Teuvo Teräväinen has been worth every dollar in Chicago in recent months, writes Tommi Seppälä, Sports NHL.
Tommi Seppälänhl journalist
The starting points were not easy when talked about Teuvo Teräväinen from another coming in Chicago. In the summer of 2015 in the Stanley Cup in the windy city of 2015, Teräväinen grew into a corner piece of Carolina’s winning machine, but returned to Chicago last summer as a free agent.
The transfer even surprised me because the weak Chicago in the construction phase is not yet going anywhere. However, 30-year-old Teräväinen made a three-year and over 16 million contract with the club.
And the beginning was not rosy.
Teräväinen was purchased as an example player for the team, but in October-December, the going was sticky-even though Teräväinen played a lot in the top chain as the next generation player Connor Bedardin chonor Bedardin chonor Bedardin alongside. The first 30 matches produced only 13 (6+7) power points and the team’s second weakest quarrel -15.
Then something happened and only the sky – and perhaps sharp himself – knows what.
After mid -December, Teuvo Teräväinen has been seen in the troughs. Now it has been available for what Chicago Blackhawks wanted to cost 5.4 million bucks a year. Even a little more in the name of honesty. Namely, Teräväinen will be ranked 5th on the NHL Stock Exchange from December 15th. Connor McDavid.
Teräväinen has knocked points for two and a half months with an average of more than one match.
Of course, for Teräväinen and Chicago, it is good to remember that efficiency is so-called junk. As expected, Chicago, who has been expected to be a throwing bag, has long played games for its own pleasure. There is no bet or primitive pressure.
Still, making points in the NHL is never easy. Since mid -December, Teräväinen has scored at least two power points in 31 matches. The power statistics are also a plus for three hits for the period, which is at least a reasonable performance for the Chicago -level team.
The “Turbo” steel has beaten his power with a rather moderate game time, as ice time has only come with less than 17 minutes of average during the period. If this score is proportional to the ice -time, Teräväinen has actually been the second most powerful player in the entire NHL for the previous two and a half months.
Teräväinen also seems to have finally found the chain for himself in Chicago. The joint game and chemistry seem to work excellent Russian llja Mikhejevin as well as the Yankee Ryan Donaton with. The trio have been hit hard in recent matches and has not scored five goals against their own.
The environment supports the artist’s strengths
Otherwise, the environment is right now with a player like Teräväinen. Perhaps Carolina’s driving dog hockey did not always serve the versatile side of the versatile artist in the best way, but in Chicago the situation is different. Chicago, with all respects, is not a particularly well -trained team that would, at least on the tactical side, get an advantage over the bigger one.
A non -pressurized atmosphere, where gaming is often quite organic instead of a strong structure, has released an artist who has always lived in a sharp skill. When an artist is allowed to realize without tightening straps, the stinging seen is possible for Teräväinen. The sharp game is heard by the right kind of relaxation, which of course is more easily created in an atmosphere where wins are not played in the teeth.
Hardly many would have been prepared to put a bunch in advance that Teuvo Teräväinen is the hottest Finnish player in the NHL in the heart of winter. Of course, Teräväinen has long been known to be a high-quality NHL player, but in the name of honesty, it should be carried by other players.
Alexander Barkov have their own chapter but where are Sebastian Aho, Mikko Rantanen, Roope Hintz and so on? Hintz Dallas has begun to wake up in recent weeks, but at times the condition of the day of the domestic bow of the domestic bow could even be a bit of a concern if one thinks about the spring Stanley Cup goals. The best Finns are all in a happy position that they play in teams with genuine chances of success.
However, they need the best for Finns to succeed.
Teräväinen will not play in the Stanley Cup in the spring whether even the World Championship medals will play after the NHL’s four-country tournament treatment, but at least he has been able to accomplish himself in Chicago in a way that was no longer possible in Carolina. Through this, Teräväinen has found relaxation, joy, self -confidence and power in his game.
It has been nice to watch it, even though the power of the junk time is talked about.
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