Team Finland U18 WJC Roster Talk.

JJTT

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So looks like Niemeläinen/Välimäki/Somppi will all likely miss the CHL playoffs:

Kuokkanen-Mäkinen-Oksanen
Vesalainen-Somppi-Tuulola
Koivula-Räsänen-Tolvanen
Jääskä-Koppanen-Moilanen
Nurmi

Välimäki-Salo
Niemeläinen-Heiskanen
Vaakanainen-Jokiharju
Kotkansalo

Isokangas/Laakso/Halonen
 

FiLe

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Somehow I find it unlikely that Kärpät and Tappara will meet in the finals once again, so at least one of Laine/Pulju should be available too. Unless, of course, KJ wants to cabal them.
 

JJTT

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Camp roster:

G:

#1 Luukkonen Ukko-Pekka (HPK) -99
#30 Halonen Niilo (Jokerit)
#31 Laakso Leevi (Sport)

D:

#3 LD Kokkila Jesper (Kärpät)
#4 LD Salo Robin (Sport)
#6 LD Välimäki Juuso (Try City Americans WHL)
#7 LD Vaakanainen Urho (Blues) -99
#28 RD Jokiharju Henri (Tappara) -99
#33 LD Heiskanen Miro (HIFK) -99
#36 LD Kotkansalo Kasper (Blues)
#37 LD Almari Niclas (Jokerit)

F:

#2 LW Jääskä Juha (HIFK)
#12 LW Moilanen Sami (Jokerit) -99
#15 C Koppanen Joona (Ilves)
#18 LW Kuokkanen Janne (Kärpät)
#19 RW Tuulola Eetu (HPK)
#20 LW Tolvanen Eeli (Sioux City Musketeers USHL) -99
#22 C Räsänen Aapeli (Tappara)
#23 RW Oksanen Emil (Blues)
#24 C Somppi Otto (Halifax Mooseheads QMJHL)
#25 C Mäkinen Otto (Tappara)
#27 RW Nurmi Markus (TPS)
#32 C Hakkarainen Mikael (Brookings Blizzard NAHL)
#34 LW Koivula Otto (Ilves)
#35 C Kuiri Niko (Kärpät)

Laine, Niemeläinen, Felixson, Puljujärvi and Vesalainen are possible additions, who could be available before the tournament starts.
 
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Tormentor

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Max Jones could easily get a ~10 game suspension for his head hunting. If London Knights looses another important player like Marner, Tkachuk or Dvorak to injury for example, their play-off run could potentially end in the 2nd round. This in turn might make Juolevi available for later stages of WU18C's.

Of course the chances of all this happening are like 10% or so, but it would sure be nice to see him play in this tourney.
 

Orvelo

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Im my opinion the starting line-up could look like this:


Vesalainen - Somppi - Kuokkanen

Oksanen - Räsänen - Tolvanen

Jääskä - Mäkinen - Tuulola

Koivula - Hakkarainen - Koppanen/Nurmi


Vaakanainen - Niemeläinen

Välimäki - Jokiharju

Salo - Kotkansalo

Heiskanen

Halonen
Luukkonen

So tell me guys, am i off with this?
 
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Keke

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Kuokkanen - Mäkinen - Oksanen line has played a lot together and I think that it will be one of our lines. It's the same thing with Vesalainen - Räsänen - Tuulola.

Puljujärvi will likely join the team and it leaves Somppi and Tolvanen in the first line. The 4th line will be a combination of Koivula, Koppanen, Jääskä, Nurmi and Hakkarainen. My preferance would be Koivula - Koppanen - Jääskä.

Very strong defense even if we are missing Juolevi. Can't go wrong with them. I think Niemeläinen and Välimäki have played together but I'm not sure.

So my lineup would be:

Tolvanen - Somppi - Puljujärvi
Kuokkanen - Mäkinen - Oksanen
Vesalainen - Räsänen - Tuulola
Koivula - Koppanen - Jääskä
Nurmi

Välimäki - Niemeläinen
Salo - Vaakanainen
Kotkansalo - Jokiharju
Heiskanen
 

HockeyHistorian

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In case Puljujärvi joins them I'd go with these lines:

Kuokkanen - Somppi - Puljujärvi
Vesalainen - Räsänen - Tolvanen
Koivula - Mäkinen - Oksanen
Jääskä - Koppanen - Tuulola

If they put Kuokkanen in the middle I'd like it even more:

Oksanen - Kuokkanen - Puljujärvi
Vesalainen - Somppi - Tolvanen
Koivula - Räsänen - Tuulola
Jääskä - Koppanen - Mäkinen

For PP:

Oksanen - Somppi - Kuokkanen
Puljujärvi - Vaakanainen

Tuulola - Räsänen - Vesalainen
Jokiharju - Tolvanen
 

JJTT

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Based on the previous tournaments, Jääskä-Koppanen-Moilanen is a lock for the 4th line. Kuokkanen-Mäkinen-Oksanen have played together a lot too.

Kuokkanen-Mäkinen-Oksanen
Vesalainen-Somppi-Puljujärvi
Tolvanen-Räsänen-Tuulola
Jääskä(A)-Koppanen-Moilanen
Koivula

Same top4 defense that played at Ivan Hlinka together. Heiskanen-Vaakanainen at the bottom pair with Kotkansalo playing some shifts here and there:

Välimäki (C) - Jokiharju
Niemeläinen - Salo (A)
Vaakanainen - Heiskanen
Kotkansalo

No idea about the goalies, I'd go with Luukkonen who has been outstanding lately.

Seems like http://www.fasthockey.com/ will stream the games. YLE doesn't show the first 3 games.
 
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ChicagoBullsFan

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Kärpät has bronze game against JYP in Friday so how sure it will be Puljujärvi is in lineup against Czechs in Friday morning-night ( Czech game starts for 02:00 Finland's time).
 

Isola

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Kärpät has bronze game against JYP in Friday so how sure it will be Puljujärvi is in lineup against Czechs in Friday morning-night ( Czech game starts for 02:00 Finland's time).
I think he will skip the bronze medal game, however Pulju will still probably miss the game against the Czechs
 

Erikfromfin

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Id definetly want to see Vesalainen with Tolvanen on same line.. they were dynamite duo in the u17 hockey challenge
 

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