Photo courtesy of https://www.kaleva.fi/ Almost every professional hockey league has been forced to adapt this season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the Liiga is no exception. In December, the league was postponed for over two weeks, and since then all players have been required to wear ‘fishbowl’ visors to lower in-game transmission [...]
Graphic Courtesy of Andrew Armstrong The 2021 NHL Draft is setting up to be one of the most unique in recent memory. There is no clear-cut number one prospect as there is most years with a player such as Alexis Lafrenière or Auston Matthews. The 2021 class has doesn't even have [...]
Photo courtesy of NHL.com We have had a rough year. I don't think that's an unusual statement. There are so many things that happened this year that have made 2020 a year to forget and so many others that have made this such an impactful year that will weigh on our minds [...]
Jokke rejoins the podcast to help shed some light on this years crop of free agent talents potentially signing in the NHL, top prospects crossing the pond, and of course, draft eligible prospects. First up is Top players coming tot he NHL. Kirill Kaprizov may be the best player outside the NHL and his [...]
Welcome back to Shift Work! The series where I take a look at a draft-eligible player and breakdown a game tape. I’ll be bringing you some comprehensive breakdowns of a player’s game as we go over an entire game of tape from a player. We will be focusing in on that player’s shifts and getting a [...]
Almost two months of play in the Liiga has gone by, and in this article, I will go through the success and results of how the most interesting Finnish NHL prospects have done. Jesse Ylönen, RW, Pelicans The Montreal Canadiens prospect has had a rather slow start to his season with Pelicans. Ylönen has been [...]
Photo courtesy of https://www.championshockeyleague.com/en/ Welcome to my weekly Wednesday ramblings! No more bi-weekly Friday thoughts, now you'll get me mid-week, every week! Today we're going to take a look at some of the early returns from the 2019 NHL Draft. Who's been hot to start the year and who is already making [...]
The new season in the Finnish Liiga has started. We are going to cover how the most interesting NHL prospects in Finland will progress during the season. In this first report, I will give an overall look of the players, and will make projections for the upcoming season on their playing and development. [...]
Hi and welcome to the December edition of the Liiga report. I’ll be taking a closer look into players I have been watching closely for the past four weeks. With World Juniors starting in under a week, I’ll discuss some of the players who made Team Finland but also share a couple of notes [...]
Welcome to the Liiga report. Since October’s version was a very long deep dive into every Liiga team, this month’s edition will go detail some names I have been able to watch over the past four weeks. If you wish, you can also give me a follow on Twitter at @lassialanen. Without further ado, [...]
