GabbyDugan Messages: 828
Registered: May 2002
Location: Edmonton, AB
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....looks like he's going back into the entry draft...doesn't seem to be on the development fast track...
https://www.tsn.ca/report-oilers-prospect-likely-to-re-enter -draft-1.1091877
..."Niemelainen, who was drafted 63rd overall in 2016, was ranked by TSN Hockey Insider Bob McKenzie as the 38th best player in his draft year.
"Steady, positional type defensive defenceman. Makes plays with puck, but doesn’t get outside his capabilities. Closes ice and doesn't give much room inside dots and is weighty, but not punishing," TSN Director of Scouting Craig Button wrote in April, 2016." ....
.....too bad....used to be Finns and the Oilers would grow together.....doesn't seem like the hockey gods are letting this happen nowadays...
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