Abel to Yzerman
Sshhh…They Did It Again
by IwoCPO on 05/12/08 at 08:19 AM ET
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Nary a word here about the Wings’ latest Finnish find. Not much about losing out on the “next Swede” either. Both stories are taking a justifiable backseat to bigger issues (6).
But, if you’d like to take a few minutes to peruse something of interest, I think you’ll be rewarded.
Nill. Holland. Geniuses. Hired a Finnish scout didn’t they? Yep.
A couple weeks ago, at the height of the Fabian Brunnstrom madness, I was chatting a bit with Risto Pakarinen, a Finnish hockey writer based out of Stockholm. What I really wanted was a sense of what those who had seen Brunnstrom play thought of him, and where they pegged him as a potential NHL player.
Pakarinen was relatively muted in his praise of the young Swede, but he was keen on another player. Good Finn that he is, Pakarinen wanted to let me know about a countryman named Ville Leino.
“Brunnstrom is not the hottest player around here,” he said. “This guy is.”
Me? I’d take a hockey player named “Ville” over a “Fabian” any day of the week. Especially one who’s, umm, better?
Consider this, creative geniuses. Think Holland was driving up the price on Brunnstrom, talking him up to keep prying eyes away from the real nugget?
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