Chapin Landvogt
Registered User
What's the consensus on Kotkoniemi vs. Wahlstrom. I know K is a good prospect, but the acclaim I'm reading seems a bit much. Wasn't Wahlstrom ranked higher? I didn't go very deep into the predraft data and reporting, but it seemed like Wahlstrom was the better prospect. Is Wahlstrom really 2nd fiddle between these two?
The Isles got the better player.
Montreal was so doggone center-happy (ended up taking 7 of them), that passed on a number of better prospects to get a guy who had actually spent all season playing on the wing.
Who knows, Kotkaniemi may be a good player, but I think his best upside is that of a new Islander, Valteri Filppula.
Wahlstrom on the other hand is a scoring machine. Like others have pointed out, I think he'll play one season of college hockey, then become our Brock Boeser.