Topias Hynninen

April 2024 – At 72nd overall we have a versatile Finnish forward, Topias Hynninen. He spent the season playing mostly with the Liiga team in a forechecking, bottom six role. Hynninen is a great skater with a relentless motor that fits the bottom six mold extremely well. He’s been able to showcase some intriguing playmaking abilities in the U20 level where he’s been deployed in a more offensive role. We see that Hynninen’s ability to play along the boards and recover pucks could translate very effectively into North American ice. Anni Karvinen

April Ranking: 72nd

February 2024 – Topias Hynninen caught our eyes with his unrelenting motor and flashes of playmaking creativity and skill. The latter two have mainly been apparent in his U20 tape, but he’s spent most of this season in Liiga with Jukurit, where the intensity, pressure application, and forechecking skill. He’s a pain to play against, shining brightest when getting underneath opponents and out-leveraging them on offensive zone puck retrievals. We see the foundation for a potential bottom-six checking winger in Hynninen. Sebastian High