Olli Juolevi has been subjected to considerable amounts of controversy throughout the Vancouver Canucks fanbase. Throughout his career as a member of the London Knights and most recently the TPS Turku, Juolevi has been ridiculed for not being as successful as Sergachev, McAvoy, or Chychrun. However, Olli Juolevi still has time to grow. Here’s what I think he needs to accomplish next season.
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you from abby?
Lower mainland myself too, hot AF and no shade from clouds either
He had strong development in Liiga and playing with Canucks prospect Petrus Palmu helped build chemistry and unlock some untapped offensive potential. Canucks would be wise to draft Evan Bouchard since he's an NHL ready offensive defender and he played with Juolevi in London before this past year so they have that chemistry which will do very well for Juolevi
If he ain't cracking this weak d-squad next season or at the very least up and down between Utica, it's looking like a bust. My gripe with him is he's too nonchalant, he was getting stripped off pucks left and right last season in training camp against prospects, imagine the NHL.
Can you do this kind of vid for Megna and Chaput ?
Needs to have a big summer of getting faster and better conditioning. Juolevi IMO will be a top pairing defenceman, he has elite hockey sense and vision/playmaking to go along with his 6'3 frame. He's cerebral and made for the new NHL, but he has to put in the work this summer. Excited to see him in camp, he had a great year in Finland especially in the playoffs where he dominated.
I'm noticing that his assists could pick up as soon as he is surrounded by elite talent. All the plays I saw him make in the 2018 wjc, they where NHL caliber plays yet I don't believe his teammates where ready to accept the prime scoring opportunities he was making. He makes the small plays look easy and WILL be a top 2. No Doubt in my mind. He's looking real good right now. Just watch the development happen. I'm truly glad we didn't give him the Virtanen treatment. It's obvious that he wasn't ready. BUT that's OK. HE IS A DEFENSEMEN they are supposed to develop later anyways. This is the way hockey works. (we could trade him but why..?) we are kinda stuck with him anyways so we need to work around it if he busts in the next couple of years. BUT, i don't think that that is the case. I see a potential "Edler" like potential.
I'm getting worried that he's a bust
I don’t think Juolevi is bust, as some people need time to develop. If Juolevi doesn’t make the team this year, I’ll start to change my mind…
Juolevi will prove all the dumbass haters wrong!
"so things are kind of weird??" this is absolute garbage. You didn't say one thing of value
Shea Theodore was a late first-round pick for Anaheim in 2013. Didn't play NHL hockey for '14 or '15, then saw 19 games for the Ducks in '16, then 34 in '17 netting just 9 pts before being sent off to Vegas. In '18 w/ Vegas in age 23 season? 29 pts in 61 games and 8 more in the playoffs as a top 6 dman. He fed a filthy pass for GW goal in finals gm 1. Point is, sometimes it takes guys a couple years to mature. I have faith in Juolevi.
wait what which part of the Lower Mainland you from?
Thanks for passing on Tkachuk for this bust of a player
I remember people were saying for years that we should have taken nikushkin instead of horvat. U have to give these guys time
Sergechev is on a stacked team in TB whereas Juolevi has no help on the Nucks.
Another player from that draft who’s struggled- Red Wings pick Dennis Cholowski… There is still a chance for him as well, he’s had time in the NHL and done… OK, but is getting passed up by later years 1st, 2nd rounders and even some later round/undrafted players seem to have the potential to pass him up. There’s still a good chance that he finds his footing and develops his game a bit better once the team is more solid and he isn’t left out as a top pairing guy. The reason I thought of this though is you mentioned how the 2016 draft class doesn’t look good except for Chychrun and like one other… Chychrun was supposed to be the Wings pick that year except we ended up having to trade Datsyuk’s contract after he left for Russia. I don’t think it worked out all too bad because I think part of the trade was a 2nd rounder that (may have) got us Hronek, and we were in a cap mess, and we needed to rebuild anyways. It would have changed the entire future of who we drafted after that if we had the same success with Chychrun’s development that he has had in Phoenix. That said, if you could take everything else out of the equation besides Chychrun for Cholowski… man that would be an impressive blue line once Seider and a few other prospects are ready.