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Some players aren’t finished products out of their draft year and their D+1. A revelation, I know.
Player Discussion Jesperi Kotkaniemi - Part 10
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Some players aren’t finished products out of their draft year and their D+1. A revelation, I know.
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With Jesperi its all about skating skating skating.
Imagine him at 6’2 with those hands and his sneaky good shot flying up and down the ice.
I want to be patient too but I can’t wait for him to break out
Imagine him at 6’2 with those hands and his sneaky good shot flying up and down the ice.
I want to be patient too but I can’t wait for him to break out
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With Jesperi its all about skating skating skating.
Imagine him at 6’2 with those hands and his sneaky good shot flying up and down the ice.
I want to be patient too but I can’t wait for him to break out
balance as well, which isn't shocking as he's tall and lanky (talking since drafted) but you don't want to see a player spend that much time on his ass. That said as he grows into his body I'm not worried about him.
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With Jesperi its all about skating skating skating.
Imagine him at 6’2 with those hands and his sneaky good shot flying up and down the ice.
I want to be patient too but I can’t wait for him to break out
It's very possible we are frustrated from 19-23 age range cause his gains are small year to year. Usually, the elite level ones have prime years that start well before the age of 25. 23-30 (+/-) is where his real value is at IMO.
How hard he works at it is hard to predict. I think this past season was a lot for him to handle. Way too much pressure and expectations. Suzuki will have that next year and even this play in round. Suzuki seems like the type to be more hungry to improve though. Everyone develops at different rates
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Stride looks more powerful, actually shredding ice.
I think he will leave a good impression in those 3 games.
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Imagine though if both Suzuki and Kotkaniemi are 1C quality in the next 2 seasons, we draft Lafreniere, and Caufield and Romanov are also top 6F and top pair D. And we still have Price, Weber, Gallagher, Danault, Tatar, Petry.
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Going to be kind of interesting to see which Koktaniemi we get in this play in round? The one who scored 12 points in 11 games with Joel in Laval. Or the Koktaniemi who struggled this season with the Canadiens.
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I would love to see him breakout but just not now. Do not f*** this up Jesperi!
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With Danault, Habs would have three reliable productive centermen..... Something we did not see since a long, long time.
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We have a bit to go yet but for sure... It appears after a few decades, we have dug out of the center hole.
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I don't agree actually. That was a super low intensity clip I didn't really see any noticeable positives
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I'm all for Kotka taking his still very young game to the next level. Just remind him of what is best for business this summer though, now is not the time to go crazy 
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From some of the clips I see he has good IQ but his first few steps need work and his aggressiveness needs work..
just like galchenyuk, Drouin, scherbak,...
just like galchenyuk, Drouin, scherbak,...
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What? Galchenyuk, Drouin and Scherbak have poor IQ, but Drouin is an extremely talented skater.
He looks bigger, not sure how this will translate. You literally just saw 15 seconds of him...
I'm more interested to see how he carries the puck and what he does with it in both the neutral and offensive zone. Everyone can be taught to play better defensively, even careless offensively minded players like Ovechkin can be turned into better two way players.
What's important with KK is his offensive game.
Well if Suzuki, KK are top centers, add in Laf who will be a franchise winger....with that depth up front you become an offensive powerhouse.
Defensively, I'm not sold. Romanov isn't the Subban/Markov type so I think we'd still have issues but as I said, if we have three legit top liners including two centers, well that should compensate for a weak defense.
I have to think that if we give Price around 3.25GF/GP support, then he should win most of the games he's in.
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Exactly....confirmation bias on display in that post.
I apologize, I didn’t proof read I was in a rush.
I feel that the players I named had issues with first few steps and aggressiveness. Not that they all have highIQ
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Exactly what bias is in my post? I based my opinion on the fact that he seems to be more at ease pivoting and his stride is notably more effortless. Things that are linked with his lower body power.
I know the coach said he noticed was skating much better than last year and I made my statement based on the observation and not on hearsay. I only heard Claude's presser a few minutes ago.
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You said that his stride looks more powerful and that he was "shredding" ice in that clip.....there was absolutely no evidence of either claim in the video.
So yes.....making an observation based on what you want to be true rather than what is true is confirmation bias.
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It's not my problem if you don't notice things like that.
He obviously has a stronger stride, doesn't look out of balance as much when pivoting or stopping and his initial strides seem to stick to the ice more, which is what I meant with "shredding ice". These are all weaknesses that I've personally pointed out in the past about his skating and it seems to have improved from that clip alone. Yes I made the assesment based on a 15 second clip, but it's because I noticed. And it's no coincidence that the coach did too. It's not "bias", it's normal that a 20 year old player improves within a few months and that knowledgeable hockey people notice those things.
You're assuming bias on my part as if you had an opposing agenda. So maybe you're the biased one here.
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