WC: Team Finland 2019 men's World Championships roster talk

[ChicagoBullsFan]

Jättiyllätys! Jatkoaika: Kaapo Kakko sai kutsun Leijoniin - yksi asia voi olla esteenä liittymiselle! | Leijonat
Based on this article Kaapo Kakko is getting his men's national team debut in Sweden's EuroHockeyTour tournament in February this tells that Kakko really has chance to make Finland's men's world championships roster.

No idea what actual roster will look like but someones of these players might be in the team
Potential candidates from NHL
Teuvo Teräväinen
Jesperi Kotkaniemi
Miro Heiskanen
Henri Jokiharju
Rasmus Ristolainen
Olli Määttä
Sami Vatanen
Aleksander Barkov
Henrik Borgström
Mikko Koskinen
Markus Nutivaara.
Miikka Salomäki

Potential candidates from AHL
Niko Mikkola
Kaapo Kähkönen
Vili Saarijärvi
Aleksi Saarela
Janne Kuokkanen
Eeli Tolvanen
Urho Vaakanainen
Roope Hintz
Sami Niku

Potential candidates from Liiga
Kaapo Kakko
Rasmus Kupari
Aleksi Heponiemi
Jarkko Immonen ( JYP's Immonen)
Otto Paajanen
Teemu Turunen
Arttu Ruotsalainen
Teemu Eronen
Atte Ohtamaa
Jani Hakanpää
Veini Vehviläinen
Oskar Osala
Eetu Luostarinen

Potential candidates from KHL
Kristian Vesalainen
Juuso Puustinen
Juha Metsola
Sami Lepistö
Juuso Hietanen.
Pekka Jormakka
Tommi Kivistö
Teemu Pulkkinen
Ville Pokka
Teemu Hartikainen
Sakari Manninen
Miro Aaltonen
Iiro Pakarinen
Jarno Koskiranta


Not available due to contract negotiations.
Sebastian Aho
Jesse Puljujärvi
Mikko Rantanen
Esa Lindell
Julius Honka
Kasperi Kapanen
Patrik Laine
Joel Armia
Artturi Lehkonen
Joonas Korpisalo
Markus Granlund
Joonas Donskoi
Valtteri Filppula
Juuso Riikola
Harri Säteri
Ville Husso
Antti Niemi
Kalle Kossila,
Jori Lehterä
Juho Lammikko
Markus Hännikäinen
Antti Suomela
Saku Mäenalanen

Not available due to injury
Erik Haula
Mikko Koivu
Mika Pyörälä

Declined to participation
Jussi Jokinen

If i missed some names who has chances to make Finland's world championships team let me know that.

Click to read more...

 

[cg98]

Where's Sami Niku from the AHL?

 

[ChicagoBullsFan]

Where's Sami Niku from the AHL?

Niku added

 

[GORDIEHOWE]

Mikael Granlund?

 

[kabidjan18]

Eetu Luostarinen?

 

[IceHockeyDude]

You forgot Hartikainen.
Him and many other Finns have played very efficiently in KHL this season.

 

[IceHockeyDude]

Mikael Granlund?

His having their first baby with her wife this spring so it won't be likely he will be interested in joining this year unfortunately.

 

[ChicagoBullsFan]

Eetu Luostarinen?

Luostarinen added.

 

[ChicagoBullsFan]

You forgot Hartikainen.
Him and many other Finns have played very efficiently in KHL this season.

Hartikainen added.
Can someone make list potential candidates upcoming men's world championships for those Finnish players who plays SHL and NLA ( i can't remember everyone)

 

[Artorius Horus T]

Hartikainen added.
Can someone make list potential candidates upcoming men's world championships for those Finnish players who plays SHL and NLA ( i can't remember everyone)

There's not many thou, especially SHL, SHL's this season....kinda slim pickens, all together
SHL's top players this season are either 27-30+ vet Swedes or foreign players (none Finns)

NLA: Rajala&Pesonen?

Honestly, i wouldn't pick a single player from either of the leagues to this years Worlds.

 

[Eye of Ra]

There's not many thou, especially SHL, SHL's this season....kinda slim pickens, all together
SHL's top players this season are either 27-30+ vet Swedes or foreign players (none Finns)

.

jesse virtanen, good defender. another good d is mikko lehtonen

 

[DoingItCoolKiwi]

Just hope they go for skill/talent over experience. Watching 30 year olds who'll never be in NHL is not very exciting to me.

 

[Lepardi]

Just hope they go for skill/talent over experience. Watching 30 year olds who'll never be in NHL is not very exciting to me.

Which players are you referring to when you talk about skill/talent?

I hope they pick the players that give them the best chance to succeed in the tournament, no matter what the players' ages are. And I hope Kaapo Kakko is one of those players.

 

[DoingItCoolKiwi]

Which players are you referring to when you talk about skill/talent?

I hope they pick the players that give them the best chance to succeed in the tournament, no matter what the players' ages are. And I hope Kaapo Kakko is one of those players.

Kakko, Kupari, Heponiemi, Vesalainen, Niku... You probably get the theme. I'd like to see future NHL players and potential Olympic players over 30 year olds who'll spend their careers in Europe

 

[Ducks76]

Sakari Manninen,Miro Aaltonen?

 

[ChicagoBullsFan]

Sakari Manninen,Miro Aaltonen?

Added

 

[Lepardi]

Kakko, Kupari, Heponiemi, Vesalainen, Niku... You probably get the theme. I'd like to see future NHL players and potential Olympic players over 30 year olds who'll spend their careers in Europe

I'd like to see Finland win the tournament even if you have to pick 30-year-old Euro-league players to achieve that goal. I guess that's not a very fashionable opinion. I don't think Rasmus Kupari is good enough to play in the men's WHC yet. Too much puck hogging. And Heponiemi might find it quite hard to play against NHL defensemen with his tiny frame.

 

[Conspiracy Theorist]

I'd like to see Finland win the tournament even if you have to pick 30-year-old Euro-league players to achieve that goal. I guess that's not a very fashionable opinion. I don't think Rasmus Kupari is good enough to play in the men's WHC yet. Too much puck hogging. And Heponiemi might find it quite hard to play against NHL defensemen with his tiny frame.

From the WJC 2019 team only Kakko, Tolvanen, Jokiharju and Vaakanainen are good enough for this tournament imo.

 

[ChicagoBullsFan]

From the WJC 2019 team only Kakko, Tolvanen, Jokiharju and Vaakanainen are good enough for this tournament imo.

And Talvitie would have been at least in training camp without that ACL injury.

 

[Lepardi]

And Talvitie would have been at least in training camp without that ACL injury.

I don't think he was even near men's WHC level. He just doesn't have that much skill. Talvitie became totally overrated in Finland because of the high amount of points in a small sample size of matches.

 

[king89]

Not available due to NHL contract negotiations.
Sebastian Aho
Jesse Puljujärvi
Mikko Rantanen
Esa Lindell
Julius Honka
Kasperi Kapanen
Patrik Laine
Joel Armia
Artturi Lehkonen
Joonas Korpisalo
Markus Granlund
Joonas Donskoi

Better hope Barkov and Teräväinen comes...

 

[FinPanda]

Not available due to NHL contract negotiations.
Sebastian Aho
Jesse Puljujärvi
Mikko Rantanen
Esa Lindell
Julius Honka
Kasperi Kapanen
Patrik Laine
Joel Armia
Artturi Lehkonen
Joonas Korpisalo
Markus Granlund
Joonas Donskoi

Better hope Barkov and Teräväinen comes...

Contract doesn't always mean that they'll decline 100%

 

[Lartsaman]

Contract doesn't always mean that they'll decline 100%

For the finnish players it usually means that. Players don´t want to represent men´s team even if they have a contract.

We tuly need Barkov and Teräväinen....

 

[king89]

For the finnish players it usually means that. Players don´t want to represent men´s team even if they have a contract.

We tuly need Barkov and Teräväinen....

Maybe it will be different with Jalonen.

 

[ES]

It is also worth of mention that there is still little over 3 months to get contract signed, like Teräväinen did a week ago or so.