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2 more assists for Juolevi
It’s pretty interesting to read through the Sergachev thread on the Lightning board. To say he’s struggling this year would be a huge understatement. General sentiment is that he’s playing like a bad bottom pairing defense man and some posters are even wondering if he should be in the AHL. But the most interesting part is, the majority of Lightning fans are rallying behind the idea that he’s still only 21 years old and optimistic that he will eventually figure out the defensive game.
This is why some defense men can make the jump to play in the NHL at a young age. Partly because their team is so deep on defense they can insulate them. Partly because they don’t play for a team with a horde of fans who are just waiting to eat them alive and chomping at the bit to do so.
Unfortunately Juolevi isn’t so lucky on either count.
I've said it on these boards numerous times. If you watch Sergachev for a prolonged basis last year you could see obviously he's talented, but there's a lot of holes on his game. He played amongst the softest minutes in the league and still struggled. Some of those struggles were masked by his PP production on that stacked TB PP.
Juolevi is a player that gets stronger as the year goes by and the bigger the moments. In the past it may have been his conditioning. Right now he's adjusting to NA pro hockey. I have the utmost faith and patience in him. As Juolevi said himself its not a sprint its a marathon. He's not setting himself up with being the best player from his draft class right now. He's setting himself up to have a prolonged successful career.
Olli? Might be a good idea.
well he is the topic on hand and it seems some think his value is going south on the farm
should we try to trade him?
He’s tracking to be a 3/4 defenseman that you have to shelter due to his defensive play. Seems like he could be an MDZ
Is he tracking to be a good defensive player? Cause from what I’ve seen that’s not true at allhes still only 20 I wouldnt say hes tracking to be a bad defensive player at all...if hes still suspect in a couple years then yeah ok.
Is he tracking to be a good defensive player? Cause from what I’ve seen that’s not true at all
I don’t know about you guys, but 10 points in 14 games in the Ahl is quite impressive, can’t remember the last time we had a 20 year old d-men do that. He will make the Canucks next year.