‘Tables have turned’ for Finnish players

CRANBERRY, Pa. -- There are a lot of Finns here at Penguins development camp.

There are six, to be exact -- Draft pick defensemen Niclas Amari, and Antti Palojarvi, draft pick forwards Valtteri Puustinen, and Santeri Airola, free agent goaltender signing Emil Larmi, and free agent invite defenseman Roni Allen. There are more players from Finland here than any other European country, and they outnumber all of the other Europeans attending the camp combined.

They're all pretty proud of that, too.

"And Kasper (Bjorkqvist) is missing so we could've had seven," Almari reminded me. "Who is the Swede here? The second-round pick?"

Filip Hallander?

"Yeah, he's the only Swede here," Almari beamed. "We try…