Mikael Granlund wonders about the SM League program

“At least All HIFK games I have watched. ”

This is the answer Mikael Granlundwhen asked about watching the SM League.

Granlund, 33, who plays at the Dallas Stars NHL crew, is part of IFK’s top-level sports expert group, which is designed to develop the competitiveness of the club’s sports strategy.

HIFK finished fourth in the regular season after dramatic stages. Iiro Pakarinen acknowledged the fly goalkeeper Damian the branch A heavy mistake, which resulted in Pakarinen won the paint exchange, HIFK took a fourth place, SaiPa fell fifth and the Flyers stayed in the regular season.

“If you are thinking about what the drama arc was up to the last rounds, then it is great for hockey and entertainment,” Granlund says.

However, his attention has now been drawn by the fact that the renewed opening round of the playoffs is played at a breath -taking pace.

“I have to say that the schedule of the first Playoff games is pretty tough and fierce. You could think about how to make hockey better.”

“If you play four games for five days or five games for seven, I don’t know how good it will be for ice hockey and league,” Granlund says.

“By the way, this has been an interesting season. Let’s see how it continues.”

League The quarterfinals will begin on Wednesday next week. If the 1st round will go to five matches, then the team leading to the quarter -finals has played five games for seven days and then will be in a new series for one day.

The pace of the match is fierce and inevitably reflected in team alertness. There is also poor time for ticket sales in some places.

The game program has spoken a lot.

“The pace is fast and the pace is hard,” the head coach of Kiekko-Espoo Jyrki Aho said Monday.

“In the old days, one team of the pity went to the finals, Espoo Blues Petri Matikainen during. At least it hasn’t been made any easier. But this is how this goes and the series has been known to everyone. ”

The Blues went to the final to the finals in the spring of 2011, when Granlund and HIFK celebrated the championship with a 4-0 win.