Thanks for sharing. He sounds like a modern two-way player with no major weaknesses. He may never become a top 6 player but he seems like a good bet to find a niche.
Prospect Info: Winnipeg Jets select Santeri Virtanen:#105 Overall
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Thanks for sharing. He sounds like a modern two-way player with no major weaknesses. He may never become a top 6 player but he seems like a good bet to find a niche.
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Hammer Slammer
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EliteProspects tells me "VEER-ta-nen", but I haven't heard him pronounce it yet.
http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=283531
Remember to roll your R's
nobody important
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EliteProspects tells me "VEER-ta-nen", but I haven't heard him pronounce it yet.
http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=283531
Remember to roll your R's
I always roll my R's at Portage Meats. Gimme a half dozen brrratvoorrrst and rrrouladen. I figure if they think I'm German, I'll get the good stuff.
Betcha the TSN/SN guys still call him Vir-TA-nen.
CorgisPer60
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EliteProspects tells me "VEER-ta-nen", but I haven't heard him pronounce it yet.
http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=283531
Remember to roll your R's
The pronunciation sounds about right for a Finnish name.
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nobody important
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Like always, stress the first syllable, mumble and swallow the rest.
You guys are so much fun to have around.
Trilliann
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EliteProspects tells me "VEER-ta-nen", but I haven't heard him pronounce it yet.
http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=283531
Remember to roll your R's
Eliteprospects knows
They seem to only use native speakers
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Eliteprospects knows
They seem to only use native speakers
I could spend the day pushing that button. So soothing. Any hint of SanterÃa-related sacrifices to some questionable gods, totally missing.
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Stay away from trying Henri Chokiharju though. The boy did the same thing as Laine and pronounced his own name wrong when asked, but the Eliteprospects guy on the other hand sounds to be more in love with him than the Blackhawks organization who sent $21M of cap just to announce his name.
Trilliann
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hahaha Kristian did too @0:39 -> "Viissalai...vesalainen"
But it happens to me too, you kind of have to completely readjust your mouth to speak English and then go back to say one Finnish name...
With Rally-English you don't have such problems
MoreMorrissey
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I always roll my R's at Portage Meats. Gimme a half dozen brrratvoorrrst and rrrouladen. I figure if they think I'm German, I'll get the good stuff.
Betcha the TSN/SN guys still call him Vir-TA-nen.
I've been going to portage meats since I could walk, those brats are real nice 
I always roll my R's at Portage Meats. Gimme a half dozen brrratvoorrrst and rrrouladen. I figure if they think I'm German, I'll get the good stuff.
Betcha the TSN/SN guys still call him Vir-TA-nen.
Great shop, especially the brats and roast beef/pork, but they speak pretty spotty German
:trolly:My Finnish colleague is saying VEERtAHten. I'll stick with Virts.
But it happens to me too, you kind of have to completely readjust your mouth to speak English and then go back to say one Finnish name...
With Rally-English you don't have such problems
Esa Tikkanen already tried it. It works on the opponents, but the downside is that teammates couldn't understand Tikkanese at all.
I would fully advocate our guys embracing Rally-English though. Especially if it would yield as awesome results as it did in WRC. And I don't mean only several championship titles but also interviews. (Exhibit A: Marcus Grönholm)
ChicagoBullsFan
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Santeri probably plays next season in TPS Turku liiga team if he won't get drafted to CHL.
LastWordArmy
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Esa Tikkanen already tried it. It works on the opponents, but the downside is that teammates couldn't understand Tikkanese at all.
I would fully advocate our guys embracing Rally-English though. Especially if it would yield as awesome results as it did in WRC. And I don't mean only several championship titles but also interviews. (Exhibit A: Marcus Grönholm)
It's been done, and in impossible-to-surpass fashion by Jari Kurri's speech at Teemu Selanne's jersey hoist.
"Teer vasn't mats lehvt ohv te taiers."
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truck
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I'll be keeping a close eye on Virtanen. He was always an intriguing pick to me, but I also thought he stood out in the Dev Camp scrimmage. I wonder if his injury could have let a diamond fall into the rough.
MardyBum
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Hopefully has a good start to the year, might make the WJ's, was a key defensive/PK forward for Finland at the U18's
truck
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Obviously it was just one scrimmage, but he did so many little things well. Reminded me of Copp.
Hammer Slammer
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My Canada Day weekend has been uneventful and my wife just wanted to lay on the couch and watch medical dramas... I got a lot done.
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One thing people/fans are forgetting about Santeri Virtanen is that he's very good in the faceoff circle. We desperately need is to control the puck starting in the circle. How many times did our PP start from our own end!? We need a key faceoff guy. He's our man.
truck
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Even if he's stromg on the dot and he makes the NHL, it usually takes a few years for a player to come out on top in the NHL.
