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From: mep@phoenix.oulu.fi (<true_name> Marko Poutiainen </true_name> )
Subject: Re: Finland/Sweden vs.NHL teams (WAS:Helsinki/Stockholm & NHL expansion)
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Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1993 19:57:54 GMT
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: FINLAND:  
: 
: D-<true_name> Jyrki Lumme </true_name> .......20
: D-<true_name> Teppo Numminen </true_name> ....20
: D-<true_name> Peter Ahola. </true_name> ......13
: 
Well well, they don't like our defenders (mainly <true_name> Lumme  </true_name> and <true_name> Numminen </true_name> )...

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

: R-<true_name> Teemu Selanne </true_name> .....27
: 
Compared to <true_name> Kurri </true_name> , <true_name> Selanne </true_name> 's points are too high, lets make it 25 or 26.


: well in the Canada Cup and World Championships largely due to the efforts of
: <true_name> Markus Ketterer  </true_name> (the goalie), 3-4 or the players listed above and luck. There's
: presumably a lot of decent players in Finland that wouldn't be superstars at
: the highest level but still valuable role players, however. My guess would be
: 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:
<true_name> Nieminen </true_name> , <true_name> Jutila </true_name> , <true_name> Riihijarvi </true_name> , <true_name> Varvio </true_name> , <true_name> Laukkanen </true_name> , <true_name> Makela </true_name> , <true_name> Keskinen  </true_name> and (even
if he is aging) <true_name> Ruotsalainen </true_name> ? 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 <true_name> Ketterer  </true_name> and luck (though
they helped). I think that the main reason was, that the team worked well
together.
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