This is an article I have been dreading to write for a couple of weeks. It is important to know we are speaking about people here, in this case a young, talented Finn. Joni Ikonen’s return to the the ice this season is an absolutely stunning thing; playing in one of the top five to six leagues in the world (depending on how you rank the NLA) after a two-year absence is close to a miracle, and no one can fault his character. Based on that alone, he would get a much better grade than he will at the end of this article.