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 Adam
Messages: 6866
Registered: August 2005
Location: Edmonton, AB
6 Cups
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| GabbyDugan wrote on Tue, 22 May 2018 13:49 |
....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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It's a shame too...He's 6'6 at 19...you'd love to see one of the big men work out for the Oilers every so often. Ever since Beukeboum & Smith patrolled the blueline, I loved the idea of a giant who can actually play being on the blueline. Even in beer league guys like that are annoying to play against with ridiculous wingspans.
"Thinking that a bad team's best players are the reason the team is bad is the "Tambellini re-signing Lennart Petrell" of sports opinions." @Woodguy55
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