RW Lenni Killinen - Ässät Pori, Liiga (104th, CAR, 2018 )

[ChicagoBullsFan]

http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=332303
https://finnprospects.com/player/lenni-killinen/
http://www.hockeydraftcentral.com/2018/18_killinen_l.html

Finnish Junior Hockey.com comment.

The most talented player on Blues U18 in the past season.
Killinen is a highly talented winger who can beat defenders in various ways.

He has excellent mobility – agility and footwork are top notch.
He utilizes his speed impressively when driving to the net with the puck.
Has good hands, a great shot and advances the game with effective passes.

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[Binary Code]

Will he have a shot at Liiga?

 

[JJTT]

Will he have a shot at Liiga?

He plays for Blues, they have a team in the finnish second tier, Mestis. Should get a shot playing there unless he is planning to play in NCAA like many other Blues juniors have in the past few years

 

[Jag68Sid87]

Great name, I hope he makes it.

 

[ijuka]

He plays for Blues, they have a team in the finnish second tier, Mestis. Should get a shot playing there unless he is planning to play in NCAA like many other Blues juniors have in the past few years

They don't. That team does not have a Mestis license and the Blues juniors aren't under their control anymore, either.

 

[JJTT]

They don't. That team does not have a Mestis license and the Blues juniors aren't under their control anymore, either.

Weren't they supposed to get new money this week(other than Salonoja)? Haven't really followed these case because of work.

 

[ChicagoBullsFan]

Weren't they supposed to get new money this week(other than Salonoja)? Haven't really followed these case because of work.

Espoo United has press conference in Early August where Salonoja announces a new partner who's gonna bring more money to Espoo United.

Salonoja hasn't told in public who that partner is.
The fact is still that Espoo United's future in Mestis is questionable.

Finnish Hockey Association sent a further explanation of the request to Espoo United and Espoo United has answered on it.
But nothing official decisions of suspending Espoo United's mestis licence has not yet been done.

 

[Erikfromfin]

Lenni is really good prospect. I like how he attacks with speed through neutral zone going outside protecting puck well. i see him as 2nd rounder and 5th best finn for the draft

1. Ramus Kupari
2. Jesperi Kotkaniemi
3. Jesse Ylönen
4. Justus Annunen
5. Lenni Killinen

 

[Ippenator]

Lenni is really good prospect. I like how he attacks with speed through neutral zone going outside protecting puck well. i see him as 2nd rounder and 5th best finn for the draft

1. Ramus Kupari
2. Jesperi Kotkaniemi
3. Jesse Ylönen
4. Justus Annunen
5. Lenni Killinen

Why Kupari as the first Finn? I would still say that Kotkaniemi and maybe even Ylönen should go before him. I'm not at least yet sold on Kupari's productivity offensively. It could of course still change and I might be wrong. But anyway so far Kotkaniemi and also Ylönen have showed more offensive potential in my opinion.

 

[ijuka]

Why Kupari as the first Finn? I would still say that Kotkaniemi and maybe even Ylönen should go before him. I'm not at least yet sold on Kupari's productivity offensively. It could of course still change and I might be wrong. But anyway so far Kotkaniemi and also Ylönen have showed more offensive potential in my opinion.

Kupari definitely is not ahead of Kotkaniemi, that makes zero sense if you're trying to be even remotely objective.

Personally, Killinen is in the 5-7 range for me, definitely behind Kotkaniemi, Ylonen, Kupari and Nordgren.

 

[FVM]

This guy has a name that sounds like something a non-native speaker would conjure for fake Finnish. Hilarious.

 

[BusQuets]

Superstar....

 

[ChicagoBullsFan]

http://espoounited.fi/ajankohtaista/espoo-united-2/
Espoo United Mestis team has signed Lenni Killinen 2+1 contract.

 

[ijuka]

Nice to see that the team's seemingly gotten its stuff in order. It'll be interesting to see how Mestis compares to Liiga as a development league.

 

[ChicagoBullsFan]

https://finnprospects.com/player/lenni-killinen/

 

[Vide]

6'2, 180 lbs forward with good speed started the season strong in finnish juniors, notching 4 goals and 9 points in 8 games. Plays his off-wing. Had 1 assist in 4 games at the Hlinka Memorial. Only saw him in one game but he caught my eye. Any finnish posters have more info on this kid? How good of a prospect is he?

http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=332303

 

[ChicagoBullsFan]

You're late buddy there's already a thread for Killinen
http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=2372885&highlight=lenni+killinen
Could someone put these threads together. No need for two threads to same player ( Killinen).

 

[ChicagoBullsFan]

 

[Tryamkin]

Interesting, have only seen a bit of him and he’s quite intriguing. Shooting up my list as of late.

 

[myzteriouz]

His name sounds like something Lemmy Kilmister would have made up if he had had to escape to Finland and live under an alias

 

[CraigBillington]

His name sounds like something Lemmy Kilmister would have made up if he had had to escape to Finland and live under an alias

Was coming to say something similar haha. Most metal name in hockey

Stelio Mattheos and Blade Jenkins don't count

 

[Tryamkin]

He’s Killen it

 

[wings5]

Surprised of the lack of hype for Killinen, seems to be playing very well in u20 league and has good size as well.

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

Ranked #53 in my rankings.

 

[ijuka]

Surprised of the lack of hype for Killinen, seems to be playing very well in u20 league and has good size as well.

Doing well in the u20 league, at least purely scoring-wise, isn't really a big deal for a u20 player. And really, he's not doing that spectacularly, either. Having only 7 goals hurts, too. For me personally, the bigger issue is that he was absolutely horrible in the Ivan Hlinka memorial tournament. And considering that this season as a whole is really nothing to write home about for a u20 player, I personally would have a hard time placing him in my top 100.

For a player like this, I'd really need to see him doing well in a men's league or at least a major international tournament before placing him much higher than that.