Pekka Virta is wondering what matters led to the collapse of the Pelicans.
Sami Kapanen has talked about the spiritual challenges of her team at press conferences. Tomi Natri / AOP
Expert Pekka Virta wonders what has led to the performances seen from the Lahti Pelicans.
There have been conflicts, hard setbacks, even head coaching kicks in the season of the baginocates.
So far, the last staple of the Mikkeli Jukuri, the clear jumbo of the regular season, sent the Pelicans to qualify for the league.
– Pelicans clearly did not have the mental charge at the level it should be. But why? Power asks.
The same thing has been stated by the leader of the Lahti rescue project, head coach Sami Kapanen. The main commander has had enough work with the team’s spiritual side in recent weeks.
Now is the last moment of the Pelicans and the opportunity to turn the tone in the other direction. In the league qualifiers, the Jokers or IPK will face. On Monday, the Mestis Final Series will be interrupted by the Jokers in Espoo.
When Kapanen took the command, the Pelicans’ results improved momentarily, but since then there has been a new dip.
– When you let go of a good grip once, it’s hard to grab again, Virta describes.
– There is now a team in the qualifiers who have proven to play good and winning hockey. It is quite clear that the Mestis champion is able to challenge the Pelicans, the expert estimates.
The responsibility of the players
The power of the Pelicans community is now being tested. Tomi Natri / All Over Press
– The Jukuri played a really good hockey and it was not good to take anything out of them. They showed what this is on the spiritual side of the question, the current inch.
He was not surprised by the Pelicans’ fate after seeing the direction in which the Playout series went. The third match, the Jukuri 8-3 crushed victory, became a turning game.
After the fourth game, Somme was amazed at the Jukuri 3-0 lead, where the Pelicans players skated straight to their own goal.
Power knows the coaching Kapanen well.
– I can only imagine how he boils inside when the players don’t put themselves in full swing.
– It would be interesting to know why a player thinks he is a victim in this situation. The team has had 60 regular season games to avoid these games, so this reaction will surprise you. The fact that the situation is annoying is deserved. You should be able to react so that it is fixed.
Where’s the support?
The expert believes that the Pelicans will re -create their skin. Tomi Natri / AOP
Pelicans’ financial murders have been reported during the season. Main owner Pasi Nurminen however Ilta-Sanomat On Sunday, that there is no threat of bankruptcy and the allegations of unpaid wages or pension contributions are not true.
Whatever the truth, falling out of the league would inevitably be a huge knock on the club.
Virta recalls that Pelicans now need support for their community if it wants to keep their heads on the surface.
In the Playouts at the Lahti Isku Arena, there was a worrying amount of empty benches.
– It is amazing that the back is turned when the team has played in the final of the league in the last two spring and went to this season with historically big investments. Now the anger does not bring anything good to Lahti hockey.
In the ranks of the Mestis championship, among other things Valtteri Filppula and Antti Pihlström.
– When such players lead in the booth by example, no player can slip or straighten their backs. Then everything is in the game. The Jokers’ desire and dream have been reflected in how they have solved IPK.
– It is a matter of co -game mentally, physically and skillfully. If you are unable to answer mentally, you will lose the series.
In spite of the seen, Virta believes that Pelicans still have its words to say this spring.
– I believe that the Lahti people are still going to the hall to encourage and the Kapanen team will create their skin again – because now the situation is do or die.