LGR4GM

I think Helenius is better at taking away space than Iginla.

He could probably hold it down maybe this year or next.

He can do pull-ups! I repeat, he can do pull-ups.

One thing not mentioned thus far, Helenius has a great personality and is fun.

Iginla is 1" taller and 2lbs heavier than Helenius. This is why I keep pushing back on your small euro comments.

Interesting you mention Krebs. This will sound insane and I'm not advocating for it but Helenius might be better than Krebs within a year or maybe two.

No one wants to hear this but, there's talent available at 42 and 43. Julius Miettinen, a 6'3" 200lb center is already in the whl and is another Finn. Has a power forward element and took off after a NA adjustment period. He's flying under the radar. Igor Chernyshov, a 6'2" 198lb winger who should have already been drafted but Russian factor. Power forward in the modern sense, dude survived a bottom 6 role in the KHL so defensively sound with lots of skill. Andrew Basha, the 5'11" 186lb lw who also should have been drafted. I expect him to go quick today. He's good but he's another guy under everyone's 6ft threshold. Charlie Elick, the 6'4" 203lb rhd likes to make opposing forwards eat ice and he's got the mobility needed to continue that. Dominik Badinka, the 6'3" 185lb rhd who just played his draft year in the SHL and was very good positional. Harrison Brunicke, a 6'3" 187lb rhd in the whl who has great mobility and some untapped offense while being able to shutdown his own zone. Adam Kleber, a 6'5" 214lb rhd with good agility out of the USHL, has 2nd pairing potential and some grit.

lol

If the Sabres want to trade up...

He spelled it Hell-Anu$ I mean, someone needed to point it out. Also I hope it was not expensive bourbon haha.

Olli Jokinen on Konsta Helenius (Jokinen is his coach) “He was the best player out there on the ice and generated a couple of goals just with a heavy forecheck generating turnovers and takeaways,” Jokinen says. “He can generate 5-7 takeaways per game which is something that Pavel Datsyuk was the last guy to be able to do as a center. Barkov is really good on that as well. So there’s a lot of similarities to those guys in the way Konsta plays.” https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5435518/2024/04/27/konsta-helenius-2024-nhl-draft/?source=emp_shared_article from the same article "His (Helenius) 36 regular season points were the fourth-most ever by an under-18 skater in Liiga, behind names like Barkov, Granlund and Kakko, and ahead of others like Laine, Lehkonen, Puljujarvi and Teravainen."

wait ***** is a blocked word? It is anatomically correct

Time will tell. Helenius not Hell *****... there's a joke here.

hey! I mocked Letourneau to Boston in my mock! Nice.

I explain why you were wrong about this in another thread. You really wanna argue over 1inch of height and 10lbs of weight? Helenius is some light soft guy. He plays through contact and he is built, 18yrs old and 190lbs is thicc. Again, he isn't like Rosen or Östlund who were 165lbs sopping wet after a big spaghetti dinner. Watch this, note that it was from January so clips are of a 17yr old in a mens league.

I might try and package 42 and 43 here to get back into the first and get Greentree. Dude should be gone already.

No he did not. You can't call every freaking player from Europe who isn't 6'4" 230lbs a soft figure skater. It just isn't true. Very good 200ft player, "detailed" is the word often used. He knows where to be and when and he doesn't take zones off.

High floor yes. You don't put up some of the best ppg in Liiga for a 17yr old ever without being good. He was the 5th overall in Liiga history for a draft eligible skater. Ceiling wise is hard because unlike the SHL guys who I just don't worry about, Finnish league guys I don't wanna say I worry but how will they translate to the NA ice. Should be interesting and some guys get better on the smaller ice, dev camp is interesting now. Is he actually better than Östlund or Savoie or Kulich? I agree.

I do just wanna say that me liking a specific guy like Nygard, doesn't mean I don't like Helenius.

Helenius is closer to Benson than he is Östlund. If that helps anyone.

I am in the pick thread, not here.

His consolidated ranking was 11 and the lowest I see him in that list is 15 and the highest is 6