What Rasmus Ristolainen Brings to Team Finland’s Defense-First Plan Andrew Epps | January 30, 2026 Olympic rosters are never just a list of the best names. They are a collection of jobs. Somebody has to kill penalties when the game tightens, somebody has to take…
Top 3 Finnish Skaters on the NHL Central Scouting 2026 Draft Board Andrew Epps | January 20, 2026 NHL Central Scouting’s International Skaters list is one of the tools scouts and fans can use to get a temperature check on how NHL evaluators are stacking the draft class…
How Team Finland Can Win the 2026 Winter Olympics Andrew Epps | January 12, 2026 Finland’s Olympic team is good enough to win the tournament, but they will need to play a certain way to beat Canada, the United States, and Sweden en route to…
Mikko Lehtonen Is Finland’s Lone Non-NHL Selection for Milano Cortina 2026 Andrew Epps | January 3, 2026 Finland’s Milano Cortina 2026 men’s roster is an NHL roster in practice, with one deliberate exception. Mikko Lehtonen, the ZSC Lions defenseman in Switzerland’s National League, is the only player…
Mikko Rantanen’s Case to Be Finland’s Captain at 2026 Olympics Andrew Epps | December 28, 2025 The Finnish Captain for this year’s Olympic team is normally set in stone. When Aleksander Barkov is healthy, he is the cleanest “Finnish captain” archetype in today’s NHL, an elite…
Juho Piiparinen Should Be on the Canucks Radar at the 2026 NHL Draft Andrew Epps | December 17, 2025 The Vancouver Canucks are not losing games randomly. As of this week, the Canucks sit last in the Pacific Division, with a 13-17-3 record, and they have not been able…
Can Ville Husso Keep the Ducks’ Playoff Push on Track? Andrew Epps | December 6, 2025 With Lukas Dostal and Petr Mrazek both on the shelf, the Anaheim Ducks have turned to Ville Husso, a Helsinki-born, HIFK-trained veteran who has already ridden the full starter-backup roller…
Ville Koivunen Can Be the Penguins’ Next Hidden Finnish Gem Andrew Epps | November 26, 2025 The Pittsburgh Penguins have seen flashes of what Ville Koivunen can become. One week, he is ripping apart the American Hockey League (AHL) before playing on Sidney Crosby’s wing in…
College Hockey’s NIL Money Is Rewriting the Finnish Prospect Path to the NHL Andrew Epps | November 17, 2025 In July, Penn State landed Gavin McKenna, the projected first overall pick in the 2026 NHL Draft and reigning Canadian Hockey League (CHL) Player of the Year, on a reported…
Samu Tuomaala’s Texas Stars Debut and the Dallas Stars Fit Andrew Epps | November 9, 2025 The Dallas Stars added Samu Tuomaala on Oct. 30 and sent him to Cedar Park to inject speed, inside-lane pressure, and a right-flank shot into the Texas Stars. He debuted…
Stars Add Speed to AHL Lineup by Acquiring Samu Tuomaala From the Flyers Andrew Epps | October 30, 2025 The Dallas Stars acquired Samu Tuomaala from the Philadelphia Flyers on Oct. 30 and immediately assigned him to the Texas Stars. The 22-year-old arrives with 75 points in 120 American…
Seattle Kraken’s Jani Nyman’s Finnish Foundation & His NHL Blueprint Andrew Epps | October 22, 2025 Jani Nyman’s game, like most Finnish players, was shaped in a unique way. For most players, they seemingly just appear, their performance and consistency driving more and more people to…
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