play at the KHL/SHL level or even return to North America in the future?

Victor Berglund to HIFK, yes another sw

 

[Eye of Ra]

Theodor Johnsson to Sport.