My first whipping boy was Osi Vaananen. Me and my friend would just look for (and sometimes reach for/make up) reasons to rag on him. Every time he got out in the ice we'd go "OH GOD HERE HE IS FREAKIN VAANANEN" and we'd pin anything bad that happened within the next 3 minutes on Vannanen.

We must have been like 13 or 14.

I don't even think he was that bad, lookin back on it

My first whipping boy was Osi Vaananen. Me and my friend would just look for (and sometimes reach for/make up) reasons to rag on him. Every time he got out in the ice we'd go "OH GOD HERE HE IS FREAKIN VAANANEN" and we'd pin anything bad that happened within the next 3 minutes on Vannanen.

We must have been like 13 or 14.

I don't even think he was that bad, lookin back on it

- Giroux_Is_God

Like 2real with Coburn. I'm convinced he doesn't like him because he doesn't think his appearance is pretty enough because Coburn is one hell of a defensive defenseman.

Yes really. The year the Flyers finished far and away dead last in the league netting the lottery #2 pick (Schenn).
- Pixote Andolini

Fixed

He wasn't very physically strong but managed to block everything. He was Kookoo?

Was Kukkanen always number 3?
- SuperSchennBros

No he switched to #28.

The best #28 we've had, IMO.

That was Kukkonen's issue. Solid positionally, and a competitor. But for a stay at home defensive defenseman, he wasn't big enough or strong enough to consistently handle NHL forwards. Which made him a part time 6/7 defenseman at best at the NHL level.
- MJL

I always though if he got into the gym and bulked up a little he could be a pretty decent NHLer. That was a message that apparently never got through to him. I remember he was popular on these forums. I also remember seeing a video of him in a T-shirt and the guy was a stick. Eat something, lift some weights . . . . you could be a multimillionaire by 30.

Milos Holan had leukemia, he gets a pass on everything