Olli Jokinen

[I Will Son]

I for one think he has been playing good and putting in a lot of effort. Very little to no mistakes on the defensive side. And his line is putting up pressure, just unfortunately no results yet. If we were losing id be worried, but we are winning. No need to mess with the roster just because he doesn't have a point. He's also a veteran and a leader and we need that in this team.. I personally think he's been better than Nystrom, Beck, and Bourque. Maybe even Goose

 

[jwhouk]

...He just had arguably the worst game of the season this past game against his most recently-former team. If it wasn't the worst, then the one before in Saint Louis was a fair candidate for that part.

At his best - against the Yotes and in the opener against Ottawa - he was merely "average" for him. He hasn't had more than three shots on goal since the opener. Yes, he's had a handful of five-plus shot attempt games, but in those over half (18 of 32, to be exact) didn't make it to the net.

Maybe he just needs to have his targeting "computer" readjusted, like RoboCop...

 

[predfan24]

I agree OJ has been playing hard and solidly defensively and a solid PKer. BUT lets be honest with ourselves he is playing as a winger and he wasn't brought in here to be a third line RW defensive wizard ( Is there even such a thing? lol) All the excuses in the world doesn't put the puck in the back of the net. Now that he is playing with some talent on the vet line let's see if they can pot a goal or two.

 

[Bringer of Jollity]

Colin "make it or break it" Wilson owes Olli a fruit basket for allowing people to overlook his <25 point pace.

I think Olli will get it going. He's mostly doing the right things, but just not finishing the few chances he is getting and you can tell it's starting to wear on him. The level of exasperation at not even being able to get decent empty net chances at the end of games is quite evident. I doubt he's ever had this kind of slump before.

 

[triggrman]

Colin "make it or break it" Wilson owes Olli a fruit basket for allowing people to overlook his <25 point pace.

I think Olli will get it going. He's mostly doing the right things, but just not finishing the few chances he is getting and you can tell it's starting to wear on him. The level of exasperation at not even being able to get decent empty net chances at the end of games is quite evident. I doubt he's ever had this kind of slump before.

He sent one but Roy intercepted it and immediately turned it over.

 

[Bringer of Jollity]

He sent one but Roy intercepted it and immediately turned it over.

At least it wasn't in the defensive zone.

 

[Gh24]

I agree OJ has been playing hard and solidly defensively and a solid PKer. BUT lets be honest with ourselves he is playing as a winger and he wasn't brought in here to be a third line RW defensive wizard

So what? Adapt. Play him at that role he's doing so great.


And what comes to his points total. Having no goals with those opportunities is bad, but can you really blame Jokinen himself for having no assists, with all those sweet setups?

 

[Hockeyfever]

17 games, no points and averaging about 15 minutes TOI. If they need a 3rd line RW with good PK and defensive skills as well as offense mixed in might as well let Watson come up and play.

 

[I Will Son]

Like I said, messing with a roster just because someone isn't producing the numbers on a stat sheet (While we are winning) is not a good idea.

 

[NSH615]

Like I said, messing with a roster just because someone isn't producing the numbers on a stat sheet (While we are winning) is not a good idea.

While this may be valid, I do think he should be the odd man out when Fisher returns. I know he won't be due to his veteran status, he should be for his useless status.

 

[jwhouk]

If the line/position change doesn't work, he needs to sit for a few.

 

[jstreet]

I've seen people are starting to refer to Ollie as 0llie

An*y *elm*re would be proud.

 

[PredsV82]

I've seen people are starting to refer to Ollie as 0llie

An*y *elm*re would be proud.

That's pretty good although on a cellphone screen it was initially hard to tell the difference..

I was thinking of The Donut Flow, or FlowZero

 

[jwhouk]

He is currently 10 games away from his career high in goal-less games, and five away from his high in point-less games.

 

[Drake744]

That's pretty good although on a cellphone screen it was initially hard to tell the difference..

I was thinking of The Donut Flow, or FlowZero

Lack of Finnish

I'll see myself out now.

 

[MrJoshua]

That's pretty good although on a cellphone screen it was initially hard to tell the difference..

I was thinking of The Donut Flow, or FlowZero

FlowNo?

 

[jstreet]

Even without the gifs this man is a gold mine

 

[PredsV82]

this one will show the age of our posters


No, OJ, No!

 

[Paranoid Android]

Jokinen leads the league in time on ice and shots among all players with zero points

 

[Nashville Transplant]

and after last night's onslaught, one thing remains constant...

Olli Jokinen is pointless.

 

[jwhouk]

In more ways than one.

Doc Volde could have gone out on the ice and scored last night. ####, I could have gone out there and scored for the Preds last night. And I've got nine years on OJ.

 

[jstreet]

It's almost starting to get impressive at this point. I don't know how he does it.

 

[Michael Hockey]

It's almost starting to get impressive at this point. I don't know how he does it.

He is Finnish, avoiding points is in his blood.

 

[Fortheloveofthegame]

Lack of Finnish

I'll see myself out now.

Brilliant!

 

[dizzler]

He did it! He scored!