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This thread is for Kotkaniemi and no one else. Bull shit bickering about past trades or anything not about Kotka will just be deleted.
It’ll be interesting forsure. This puck was off the map although he made a case for himself. Ballsy high risk high reward kind of pick.
The pick never was off the map. Thats just juice the uninformed people have been spilling all over Habs land.It’ll be interesting forsure. This pick was off the map although he made a case for himself. Ballsy high risk high reward kind of pick.
How is the best center of the draft a high risk pick?
There were puck moving defenceman at an abundance and Tkachuk who would’ve been a safer pick, yet a smaller ceiling as far as projections go.
Ok sure, there were other options out there.
Again, how is Kotkaniemi a high risk pick?
Why Ballsy? To me Ballsy would have been picking another winger for his collection.It’ll be interesting forsure. This pick was off the map although he made a case for himself. Ballsy high risk high reward kind of pick.
There's risk with all these young guys, watch Zadina be nothing special, i don't think his play will translate the way some think.He climbed the ranks quick. There’s always a risk with a player like this.
Tkachuk is a 3rd line player no more, he hasn't dominated in any league he has played in.There were puck moving defenceman at an abundance and Tkachuk who would’ve been a safer pick, yet a smaller ceiling as far as projections go.
Ok sure, there were other options out there.
Again, how is Kotkaniemi a high risk pick?
Thanks, sorry i have no clue how to do that on my cellphone.Taking a player 3rd OA with skating issues is risky for today's NHL.
There's risk with all these young guys, watch Zadina be nothing special, i don't think his play will translate the way some think.
Taking a player 3rd OA with skating issues is risky for today's NHL.
Maybe he has a weird hunched over sance but it didn't look too bad at the development camp...I'm sure he can work on it as many others have.
His dad is his head coach, I'd put my money on Kotkaniemi being worked hard by his dad to improve his weaknesses and excel at center this year.
Well if he goes back to Finland, I hope he plays center. Can't have him play on the wing like he did mostly last season!
He was drafted to be a C and he should develop into a C. If his pops can't put him at C, then I prefer he stay in Laval and play high minutes as a C with the Rocket and develop him at center!
Ok sure, there were other options out there.
Again, how is Kotkaniemi a high risk pick?
Tomorrow's game starts at 11:30 AM EST. It looks like there will be a stream.
2 Goals and 3 Assists or I'm done with this kid!
Those prematurely defensive posts kind of make me laugh.
If you guys are so confident about the guy, there should be no doubt in your minds that he's going to be dominant next to other prospects.
At some point it's got to stop.
"OMG PEOPLE JUDGING HIM BASED ON A DEV CAMP ARE SO DENSE!"
"OMG PEOPLE JUDGING HIM BASED ON A ROOKIE TOURNAMENT ARE SO DENSE!"
"OMG PEOPLE JUDGING HIM BASED ON HIS ACTUAL SEASON IN FINLAND ARE SO DENSE!"
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"OMG PEOPLE JUDGING HIM BASED ON HIS 4TH SEASON IN THE NHL ARE SO DENSE!"
I can already see it coming...
There's a thing called potential. You don't draft those kids for what they're now, you draft them for what you project they'll become.I don't give a crap if he gets goals or assists. I just want to see signs of him being above the rest of the prospects. When you draft someone 3rd overall it's because he's in a class above the rest of the guys his age. If there are no clear signs of that in a tournament where the intensity is not even that high, there are actual reasons to be concerned.
I mean. Even Galchenyuk at this age after losing a full year due to injury was dominant in those displays.
You're putting a lot of effort in this.
These defensive posts exist for a reason. 'Cause they make sense. There are no summer performances that will ever indicate how great or bad a player is. What indicate more how good he is is how he progresses through an entire season. And to a certain extent, performances over a big tournament like the WJ .
So if something has to stop, it's thinking that a kid is a bust over a summer performance.
There are people here preemtively creating excuses for the guy's possible lackluster performance in case he doesn't have a good performance and I'm the one putting a lot of effort in this?![]()
Newsflash; I'm not going to waste a minute of sleep if the guy does good OR bad. I just like to be realistic. Picks can be good or bad. Just because you guys defend everything that has been picked by Timmins doesn't mean the guy can't possibly have badly wasted this pick.