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Point of view: jokerit for a rude awakening in a utopian day dream

Jokers slots for summer holidays already at this stage there was no great surprise, but the departure could have done even elegantly, writes Pekka Jalonen.Jesse

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Point of view: jokerit for a rude awakening in a utopian day dream
Jokers slots for summer holidays already at this stage there was no great surprise, but the departure could have done even elegantly, writes Pekka Jalonen.Jesse Joensuu (6) is one of the few Wild players who can Dynamo series after look in the mirror without feeling shame. Mikko Taipale / Jokers

When I look at the Joker throughout the season, the team's execution level in the game of the major sub-areas fell just then, when playing the game was supposed to be at its best.

the regular season in mid-Jokerit had a 31 match after 45 points and only six losses in regular time. Yet at the beginning of January Jokers was in good swing, when the 44 after the match, the score was 63, with an average of 1.43 per match.

after That, all downhill.

the regular season to 18 last game of the other 10 losses and only 16 points. Match-point average plummeted from 0.89%.

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Dynamo Moscow was Moscow ZSKA and st. Petersburg SKA of the eu after the worst possible opponent for Jokerit. No Dynamo, coincidentally, won the Jokers 13 times in a row. That fact, the understatement was one of the jokers of the errors.

Jokers couldn't be anything to it, that the Dynamo defense was disciplined, hit clinical effectively places the paint, and that between the pipes was seen two reliable goalkeeper.

Dynamo does not in any way surprised Jokers. Still Jokerit was ultimately unarmed muscovites against, and Thursday's total collapse (0-5 less than 13 minutes) is only underlined this fact . Puck control, scoring, and trigger volumes in the first five in the game can raise, but it is turning a blind eye to happened.

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a special situation play and the goalkeeper in the game are the playoffs for the success of the game the two most important part of the area.

25 dominance, with five minutes of five on three against, did not bring the jokers for more than two goals in the owner .

Jokerit goalkeeper the game does not even compare to Alexander Jeremenkon and Ivan botsharov's work. Ryan Zapolski lost confidence already in the regular season, and his play in the second match was head coach Lauri marjamäki error. It will cost another home match.

Janis Kalnins combat like in the regular season, but donated as well as the fourth the sixth match in Moscow to paint the Dynamo.

Kalnins was acquired some strange events relegated to second place, but for the second spring in a row Zapolski looked at the games, mainly off the bench. the If a man is in the regular season 89,4, the field shouldn't the playoffs be any thing . Now Zapolski from the season's final match paint to 0-4 in a situation, when the game was already lost.

Zapolskilla is agreement jokers with the next season, but no one should be surprised, if the contract is terminated ”in good agreement”.

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Wilds has played five season in the KHL, and gone for summer holidays three times already in the playoffs in the first round. Only two won a playoff series (2015 Dinamo Minsk and 2018 HK Sochi against) is the cold fact.

the Jokers are forced to make changes, if success in the playoffs and everything of interest. Also Hartwall arena more than 9,000 viewer audience average in the regular season can be difficult to maintain, because Europe's best and a high level of hockey is not necessarily alone anymore get people mobilized .

the Current budget and as long as the KHL's richest clubs ZSKA and SKA are playing in the same conference at their own level, in the western conference final place, let alone Gagarin Cup final place are jokers for a just a day dream.

Before the dreaming, however, should survive the shortlist even the first knockout round.

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