ISS: #6 goalie; Redline #6 goalie, 88 overall.
Kirk Luedeke: He's got the lively size, athleticism and solid butterfly technique to be an NHL stopper in time. He reminds us of Tuukka Rask in terms of his body type and playing style and competes with the same kind of swagger and confidence when on top of his game. Like John Gibson, Perhonen will likely see a drop in where he is drafted compared to where he might have gone even last year simply because of the emerging trend for NHL clubs to focus on skill positions early and grab project goalies later because of the disparity in developmental timelines and the quality netminders who have been picked in the mid-to-late rounds as opposed to early on.
Redline report: One goalie who was surrounded by a lot of hype early on was Finland's Samu Perhonen. He has the excellent size and athleticism NHL scouts crave, and looks every bit the part of today's modern butterfly goalie. But he plays way too hyper a style for our liking with a lot of wasted movement. He overcommits on everything near his crease and often ends up beating himself. He also lacks any sense of anticipation for developing plays and comes up small on the big stage in important games. We suspect he'll be taken fairly high on his very projectable size/athleticism combination, but he'll require years of refining and technique work with a good goalie coach to realize his potential.
Butterfly goalie, which matches the name.
BOOOOO to goalies. Boo.
ReplyDeleteOn the other hand, hurray for giant Finnish goalies. I'm torn.
ReplyDeleteBut he's Finnish! Seriously though, this is a guy who was thought to be a possibility. He might have been around at Calgary's 3rd though...
ReplyDeleteI even like Finns I don't know.
ReplyDeleteMore Finns are good.
Is an unknown Finn goalie good as an early 3rd?
Who knows.
He'a Finn though.
In MBS we trust.
From NHL.com:
ReplyDeletePerhonen means 'butterfly’ in Finnish.
How perfect is that?
Edmonton looks to be drafted based on need.
ReplyDeleteCan't go wrong with a Finnish goalie though.
From NHL.com:
ReplyDeletePerhonen means 'butterfly’ in Finnish.
How perfect is that?
Hmmm. What's Finnish for "38 year old madman, eyes blazing, with the grin of a lunatic and the beard of a lumberjack".
Because we should draft that goalie.
Hmmm. What's Finnish for "38 year old madman, eyes blazing, with the grin of a lunatic and the beard of a lumberjack".
ReplyDeleteBecause we should draft that goalie.
Belfoursson?
I think Traktor is probably right here. They seem like good picks anyway, but I'm not sure they followed BPA since 1OV.
ReplyDelete3rd on my list of goalies. A solid pick, although I liked Myles Bell maybe.
ReplyDeleteRanked 1st in Europe over Hellberg, who Nashville took at #38.
ReplyDeleteStu usually goes for goalies in the third round, looks like he got a good one.
If you're looking to fill out a contending core, wouldn't this be the year to have need influence your picks to a certain extent? The goal should be to build a solid nucleus at the key positions. I'm not sure you can spend 5 years doing that if bpa naturally leads in that direction.
ReplyDeleteTambellini on the clock to close the Smyth deal. That can't be good news.
ReplyDeleteWoodguy:
ReplyDeleteI don't know if he's really all that unknown, he was the #1 Euro goalie as ranked by CSB.
Belfoursson?
ReplyDeleteI was going for TimThomaasinen, but either way.
Stu usually goes for goalies in the third round, looks like he got a good one.
ReplyDeleteThis statement is not true.
That said, if they like him, I don't mind it. At this point, you're gambling anyways.
Who's to say that Perhonen isn't BPA?
ReplyDeleteAll the skaters at this point seem to have a discernable flaw.
speeds,
ReplyDeleteI sit corrected.
I like Perhonen, but taking goalies when there are so many other issues to address kinda blows.
ReplyDeleteUgh, if they aren't squared away on the Smyth deal by the end of the round they have a problem. Like Penner and Cogs, the Oilers might be stuck with another player they openly wanted to deal.
ReplyDeleteHa! Keegan Lowe taken 1 pick ahead of the Oilers.
ReplyDeleteThanks to the Canes for sparing us that...
Ugh, if they aren't squared away on the Smyth deal by the end of the round they have a problem. Like Penner and Cogs, the Oilers might be stuck with another player they openly wanted to deal.
ReplyDeleteGod forbid they hurt Brule's feelings.
And moving along... the Oilers take Travis Ewanyk.
ReplyDeleteNeat pick because we can let him sit and develop in Europe without taking time away from Roy or Bunz. I have no idea who was left on the board, so can't say if he was BPA or not.
ReplyDeleteYes the finn with the mullet. Another good one.
ReplyDeleteWoodlief had Perhonen in his top 10 goalers but he doesn't exactly get a glowing review:
ReplyDeletee goalie who was surrounded by a lot of hype early on was Finland's Samu Perhonen. He has the excellent size and athleticism NHL scouts crave, and looks every bit the part of today's modern butterfly goalie. But he plays way too hyper a style for our liking with a lot of wasted movement. He overcommits on everything near his crease and often ends up beating himself. He also lacks any sense of anticipation for developing plays and comes up small on the big stage in important games. We suspect he'll be taken fairly high on his very projectable size/athleticism combination, but he'll require years of refining and technique work with a good goalie coach to realize his potential.