Player Discussion Jesperi Kotkaniemi - AHL edition

[Le Tricolore]

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[Le Tricolore]

I fully expect the Habs to send down Nick Cousins next and play him with KK just to troll the fanbase.

And it'd be hilarious.

 

[M.C.G. 31]

f***ing finally. Hopefully Bouchard can do him well.

 

[CauZuki]

About freaking time, he absolutely needs more time in the oven...

 

[LaP]

I fully expect the Habs to send down Nick Cousins next and play him with KK just to troll the fanbase.

And it'd be hilarious.

Nah they'll play JK on the 2nd line 15 minutes a game with no pk time and very few pp time.

 

[jaffy27]

About freggin time

Poehling should be next

 

[habergeon]

Exactly where he needs to be, with exactly the right coach to be with.

 

[Big Empty]

The Habs actually make a smart move for once. He can now play 1st line minutes and play PP1. Suzuki was in the OHL at this point of his career. Pettersson was 20 in his rookie year. Kotka is still a teenager. He’s going to be a stud.

 

[jaffy27]

Nah they'll play JK on the 2nd line 15 minutes a game with no pk time and very few pp time.

Bouchard job is to build his confidence and his game.....I fully trust him

 

[Montreal Impact FC]

This organisation.. specially MB when he feel the heat he littarally does what the public says..

see when he fired Lefevbre and he hired Bouchard and ducharme. like litterally he felt forced to do it.. feeling the hot seat.. now he does the same with Kotkaniemi..

I guess better late than never but that doesnt change my opinion of him.

its funny like it always feel like the decision isnt from his own tought process

 

[Whitesnake]

Sorry Finland...JK should have been there last month.....Would have been so easy to send him to the Worlds, and send him down to Laval right after. A management that knows what they are doing would have done it.

 

[CauZuki]

Sorry Finland...JK should have been there last month.....Would have been so easy to send him to the Worlds, and send him down to Laval right after. A management that knows what they are doing would have done it.

We needed him to go through a 2nd 8 game losing streak , much better for his confidence than playing(succeeding) with his peers...

 

[Hins77]

If he doesnt perform in AHL. I would be worried

 

[Dagistitsyn]

20 games overdue.

 

[Tuggy]

Finally!

The right decision.

 

[CauZuki]

20 games overdue.

Some would argue 132...

 

[Habs Icing]

I though i was the only to consider him not a great prospect.

Originally, I didn't like him starting the year with the big team last season. I thought his game was not up to par except for his defensive game. i was really impressed with that and figured he could work on the rest of his skills.

This year I have been extremely vocal in my disagreement about keeping him up with the big team. It's one of the reasons I have turned against Timmins and want him replaced. I'm sick and tired of his drafting failures and I see KK as a drafting failure, not a development failure.

 

[jiboy]

Great news I think it will help him on the long run

 

[Mrb1p]

About time... Maybe the damage thats been done can't be undone.

And I have no faith in Bouchard either, how hes handled Brook is as stupid as it gets.

 

[Habs Icing]

If he doesnt perform in AHL. I would be worried

Hope you got your beads.


(There are things such as worry beads for those that don't get the reference.)

 

[Mrb1p]

Originally, I didn't like him starting the year with the big team last season. I thought his game was not up to par except for his defensive game. i was really impressed with that and figured he could work on the rest of his skills.

This year I have been extremely vocal in my disagreement about keeping him up with the big team. It's one of the reasons I have turned against Timmins and want him replaced. I'm sick and tired of his drafting failures and I see KK as a drafting failure, not a development failure.

Literally spots the development problem
"NoT a DeVeLopmEnT fAilUrE"

Oh okay yeah

 

[Habs Icing]

Literally spots the development problem
"NoT a DeVeLopmEnT fAilUrE"

Oh okay yeah

It's not a developmental problem. You don't pick such a flawed player at #3 OA especially when you leave better players on the table.

 

[Le Tricolore]

If he doesnt perform in AHL. I would be worried

I expect that people will complain if he isn't putting up 1.5 PPG in the AHL, which isn't realistic for a 19 year old, IMO.

Should be fun.

 

[417]

If Bouchard is as committed to NOT challenging and engaging Kotkaniemi, like CJ was...

Don't expect results to be different in the AHL

 

[azcanuck]

I think the fan base will go nuts when he's not putting up two points a game there.

It's going to take time to make adjustments. Remember people he's 19 and he's getting jacked around. There is a mental aspect to life and people forget that.

Plus the AHL is tough. It's a league full of men. KK is not fast and not strong yet. I would not be surprised if he struggles a little.

He needs to spend next year there too so he can finally start developing.