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Did Vegas open a double Stanley Cup winner Alex Pietrangelo A wormbox that any hockey friend hoped to open? Namely, a 35-year-old defender announced that he would withdraw from the February National Team Tournament and focus on achieving club team goals.
Now, many are wondering if there will be more of the removal before the puck drops on the ice on February 13th.
– Certainly seen, EPN’s hockey expert Ismo Lehkonen start.
In particular, injuries play their role in potential refusals. The tournament has also been challenged in the middle of hard match rush a couple of months before the NHL playoffs. The strain is hard when you go to the tournament and the screw should be able to tighten in April and May.
– I already see how some of the guys are linked. This is such a tough sport and the regular season is a ruthless twist from end to end. It comes with bruising and spuns. Many then make the decision that they will be left out if they feel that they are not in 100 % condition. I understand Pietrange very well, Lehkonen continues.
On Wednesday, a scary moment was seen on Wednesday when Vegas Mark Stone crashed Miro Heiskanen On the feet, with the result that Heiskanen, who had not left the game, could not put on the foot at all. Lehkonen believes that Heiskanen’s national team tournament was wrapped in the same moment.
Dallas, an elite of the Western Conference, is aiming for the championship in the spring.
– By no means do I see that he would be with the national team after that. At the very least, the side bandage took a hit, in the worst case, a cross bandage.
Heiskanen is undoubtedly the most valuable player on the Finnish team and would leave a huge opening in the narrow defense.
– No one can replace him, whether it is lifting or breaking feeds. Finland does not have a more important single player. On the other hand, we still have a good top department: Rasmus Ristolainen, Olli Määttä, Niko Mikkola and Esa Lindell They still play well, Lehkonen assures.
Who surprised
The second hottest team in the Eastern Conference for the previous four weeks is unexpectedly the New York Islanders. Former top goalkeeper Patrick Roy The team led by the team has suffered from injuries and played a fall in the fall, but now it goes.
Eight out of the last ten matches have ended in the victory of the islanders. There are five consecutive winnings, even though the defenders are still on the sidelines Noah Dobson, Ryan Pulock mixed Mike Rielen.
From time to time on Wednesday, the team was in quite a washing machine against Colorado, but left the rink with a 5-2 victory in their pocket. Especially the goalkeeper Ilya Sorokina It’s a lot of thanks.
– They have translated their courses purely through defense. They can defend up for 60 minutes and trust that we will eventually win the game with paint. Again, there is such an old Islanders identity that is strongly visible. You can see how far enough, because pretty tough boys are still out of there, Lehkonen says.
Lehkonen is at the heart of the matter. In January, the Islanders has scored 1.91 goals per match. Only Washington’s reading is lower.
– There is no sex in their game, Lehkonen laughs.
– Roy has put his own defense in his area. There is no free debris available to put it in. They have a pretty burned country tactic – defense, defense, defense.
Who’s betrayed
If the NHL community has been able to rely on something in recent years, it has been a Colorado power game. For the previous three years, the success rate has been in the 24th rate, the fifth of the series. However, in the new year, the goal is overwhelming.
Colorado’s reputable, Nathan MacKinnon and Cale Makarin The leading overpowering has made 35 the previous attempts with only three hits.
While Colorado had shot almost 50 times per hour on the fourth day of January, the last four weeks of the last four weeks are only 35. Avalanche has fired less than any other team in January.
By comparison, Carolina, Vegas and Winnipeg have banged over 70 shots for an hour.
– This dry season may not be long, as it has already begun to make it difficult to win. It also affects 5-5 gaming. On the other hand head coach Jared Bednark He stated that this is the area of which he is least worried about. When you look at what kind of players it has, then it will open again.
His own spice to the superior guide brings the Carolina traded Mikko Rantanen Leaving the right wing. Taken by Rantanen’s place Jonathan Drouin There is no threat like a Finn, so already Colorado’s superiority is clearly more spun through MacKinnon from the left. This makes it easier to defend.
– Itching is that more will be played from the left. Through this, the opponent will also pump more pressure there. Of course, it also leaves Drouin to the right. He will often creep in to the back door and get many empty goals, Lehkonen predicts.
Finnish goal of the week
The Finnish paint of the week goes to Florida Alexander Barkovi. Barkov has played an exceptionally declining in January. Fifteen matches have created only one goal and eight points. Even the power statistics have five hits in frost.
– Florida has played in the finals in the previous two seasons. It is only natural that they are a little sledging in the middle of this. However, the team wins a lot. It’s just a good idea to go through such a stage where he has begun to play Barkovian game with moderation. It prepares for spring.
What’s next
It is worth keeping an eye on Utah’s Finnish players. Early Thursday morning match against Pittsburgh was followed by as many as two Finns: Matias Maccelli as well as the defender Juuso Välimäki. The MacCell’s auditorium was surprised as Turku has begun to start their game.
Maccelli has made the 11 previous matches 7 (5+2) and has played better. Head coach Andre Tourigny He refused to comment on the reasons for the audience, but said the team would deal with the matter internally. This may indicate that there are reasons other than gaming.
– Maybe something has happened on the civilian side now. He has had his own challenges this season. The club certainly waited for him to start challenging Clayton Kellerbecause sympathetic loss is no longer interested in the organization. The front row should start leading that team on the winning wall.
The Välimäki season has been even more difficult. The roller coaster extracts have driven to the Nokia auditorium before. Now that now the top defender Mikhail sergatsev Still returned from the sick to the real action, the ice time may be on the card in the future.
-The NHL is tough if you have not gained confidence in the coach as a Viitos fir defender. It is grateful to be with a rope with the place of play. Then there must be the dude who gives it easy to pass, plays the background and does not rush. The idea must be that at least my turn does not leak. You need to be able to play the minimum.
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