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Sabres Trade Alex Nylander to Chicago for D Man Henri Jokiharju


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I saw this on another forum.  The context was a thread from November 2018, discussing which young defensemen would be the best by 2021.  This was the OP's list:

  1. Dahlin
  2. Heiskanen
  3. Chabot
  4. Provorov
  5. Werenski
  6. McAvoy
  7. Makar
  8. Jokiharju
  9. Girard
  10. Sergachev

So basically out of Dahlin's contemporaries, according to some random guy on the internet (and several other posters who commented on that thread), we have two of the ten best on our club.  They're both good and only getting better.  I'm starting to think that with several of the moves made over the summer, JBot tried to achieve the best mix of young talent and veteran mentorship on the team.

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44 minutes ago, Doohickie said:

  I'm starting to think that with several of the moves made over the summer, JBot tried to achieve the best mix of young talent and veteran mentorship on the team.

Which, is also how you manage the salary cap and build a team structure that can endure in this cap league, and not just have a small window that closes fast (like T-dot).

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3 minutes ago, TrueBlueGED said:

Dahlin has been on the ice for a whopping 1 more goal against than Jokiharju. 

I meant last year. He had some really bad giveaways that led to goals. People have really long memories when it is consistent with their narrative.

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36 minutes ago, triumph_communes said:

Joki is only 20, but is being handled by Krueger as if he's a veteran.  Unlike Dahlin, who is only a year younger.  Speaks volumes.

Not a huge surprise.  Joker has always been more defensively responsible.  It took Karlsson and Hedman time to develop their 2 way games.  

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59 minutes ago, Zamboni said:

Both players in the trade are developing works in progress. Joker looks really nice right now playing mostly sheltered minutes. Perfect place for him this season.

How are Jokiharju's minutes sheltered?  He's on the 2nd PK pairing.  Not trying to be argumentative, and have seen some sheltering, i.e., Scandella being out with Ristolainen late in the 3rd last night.  But for the most part IMHO he hasn't been terribly sheltered.

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2 hours ago, triumph_communes said:

Joki is only 20, but is being handled by Krueger as if he's a veteran.  Unlike Dahlin, who is only a year younger.  Speaks volumes.

Dahlin plays more when the team needs offence. Joki plays more when the team needs defence.

Dahlin is on the first unit PP, Joki on the 2nd unit PK. They both play in OT. Dahlin gets more minutes overall.

Seems to me they are being handled very similarly. As in being used in a manner that best helps the team succeed.

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3 minutes ago, New Scotland (NS) said:

Well, Finland is definitely not a Slavic language.  Not saying that your idea on how to say his name is wrong, as I don't know.  Finish is one of the hardest languages to figure out.

To my understanding, the correct pronunciation is Yokee-har-yu 

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