Mackcanuck Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 Ryan BiechVerified account @ryanbiech 42m42 minutes ago #Canucks prospect Olli Juolevi has been named captain for Finland for the WJHC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
73 Percent Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 Wow good for him! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alflives Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 12 minutes ago, Mackcanuck said: Ryan BiechVerified account @ryanbiech 42m42 minutes ago #Canucks prospect Olli Juolevi has been named captain for Finland for the WJHC Is Finland any good this year? Imagine how good they could be with Laine and Poliarvi? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeltaSwede Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 33 minutes ago, Alflives said: Is Finland any good this year? Imagine how good they could be with Laine and Poliarvi? Finland will again have a very solid team for this years tournament. They've got a bunch of players that will go in the first round of this years draft and a few that are returning from past tournaments, like Juolevi. It's been a good few years for Finish prospects and they are clearly doing something right. I'll try to watch as many games I can with Juolevi this tournament. Good on him for getting the C. Will be their best player. Players to watch: Juolevi, Vesalainen, Tolvanen, Borgstrom, Nattinen, Valimaki, Saarijarvi, Vaakanainen Basically just a strong team with a lot of depth. Olli will be wearing #7. Projected lineup for tonights pre-tournament game (players bolded are on the watchlist, players with stars are projected first rounders for 2017): 33 Eeli Tolvanen* - 25 Julius Nättinen - 22 Arttu Ruotsalainen 9 Janne Kuokkanen - 13 Henrik Borgström - 34 Kristian Vesalainen* 10 Kasper Björkqvist - 20 Julius Mattila - 21 Joona Luoto 24 Aaro Vidgren - 27 Teemu Väyrynen - 35 Otto Koivula 36 Jouka Juhola 12 Juuso Välimäki* - 18 Vili Saarijärvi 7 Olli Juolevi - 2 Miro Heiskanen* 4 Robin Salo* - 29 Otto Leskinen 3 Urho Vaakanainen* - 6 Juho Rautanen 31 Veini Vehviläinen 30 Karolus Kaarlehto On a side note, Sweden have got a really good team as well this year. They've elected to not pick a lot of right handed defensmen so that could prove to be a weakness. Is it just me, or does Canadas team seem oddly weaker than usual? Wouldn't pick them to even make the finals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ShakyWalton Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 8 minutes ago, DeltaSwede said: Finland will again have a very solid team for this years tournament. They've got a bunch of players that will go in the first round of this years draft and a few that are returning from past tournaments, like Juolevi. It's been a good few years for Finish prospects and they are clearly doing something right. I'll try to watch as many games I can with Juolevi this tournament. Good on him for getting the C. Will be their best player. Players to watch: Juolevi, Vesalainen, Tolvanen, Borgstrom, Nattinen, Valimaki, Saarijarvi, Vaakanainen Basically just a strong team with a lot of depth. Olli will be wearing #7. Projected lineup for tonights pre-season game: 33 Eeli Tolvanen - 25 Julius Nättinen - 22 Arttu Ruotsalainen 9 Janne Kuokkanen - 13 Henrik Borgström - 34 Kristian Vesalainen 10 Kasper Björkqvist - 20 Julius Mattila - 21 Joona Luoto 24 Aaro Vidgren - 27 Teemu Väyrynen - 35 Otto Koivula 36 Jouka Juhola 12 Juuso Välimäki - 18 Vili Saarijärvi 7 Olli Juolevi - 2 Miro Heiskanen 4 Robin Salo - 29 Otto Leskinen 3 Urho Vaakanainen - 6 Juho Rautanen 31 Veini Vehviläinen 30 Karolus Kaarlehto On a side note, Sweden have got a really good team as well this year. They've elected to not pick a lot of right handed defensmen so that could prove to be a weakness. Is it just me, or does Canadas team seem oddly weaker than usual? Wouldn't pick them to even make the finals. Me either and with Brisbois being cut they don't hold much interest to me...for the first time in my life I am hoping for Finland . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cramarossa Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 9 minutes ago, ShakyWalton said: Me either and with Brisbois being cut they don't hold much interest to me...for the first time in my life I am hoping for Finland . Welcome to the dark (err, blonde, very pale) side, Shaky! Onnea, Suomi! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RRypien37 Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 6 hours ago, Alflives said: Is Finland any good this year? Imagine how good they could be with Laine and Poliarvi? Same could be said for Canada if they had McDavid, Marner, Konecny, Beauvillier, Crouse, Chychrun and Patrick (who is injured). Super impressive for Olli to be named captain at 18. That doesn't happen much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Monahan Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 30 minutes ago, RRypien37 said: Same could be said for Canada if they had McDavid, Konecny, Beauvillier, Crouse, Chychrun and Patrick (who is injured). Super impressive for Olli to be named captain at 18. That doesn't happen much. The thought of mcdavid at this tournament just doesn't seem fair Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silky mitts Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 Good news hopefully a big tournament for him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honky Cat Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 Thats quite a statement by Team Finland to name Olli captain......Who do I root for..Team Canada or Finland..????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuktravella Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 good luck juolevi hope u get second gold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ossi Vaananen Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 Fin/CAn on TSN2 today at 4. Should be sweet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanuck Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 I'm very happy for OJ, but I support Canada no matter who plays elsewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Time Lord Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 3 hours ago, DeltaSwede said: Is it just me, or does Canadas team seem oddly weaker than usual? Wouldn't pick them to even make the finals. They are probably better than last year and I'd expect them to make it further than the quarterfinals. I don't consider it strange that you wouldn't pick them to make the finals, it's not like they've done so on a regular basis. I have them making it to the finals though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beary Sweet Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 Big congratulations to Olli for being named team captain of the Finns. hope that he continues his good solid play for his home country and continues to play with poise, hockey IQ as we have seen with the London Knights. cheering for both the Finns and Canada this year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamJamIam Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 19 minutes ago, Time Lord said: They are probably better than last year and I'd expect them to make it further than the quarterfinals. I don't consider it strange that you wouldn't pick them to make the finals, it's not like they've done so on a regular basis. I have them making it to the finals though. Not saying much given that last year's team stunk to high heaven and had a million red flags before they played a single game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-23 Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 An elite defenceman i want to see in a Canuck jersey next season! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RRypien37 Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 5 hours ago, Sean Monahan said: The thought of mcdavid at this tournament just doesn't seem fair Same could be said for Laine, Matthews or Marner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rush17 Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 6 hours ago, ShakyWalton said: Me either and with Brisbois being cut they don't hold much interest to me...for the first time in my life I am hoping for Finland . Why did Juolevi give up his #4 too that other guy? wasnt he # at WJC? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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