Quote:Written Task: What skills would you take from which players around the league if you wanted to make your player the best they could be? What kind of attributes would you be looking for? Scoring touch? Longevity? Glove hand? Speed? What skills would be most important to your player, and who do you steal them from? (150+ words)

Aleksi Kettu has a few key people in mind for different skills he would want to take. Coincidentally, all players are former Panthers. These players are some of the ones who helped Kettu in prior training camps to prepare for the season, players who mentored Kettu in his preparation for his future jump to the SHL. To start, he'd take Jimmy Wagner's skating. In his prime, Jimmy Wagner was one of, if not the best skater in the league, rumored to even have been voted fastest skater at one point in time. Kettu would also take Luukas Lilja's scoring touch. Lilja held the league record for single season scoring for a short period of time, and while his career is ending shorter than some expected, Lilja's ability to find the scoresheet is near unparalleled. Kettu would take two things from Jonas Kahnwald: his ability to defend in his own zone, and his elite passing vision in the offensive zone. Kahnwald was the staple of the LA blueline for a very long time and solidified himself as one of the best defensemen to touch the ice in recent memory. Last but not least, Kettu would take the net front presence of former Panther Long John Donair. Donair was ahead of his time when it came to being a net front nuisance. While most of the league was focusing on cool dekes, Donair was focusing on just making things difficult on opposing goalies.