And thank you Calgary that we got him and with two Stanley Cup Finals appearances including the first ever Stanley Cup championship in Florida Panthers franchise history. As a Cats fan, I am so happy he’s been the culture change that we needed it
The 2016 NHL Entry Draft was a rather mixed bag. There no doubt were hits, with, whether drafted in the top-10 or below, AM34, Matt Tkachuk, Clayton Keller, Mikhail Sergachev, Charlie McAvoy, Tage Thompson, Filip Gustavsson, Adam Fox, Ross Colton, Mikey Eyssimont, Brandon Hagel and Jesper Bratt but, just in the top-10, busts Olli Juolevi (having spent last NHL season splitting time between teams in the Swedish Hockey League and SM Liiga) and Alex Nylander (having, in every season following the month during which he had been drafted, played at least some non-preseason games for AHL affiliates of NHL teams).
I remember me and my brother watching the draft.. we heard benning say “from the London Knights” we were like HF WE PICKED TKACHUK” then he said “olli juolevi” me and him were like NOOO, MAYBE JUST MAYBE HE WILL BE GOOD”
As a Finn i legitly didn't even know who Juolevi was before 2016 worlds juniors. He shined in that tournament but that's kind of 'short' achievement to go #5 overall in an nhl draft.. 🤔 Ps. We had Rantanen, Laine, Aho, Hintz, Puljujärvi, Kapanen, Mikkola(+few other who played in nhl later) and Kähkönen between the pipes in that gold winning team.. So basically Finnish 4 nations face off team core without Barky, Lehky, Lundy, Saros, UPL +- few others.. That was one of the better Finnish teams ever(not only in juniors!), so kind of hard to not shine with those guys..which makes it even more weird Juolevi went fifth overall in my opinion. 😳
Fun fact; when Teemu Selänne was our #1 boy in nhl with the Jets Keith Tkachuk was the other star player ripping players(Chris Chelios for example) off of Teemu. Now when Barky became first Finnish captain to win the cup he has Matthew Tkachuk to defend him if someone tries to hurt him etc. .. Fun coincidence just sayin. 🙂
And thank you Calgary that we got him and with two Stanley Cup Finals appearances including the first ever Stanley Cup championship in Florida Panthers franchise history. As a Cats fan, I am so happy he’s been the culture change that we needed it
Tkachuk is a warrior i don't care what anybody says!
Sure is!
Pi$$ off
I'll never get over Benning choosing Juolevi over Tkachuk...
Ya thats a tough one
Juolevi's development was sideline by injuries. By the time he was healthy he was pushed into action where he just couldn't keep up.
@@stewarts8597regardless Mathew was better
And Laine is now in the same division as Matthews just like Jack Eichel is in with Connor McDavid in the Pacific Division
Da fk is ur point
The 2016 NHL Entry Draft was a rather mixed bag. There no doubt were hits, with, whether drafted in the top-10 or below, AM34, Matt Tkachuk, Clayton Keller, Mikhail Sergachev, Charlie McAvoy, Tage Thompson, Filip Gustavsson, Adam Fox, Ross Colton, Mikey Eyssimont, Brandon Hagel and Jesper Bratt but, just in the top-10, busts Olli Juolevi (having spent last NHL season splitting time between teams in the Swedish Hockey League and SM Liiga) and Alex Nylander (having, in every season following the month during which he had been drafted, played at least some non-preseason games for AHL affiliates of NHL teams).
I remember me and my brother watching the draft.. we heard benning say “from the London Knights” we were like HF WE PICKED TKACHUK” then he said “olli juolevi” me and him were like NOOO, MAYBE JUST MAYBE HE WILL BE GOOD”
As an Oiler fan, blame it on Columbus. I was hoping for Tkachuk before the draft started. Oilers took the bait, and the rest is history.
Agreed. Jesse seemed like a steal that draft annnnnnnnnnnd then... sigh.
As a Finn i legitly didn't even know who Juolevi was before 2016 worlds juniors.
He shined in that tournament but that's kind of 'short' achievement to go #5 overall in an nhl draft.. 🤔
Ps. We had Rantanen, Laine, Aho, Hintz, Puljujärvi, Kapanen, Mikkola(+few other who played in nhl later) and Kähkönen between the pipes in that gold winning team..
So basically Finnish 4 nations face off team core without Barky, Lehky, Lundy, Saros, UPL +- few others.. That was one of the better Finnish teams ever(not only in juniors!), so kind of hard to not shine with those guys..which makes it even more weird Juolevi went fifth overall in my opinion. 😳
Fun fact; when Teemu Selänne was our #1 boy in nhl with the Jets Keith Tkachuk was the other star player ripping players(Chris Chelios for example) off of Teemu.
Now when Barky became first Finnish captain to win the cup he has Matthew Tkachuk to defend him if someone tries to hurt him etc.
.. Fun coincidence just sayin. 🙂
Leafs should have traded the top pick amd traded down for Tkachuk
I think Matthews is still top of that draft
9:17 says returns to finland yet shows him in a swedish team
Ooops! Good catch!
@ he only did 9 games in Sweden before going to Finland so easy miss and not really a big deal either. Nice video anyways
insane how absolutely good of a goal scorer laine is and how absolutely horrid of a captain wheeler was
on that note - also insane how horrid PLD is of a human being
i legit couldn’t be less of a fan of any of these teams but the only thing watching pld has shown is a case of genuine wasted potential
pully is the goat tho no kap love that guy seems like a good kid
Canucks missed there window over Tachuck
Yuuup
bruh imagine if he went to the oilers..
Matthew would be 2nd behind Auston
Agree!