Canucks prospects tracker: Utunen shows his mettle with gold medal [and other prospect news]
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theprovince.comPosted Jan 7, 2019, 7:51 AM UTC
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theprovince.comSpeed, agility, power. I'm a big fan of these things. This is why I'm thrilled with toni utunen from tappara. All of the performance We demand from him on the ice is here in his play. Utunen handles all his plays in dynamic fashion. Be sure to come visit the team in tampere. I'm Rollinator and this is my prospect.
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Good to meet you, Rollinator. That last sentence has influenced me to start claiming prospects as my own.
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Dibs on Pettersson!
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Claim a prospect, not God
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Does Joulevi start getting leap frogged next season.
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Hard to say, back surgery last summer, knee this year, he has lost a lot of critical development time to these injuries, I was hoping to see him in a canucks uniform soon, but at this rate it will be another at least half a season at utica... unless he has the most amazing training camp but it's hard to imagine him being ready to jump into the NHL after this extended layoff.
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Yea, at this point he's going to miss almost an entire season, then show up in training camp with a similar style of game to Quinn Hughes and hope to get a spot.
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Never heard anyone say Hughes and Juolevi have similar styles, what am I missing?
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Probably nothing deeper than they're both LH puck moving guys. Juolevi seems to pass and shoot a bit better but obviously Hughes' skating is another level. Don't know that either of them are stellar in their own end.
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More just saying they are looking for that offense primary - slot in on the pp - need to work on defensive aspects rookie defensman. We know the one thing holding back Joulevi (other than injuries) was supposedly that he needed to work on his defense game. When watching Hughes at the world juniors they sure never tried using him defensively either and his style was very aggressively offensive. Might be tough to work both of them into the lineup as rookies at the same time.
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Not likely unless we select byram this year
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I liked this part. Woo.
It sure looks like Woo is a homerun for a 2nd round pick. Not saying he's going to be a #1 d-man in the NHL, but all signs point to him being a prospect that will play for this team in the future. Go Jett go!
Woo Jett Woo!