Prospect Info: Oskari Laaksonen (2017, 89th) 2018-19 Ilves - Traded to Dallas

[sincerity0]

If nothing else, it shows his trust in his Northern European scouting staff. Heck this draft was all about that part of his staff, Numminen in particular. Who’d a thought Danny Briere talking Teppo into signing in Buffalo almost 15 years ago might still be paying dividends for this team down the line. I don’t think there’s anyway that Teemu would have signed to scout with the team if his brother hadn't already played here.

Iirc since botts was hired so close to the draft, he leaned extra heavily on his scouts. He said something along the lines of letting a scout make the morning picks in the later rounds based on players they liked.

 

[Dingo44]

Long game. Their scout must think he's got tremendous room for growth. This pick works, it's the type that can make a scouts career.

That scout is looking better and better all the time...

 

[26CornerBlitz]

 

[Gabrielor]

He was a must-watch at the tourney, both good and bad. Mostly good though.

 

[Snippit]

Eliteprospects has him at 4 points in 4 games, hockeydb has him at 2 on 3.

What's that about

 

[Sansbacon]

After watching the prospects tourney, you can see t

He was a must-watch at the tourney, both good and bad. Mostly good though.

Yeah, he definitely needs some time to cook, but I’m excited about his potential.

 

[Moskau]

Some say you can still see a projection of him with his stick cocked back waiting for a pass at the Harbor Center.

 

[En Liten Pingvin]

Oskari's 1st career goal on last Friday.

 

[krt88nc]

Oskari's 1st career goal on last Friday.

Finnish is fun the listen to. Doesn’t sound like other languages.

 

[Doug Prishpreed]

Some say you can still see a projection of him with his stick cocked back waiting for a pass at the Harbor Center.

That will never not bother me, and will always taint my perception of him, lol

 

[Der Jaeger]

Some say you can still see a projection of him with his stick cocked back waiting for a pass at the Harbor Center.

I don't get it. What did I miss?

 

[Ralonzo]

Remember Jocelyn Guevremont? I think it's a reference to something like that... he had a pretty good slap shot. Problem was you could wind up and fire a trebuchet faster than Jocelyn would wind up and shoot the puck. Spent a lot of time with his stick pointed at the scoreboard.

 

[Gras]

I don't get it. What did I miss?

The prospect tourney

 

[Snippit]

This guy is putting up numbers

 

[Buttons85]

This guy is putting up numbers

This prompted me to check out the stats page on the Liiga website and realize that the Finnish language is absolutely fascinating. Rangaistusminuutit may be my favorite hockey term now.

But yeah, nice start for him... 5 points in 7 games, so he's the top rookie defenseman in points currently.

 

[HockeyHistorian]

13 games, 1 + 7 = 8, +8, 37 shots and over 19 minutes TOI thus far. Leads his team D in points. Very promising.

 

[FinPanda]

He heard some insider things about him. He comes from a very good athletic family. He got a better evaluation than Dahlin (from my friend who knows Laaksonen's friend) from the NHL camp.

Yesterday he unfortunately got a concussion. I hope he'll be back soon in the lineup.

 

[joshjull]

 

[jBuds]

He heard some insider things about him. He comes from a very good athletic family. He got a better evaluation than Dahlin (from my friend who knows Laaksonen's friend) from the NHL camp.

Yesterday he unfortunately got a concussion. I hope he'll be back soon in the lineup.

This sucks

 

[sabrebuild]

He heard some insider things about him. He comes from a very good athletic family. He got a better evaluation than Dahlin (from my friend who knows Laaksonen's friend) from the NHL camp.

Yesterday he unfortunately got a concussion. I hope he'll be back soon in the lineup.

Hope he gets healthy quick.

I would love to know the specifics on this evaluation.

 

[Snippit]

Not sure if he got injured because he played yesterday and got another point (1+8 in 14 games)

 

[Sakke]

There is video about that hit:


But now he is okay. Played yesterday and got assist again.

 

[Tatanka]

Wow! He got rocked. That dipsy do he has will get him killed in NA. He tried it a couple of times in the WJC Showcase this summer. He needs to get bigger or smarter. Still like his skating though.

 

[FinPanda]

Not sure if he got injured because he played yesterday and got another point (1+8 in 14 games)

His coach said he got a concussion so it must have not been that bad. Good to see him back so soon.

 

[Yultron]

His coach said he got a concussion so it must have not been that bad. Good to see him back so soon.

Do you have a link for the concussion ? I browsed the web for 10 minutes and couldn’t find anything mentioning a concussion