Auroraliiga

There may be an adjustment for Holopainen but she is a truly special player and you could tell that from the time she was 15 that she can just do things in the offensive zone that very few can, just always seems to be three moves ahead of everyone else. and I really love the idea of her playing with obrien. New York is building a very creative, fast team

I think it’s harder for Sdhl forwards to transition to the PWHL than defenders because of the adjustment to time / space on the decision making you have to do to be impactful offensively but I do think Nieminen (assuming she declares which seems likely but isn’t official I don’t think) and vainikka are two of the more PWHL ready forwards to come out of the Sdhl. Partially due to their ages (26 for Nieminen and 24 for Vainikka) and partially play style. Nieminen has that “shot good enough to score from anywhere” faster and is just generally strong as all hell and I think suited to handle the physical play, and Vainikka is good enough off puck that even if the scoring takes time to come she’ll be productive and comfortable