FinPanda
Team Finland 2022 WHC champions
He looks like he is the best 2000 born Finn at the moment, at least for the 2018 Draft. He has played with Ãssät A-juniors this season and he has 13 points (4+9) in 16 games.
I don't think any other 2000 born Finn have played in the U20 league yet, so it's nice to see him produce also so well. Maybe he is the next best center coming from Finland after Barkov.
At the same age Barkov had 17 points in 25 games, so he has been good.
Jesperi Kotkaniemi
I don't think any other 2000 born Finn have played in the U20 league yet, so it's nice to see him produce also so well. Maybe he is the next best center coming from Finland after Barkov.
At the same age Barkov had 17 points in 25 games, so he has been good.
Jesperi Kotkaniemi
I haven't had a chance to see Ässät in recent months but yesterday I saw Kotkaniemi. He doesn't seem out of place in A-juniors which itself is already a good sign. He does not have any spectacular strengths in his game unlike Laine at his age but he seems interesting prospect nevertheless.
He is very mobile player with good work ethic. Pretty good hands too even though not astonishing. I also like his positioning since he is mostly in a place where you can pass the puck to him easily.
To me he does not seem like definite first rounder but he does seems to be very interesting prospect who at this point looks like fairly early draft pick.
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