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From: mep@phoenix.oulu.fi (Marko Poutiainen)
Subject: Re: Finland/Sweden vs.NHL teams (WAS:Helsinki/Stockholm & NHL expansion)
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#reply#: FINLAND:  
#reply#: 
#reply#: D-Jyrki Lumme.......20
#reply#: D-Teppo Numminen....20
#reply#: D-Peter Ahola.......13
#reply#: 
Well well, they don't like our defenders (mainly Lumme and Numminen)...

#reply#: C-Jari Kurri........25
#reply#: C-Christian Ruuttu..16
#reply#: 
Now, do YOU think that Ruuttu is only worth 16 ? I think it might be 20.

#reply#: R-Teemu Selanne.....27
#reply#: 
Compared to Kurri, Selanne's points are too high, lets make it 25 or 26.


#reply#: well in the Canada Cup and World Championships largely due to the efforts of
#reply#: Markus Ketterer (the goalie), 3-4 or the players listed above and luck. There's
#reply#: presumably a lot of decent players in Finland that wouldn't be superstars at
#reply#: the highest level but still valuable role players, however. My guess would be
#reply#: that the Finnish Canada Cup team would be a .500 team in the NHL.

Wow, now, it looks like you don't like our players? What about guys like:
Nieminen, Jutila, Riihijarvi, Varvio, Laukkanen, Makela, Keskinen and (even
if he is aging) Ruotsalainen? The main difference between finnish and North-
American players is, that our players tend to be better in the larger rink.
The Canadian defenders are usually slower that defenders in Europe. 
And I think that there was more in our success than Ketterer and luck (though
they helped). I think that the main reason was, that the team worked well
together.
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