Bigturk8 Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 16 minutes ago, R3aL said: Yea had no idea.. can't agree more Just to follow up, I found the source from back in May. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob_Zepp Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 5 hours ago, Kaner said: Please avoid going off topic. This is the Olli Juolevi thread. Thanks And this thread is special because?....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rollieo Del Fuego Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 43 minutes ago, Goal:thecup said: [Please do not use photos in your signature that antagonize Canucks fans (for whatever reason, yours is the only signature that cannot be "ignored"). This is the Canucks forum, not the Cabbie and Escort Beaters apologetics forum. Please change user name and avatar; they are offensive to Canucks fans in violation of the board rules.] I do agree with getting back to the Olli Juolevi topic. In my opinion, Olli is going to make the team. He almost made it last year and was disappointed to be sent down. moding the mod....why has this not been done before.... Juolevi does look like he means business this year but there are a slew of D. ahead of him now.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
higgyfan Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 18 minutes ago, Rollieo Del Fuego said: moding the mod....why has this not been done before.... Juolevi does look like he means business this year but there are a slew of D. ahead of him now.... Yes there are, but if he outplays them, then he should make the team. If he's NHL ready, I think it would be holding him back by sending him down to Jrs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimito Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 (edited) 2 hours ago, Bigturk8 said: Just to follow up, I found the source from back in May. We can really use another canon in the back end. hope Salo can give him good tips. Edited July 4, 2017 by Jaimito 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camel Toe Drag Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 (edited) 2 hours ago, Bigturk8 said: Just to follow up, I found the source from back in May. Oh my god. Juolevi with a cannon would just be OP. From what iv seen his twister is quite accurate and powerful. It would be nice to see his slapper gain some velocity. Juolevi definitely talking to the right dudes.Maybe Dors teaches him to fight next? Edited July 5, 2017 by Camel Toe Drag Spelling 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borvat Posted July 5, 2017 Share Posted July 5, 2017 (edited) 23 hours ago, Alflives said: And he likely still has not filled out. The kid might get to Edler weight, which would be friggin awesome! On 7/3/2017 at 4:58 PM, TheHockeyNerds said: According to the Vancouver Province, OJ has gained almost 20 pounds and is now listed at 6'3 200 pounds!! And he's working with the Sami "ball to the wall" Salo. I would be pleased as punch if he ended up even better than Salo in his prime, he is one of my personal all time favorite Canuck players. Drafted in the 9th round back in the day. I imagine he may end up at Salo's prime playing size of 6'3 215lbs. I miss Sami. Apparently Juolevi's goal song is - When the Levee Breaks by Zeppelin. I just made that up, I love that song. Edited July 5, 2017 by Borvat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rollieo Del Fuego Posted July 5, 2017 Share Posted July 5, 2017 4 hours ago, higgyfan said: Yes there are, but if he outplays them, then he should make the team. If he's NHL ready, I think it would be holding him back by sending him down to Jrs. Agreed...I hope he does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReggieBush Posted July 5, 2017 Share Posted July 5, 2017 Question. If Juolevi impresses at camp would take him as a 7th dman or send him down? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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SID.IS.SID.ME.IS.ME Posted July 5, 2017 Share Posted July 5, 2017 30 minutes ago, ReggieBush said: Question. If Juolevi impresses at camp would take him as a 7th dman or send him down? I have no problem starting with him as a 7th D if he looks NHL ready. Given the way injuries go with this team, a #7 quickly becomes a regular third pairing guy and sometimes even a top-4. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiggs50 Posted July 5, 2017 Share Posted July 5, 2017 I hope the Canucks keep him around for a month or so. Even if he only plays the 9 games or whatever he should be around the team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post -Vintage Canuck- Posted July 5, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted July 5, 2017 38 minutes ago, ReggieBush said: Question. If Juolevi impresses at camp would take him as a 7th dman or send him down? Edler - Stecher Hutton - Tanev Del Zotto - Gudbranson Wiercioch That's how I see it. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlwaysACanuckFan Posted July 5, 2017 Share Posted July 5, 2017 7 hours ago, Bigturk8 said: Just to follow up, I found the source from back in May. Juolevi may even paired up with Heiskanen at the next world juniors.. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aGENT Posted July 5, 2017 Share Posted July 5, 2017 8 hours ago, SID.IS.SID.ME.IS.ME said: I have no problem starting with him as a 7th D if he looks NHL ready. Given the way injuries go with this team, a #7 quickly becomes a regular third pairing guy and sometimes even a top-4. I think if he makes the team, somebody is getting traded. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeneedLumme Posted July 5, 2017 Share Posted July 5, 2017 47 minutes ago, J.R. said: I think if he makes the team, somebody is getting traded. Certainly possible. On the other hand though, we all thought Bieksa needed to be traded back in 2010-11 when the team had what seemed like too many good defensemen. Injuries kept room in the lineup. Wouldn't be a shock to see that happen again, considering how many injuries hit the Canucks blue line every year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post AlwaysACanuckFan Posted July 5, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted July 5, 2017 Here's the complete article featuring Salo and Juolevi.. Ben Kuzma: Guest coach Salo fires point-blank praise at Canucks’ Juolevi BEN KUZMA More from Ben Kuzma Published: July 4, 2017 Updated: July 4, 2017 8:45 PM PDT Filed Under: The Province Sports Hockey Vancouver Canucks Canucks' prize defensive prospect no shot in the dark Sami Salo was the king of witty one-liners when he chose to engage the Vancouver media. The former Canucks defenceman was also the sultan of the slapshot and those two characteristics came to the forefront Tuesday in opening day of the National Hockey League club’s development camp at UBC. Not only is Salo here as a guest coach — which means he has to speak to the media masses — he’ll be an assistant for his native Finland in the next world junior hockey championship. He’s also an assistant with his hometown TPS Turku of the Finnish elite SM-liiga. Salo’s top defensive world junior pairing could be Olli Juolevi and Miro Heiskanen and he’ll be giving Juolevi, the Canucks’ fifth-overall pick in the 2016 draft, extra instruction this summer at a world junior training camp to improve his slapshot. If the Canucks envision the dynamic Swedish duo of Jonathan Dahlen and Elias Pettersson eventually evolving into something resembling the Sedins 2.0, it’s not a stretch to suggest that Juolevi could be Salo 2.0 — minus the 40 career injuries. “He’s very poised with the puck, which is a great asset for a defenceman,” said the 42-year-old Salo. “When he tries to break out, he doesn’t get rattled because he skates well and sees the ice well. “But he’s still a young kid and there’s lots of work ahead to be put in to make the jump to the NHL.” And that would be quite the leap this fall. Juolevi, 19, is too young to be assigned to the American Hockey League and has little to prove by returning to the London Knights of the Ontario Hockey League for a third season. And Salo, who also coaches pro in Finland, suggested that playing in a men’s league in Europe might be an option if Juolevi doesn’t crack a Canucks’ back end that is now 10 deep following free agency. Of course I’m going to be disappointed if I don’t make the Canucks team — I was disappointed last year,” said Juolevi, who appeared in two NHL pre-season games last fall. “You have to try and be confident. If you’re not, you can’t do what you need to do to show your best. ”I like to be with the puck and if you have no confidence, it looks pretty bad. Sometimes stuff happens, but I need to be ready from Day 1 (main camp). That’s the plan. You have to be ready to beat guys and take their spots. “I see myself mostly as an all-round defenceman in the NHL. At my best, I can play PP (power play) and PK (penalty kill) and I don’t just want to be an offensive guy. I want to take care of my team and help it.” After scoring 10 goals and adding 32 assists last season, and also playing in the world junior, the 6-3 Helsinki native needed to add strength to a 179-pound frame. He was purposely kept from further competition when his junior season ended. Juolevi hit the gym and the recent buzz was that he had hit 200 pounds. Well, not quite. “It’s almost there and I don’t know the exact number,” said Juolevi. “The 179 was a little low and even last year, I was higher than that. I knew I had to get bigger and stronger.” And better. Part of that is soaking up Salo’s direction and encouragement because it’s a crash course on getting to the NHL. Salo never got enough credit for how well he played in his own zone in 394 games with the Canucks, how he tried to play through injury and how his howitzer of a slapshot helped the Canucks advance to the 2011 Stanley Cup Final. “He was a good D-man and special in Vancouver and had a good career here,” added Juolevi. “I really liked the way he played and he was obviously bigger and stronger and tougher than me. But he was always a good team player.” Salo also terrorized the opposition because he put everything behind his slapper. It became urban legend in Vancouver when he tore a gluteus medius muscle is his posterior during the 2009 playoffs and actually scored on the play. And in Game 4 of the Western Conference final series, he hammered home a pair of 5-on-3 goals from the high slot in a span of 16 seconds to set a franchise record and also equal the league’s mark for the fastest two power-play goals. All that is not lost on Juolevi who didn’t have the power in junior to intimidate. He knows in today’s game it’s more about finding a lane and getting pucks through. When Salo played, players dove out of the way. Now they clog the shooting lanes. Still, in the 2012 Canucks Super Skills competition, Salo unloaded a 102.5 mile-per-hour bomb. Word got around. Duck. “You can always work on your shot every day,” said Juolevi. “I’m sure Salo is going to give me some pretty good tips.” The best one came Tuesday. “It is possible to improve your shot? Absolutely,” said Salo, who scored 56 goals with the Canucks, including a career-high 14 in the 2006-07 season. “But it takes a lot of repetition and it’s not just shooting 20 pucks before practice and 20 after — that’s not going to cut it.” http://theprovince.com/sports/hockey/nhl/vancouver-canucks/ben-kuzma-guest-coach-salo-fires-point-blank-praise-at-canucks-juolevi 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steviewonder20 Posted July 5, 2017 Share Posted July 5, 2017 2 hours ago, J.R. said: I think if he makes the team, somebody is getting traded. This is what should happen. Keeping him as a 7th D to warm the bench hurts his development. However, the FA acquisitions make it harder for him (and Virtanen) to stay. I suspect he'll play with adults in Europe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustABandwagoner Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 Nice dude. Managed to get a pic with him :D 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bo53 Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 Global BC just had a segment on Juolevi and as per Trevor Linden, he is 197 pounds 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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