List your top Finnish forwards

[Ben White]

This is my list, what about yours?

Rantanen
Aho/Barkov
Laine
Granlund
Teravainen

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[jonlin]

Rantanen
Barkov
Aho
Laine
Granlund
Koivu
TT

 

[McFlash97]

Aho
Rantanen
Barkov
Laine
Granlund
Koivu

Teravainen
Kotkaniemi


Puljujarvi


Finland is locked and loaded for the next Olympics, That is some serious young talent

 

[Canadian Finn]

One helluva talented Finn missing from this thread.

(and this Finn's current favourite Finn)

 

[MMANumminen]

Right now?
Rantanen
Aho
Granlund
Barkov
Laine

 

[Ainec]

1		Mikko Koivu	1983	F	945	197	480	677	554	73	58	10	33	0.208	0.508	0.716
3		Mikael Granlund	1992	F	419	88	199	287	102	39	19	7	16	0.210	0.475	0.685
4		Aleksander Barkov	1995	F	348	105	159	264	58	32	24	6	21	0.302	0.457	0.759
5		Teuvo Teräväinen	1994	F	298	59	107	166	54	11	14	0	9	0.198	0.359	0.557
6		Sami Vatanen	1991	D	354	37	124	161	158	19	18	1	3	0.105	0.350	0.455
7		Rasmus Ristolainen	1994	D	366	33	127	160	181	-113	11	0	6	0.090	0.347	0.437
8		Mikko Rantanen	1996	F	185	57	97	154	74	-21	20	0	6	0.308	0.524	0.832
9		Erik Haula	1991	F	357	73	78	151	160	18	14	3	12	0.204	0.218	0.423
10		Patrik Laine	1998	F	173	88	57	145	62	10	36	0	14	0.509	0.329	0.838
11		Sebastian Aho	1997	F	180	59	78	137	60	11	15	1	11	0.328	0.433	0.761
16		Markus Granlund	1993	F	246	47	38	85	62	-34	7	4	6	0.191	0.154	0.346
17		Joel Armia	1993	F	195	29	36	65	62	-3	0	6	4	0.149	0.185	0.333
18		Artturi Lehkonen	1995	F	159	32	27	59	36	-11	5	2	7	0.201	0.170	0.371
19		Esa Lindell	1994	D	177	16	37	53	60	28	3	0	3	0.090	0.209	0.299
20		Markus Nutivaara	1994	D	147	11	29	40	20	24	1	0	2	0.075	0.197	0.272
21		Jesse Puljujärvi	1998	F	104	14	15	29	30	-1	3	0	2	0.135	0.144	0.279
22		Kasperi Kapanen	1996	F	75	16	8	24	14	5	0	2	3	0.213	0.107	0.320
27		Pekka Rinne	1982	G	578	0	11	11	54		0	0	0	0.000	0.019	0.019
28		Tuukka Rask	1987	G	458	0	11	11	22		0	0	0	0.000	0.024	0.024
29		Jesperi Kotkaniemi	2000	F	20	3	7	10	6	0	0	0	0	0.150	0.350	0.500
30		Henri Jokiharju	1999	D	21	0	10	10	16	1	0	0	0	0.000	0.476	0.476
32		Miro Heiskanen	1999	D	20	2	6	8	6	1	0	0	2	0.100	0.300	0.400
33		Juuse Saros	1995	G	58	0	4	4	0		0	0	0	0.000	0.069	0.069
34		Antti Raanta	1989	G	150	0	3	3	0		0	0	0	0.000	0.020	0.020
35		Juuso Välimäki	1998	D	19	1	1	2	6	-5	0	0	1	0.053	0.053	0.105
37		Roope Hintz	1996	F	6	1	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0.167	0.000	0.167
39		Kristian Vesalainen	1999	F	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.200	0.200
43		Urho Vaakanainen	1999	D	2	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000

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[Hasa92]

Rantanen
Barkov
Laine
Aho

Koivu
Teräväinen
Haula

Kapanen
Lehkonen
Filppula

Donskoi
Armia
Kotkaniemi
Markus Granlund

Salomäki
Hintz

Lehterä

Puljujärvi

 

[Royale With Cheese]

Teemu Selanne

 

[torniojaws]

Current players, I presume?

Tier 1: Rantanen, Mikael Granlund, Aho
Tier 2: Barkov, Laine, Koivu, Teräväinen
Tier 3: Filppula, Komarov, Markus Granlund, Donskoi, Lehkonen, Armia, Haula
Tier 4: Lehterä

Upcoming and promising (hard to tell yet): Kapanen, Kotkaniemi, Suomela
No idea how Eeli Tolvanen has been in the AHL, but he's got a good chance to do well next season due to his FEL performance.

I left out a lot of "veteran" players that are neither horrible nor good.

 

[Bedards Dad]

Current players, I presume?

Tier 1: Rantanen, Mikael Granlund, Aho
Tier 2: Barkov, Laine, Koivu, Teräväinen
Tier 3: Filppula, Komarov, Markus Granlund, Donskoi, Lehkonen, Armia, Haula
Tier 4: Lehterä

Upcoming and promising (hard to tell yet): Kapanen, Kotkaniemi, Suomela
No idea how Eeli Tolvanen has been in the AHL, but he's got a good chance to do well next season due to his FEL performance.

I left out a lot of "veteran" players that are neither horrible nor good.

I'd have Kapanen in the 3rd teir. He is already better then uncle Leo.

 

[Canada Drai]

Barkov


Everyone else

 

[CantLoseWithMatthews]

Rantanen
Aho
Barkov
Granlund
Laine
Kapanen
Teravainen
Koivu

 

[devbouz12]

One helluva talented Finn missing from this thread.

(and this Finn's current favourite Finn)

Heiskanen?

 

[CantLoseWithMatthews]

Heiskanen?

Dallas fans won't like that you're calling him a forward

 

[devbouz12]

Dallas fans won't like that you're calling him a forward

Oops, I should read the title next time

 

[Canadienna]

- Forwards Only

Top 5 currently

Rantanen
Aho
Barkov
Laine
Granlund

HM: Koivu, Teräväinen, Kotkaniemi


Top 5 potential

Rantanen
Laine
Aho
Barkov
Kotkaniemi

HM: Teräväinen, Kapanen, Granlund

 

[Canadian Finn]

Heiskanen?

No, Heiskanen isn't my favourite Finn....but he is a beauty Dman!

 

[Albus Dumbledore]

Barkov
Aho
Rantanen
Laine
Kotkaniemi

Heiskanaen
Kapanen
Teräväinen

I think within two years something like this. Aho and Rantanen are interchangeable. Barkov has the best body of work and is sub PPG player with selke like defense. Kotkaniemi will soon be a 70 point plus player as well. Heiskanen will be a top pairing dman pretty soon but his offence might take a bit to kick in. And then the last two players are great complimentary players with tons of skill.

 

[devbouz12]

No, Heiskanen isn't my favourite Finn....but he is a beauty Dman!

Guess #2 is Kapanen (looks like him in your avatar)

 

[Canadian Finn]

He is my favourite. (along with Leo)

Both are beauties!

 

[Rebels57]

Still find it hilarious that Bowman was willing to trade Teravainen in a cap dump trade to get rid of Bickell's contract. What a doofus.

 

[Deficient Mode]

Superstars:
Barkov
Aho

First line:
Rantanen
Koivu
Granlund
Laine
Teravainen

Top six:
Donskoi
Kapanen
Haula

Unproven but probably good, and middle six guys:
Suomela
Kotkaniemi
Lehkonen
Puljujarvi
Armia
Hintz
Vesalainen

Bottom 6 at best:
Komarov
Filppula
Salomaki
Ma. Granlund
Lammikko
Hannikainen
Kossila??
Lehtera

 

[Jets88]

Rantanen
Barkov
Aho
Laine
Granlund

 

[M2Beezy]

Rantanen
Others

 

[Gabe the Babe]

Superstars:
Barkov
Aho

First line:
Rantanen
Koivu
Granlund
Laine
Teravainen

Top six:
Donskoi
Kapanen
Haula

Unproven but probably good, and middle six guys:
Suomela
Kotkaniemi
Lehkonen
Puljujarvi
Armia
Hintz
Vesalainen

Bottom 6 at best:
Komarov
Filppula
Salomaki
Ma. Granlund
Lammikko
Hannikainen
Kossila??
Lehtera

You mean the guy playing was the best hockey in the NHL this year isn’t a superstar but Aho and Barkov are? Interesting.

Any list that Rantanen isn’t number 1 on is automatically wrong. There isn’t an argument to be made for anyone else. At all.