Posts About "Urho Vaakanainen"

Bruins Moves Shape Providence Roster

July 10th, 2018 It’s a busy time of year as all 31 NHL clubs try to evaluate and re-tool their teams for next season. Predicting AHL rosters is speculation at this point, but that’s what makes the offseason fun. The Bruins have already signed some players that will most likely be P-Bruins. One P-Bruin leader was a hot commodity on the free-agent...

Would Bruins Trade DeBrusk for Hanifin?

June 18th, 2018 Two things are clear at this point in the 2018 NHL offseason. The Boston Bruins are in need of a two-way left-shot defenseman, and former first-round pick Noah Hanifin may want out after a rather bitter end to the 2017-18 season for the Carolina Hurricanes (36-35-11, 14 points out of a playoff spot). Given that Hanifin is a local...

Bruins Missed an Opportunity in Oettinger

September 11th, 2017 The scouting and development of goaltenders is an inexact science. It's so fluid and imperfect that it's more akin to reading tarot cards than the principles of physics. As such, the hockey draft boards of yesteryear are littered with colossal whiffs and diamond-in-the-rough home runs. Basically, an Adam Dunn box score. One can go...

2017 NHL Draft: Bruins Pick Urho Vaakanainen #18 Overall

June 23rd, 2017 With the 18th Pick in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft, the Boston Bruins Have Selected Urho Vaakanainen From the JYP in Liiga. About Urho Vaakanainen Urho Vaakanainen won't ever impress anybody on the scoresheet. He likely isn't going to be a big point producer at any level of his career. Despite this, Vaakanainen has the potential to be an...

NHL Combine Presents a Bevy of Finns

June 3rd, 2017 At this year’s NHL Combine, 31 teams will analyze every square inch of fat and muscle on 104 player attendees and of course, each player will be asked hockey's most important off-ice questions in an effort to shed light on who they are outside the game. Filled With Finns The first group of players who started the combine’s physical...

Vaakanainen: The Forgotten Finn

June 3rd, 2017 The early group at the NHL Combine was laced with Finnish-grown talent. From Miro Heiskanen to Eeli Tolvanen, it would’ve taken less time to list those that weren’t born in the European country than those who were. Among the group, though, there was one Finnish defenceman that hasn’t had his name published as often as some of...