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Injury Report: Jesperi Kotkaniemi (Part IX)
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ECWHSWI
TOUGHEN UP.
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it obviously does not bother them,
in a LOSING season, they waited for the season to end for Byron to get surgery, yet the geniuses knew about it months before...
in a losing season, they waited till the end of the season for Weber to get surgery, even though the injury was known MONTHS before...
so yeah, the dumbasses playing an injured player in a game that has no meaning whatsoever in the standing is all OK, playing with their assets health is fine!
26Mats
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I still wonder how much the injury had to do with it. He was better at holding his own in the first 2/3 of the season.
He’s still 18.......natural growth will take care of that
Mrb1p
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In a nutshell sure, but he's not in a nutshell, he's in the NHL. Everybody is trying to get stronger, and not naturally.
Cole Caulifield
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- Apr 22, 2004
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I'm so over Galchenyuk... this conversation holds little interest to me. You can continue to cry for something that never was or would have been regardless of what habs management had done if you want but I gots better things to do.
That’s fine....he’ll have to battle through that in the first few years till he matures in his adult body.....naturally (no pun intended) the players around him will be stronger on account of his age......
Look at Svechnikov vs Ovechkin.....it don’t matter what that kid does over the summer.....he’ll never stand a chance, naturally or not, Ovechkin got that mature strength
He will need to put in the work, but he doesnt seem like someone who'll be lazy. He strikes me as a Crosby type...hockey nerd innocent boy guy.
That said...no idea why they didnt pull him out earlier. This season was a wash...
Interesting way of putting it lol
Same upbringing as Gallagher it would seem (in a matter of hockey), dad is involved and I’m sure it’s been driven in his head since day one to train, eat well, team guy persona......
As for holding back on him, I’m sure the run we had to make the playoffs had something to do with it.......and at one point, what’s an extra 5 games, might as well play it out....could probably explain his lack of TOI too
At any rate, I’m expecting big things from him next year, gotta see that progression.
Tips the scale at 195 is my guess
Kotkaniemi showed a good hockey IQ...
plus I enjoyed his passing and vision
on the ice...he also had an excellent
compete level....his skating...was above average...
Everybody was claiming Kotkaniemi was slowing down towards the end of
the season because of fatigue.... I suspect, the Habs management wanted
to hide his knee issues....easier to claim
he was tired competing against men.
He want playing particularly well later down the road, was even a scratch.
I don't care about his weight, I just want him to get stronger.
cphabs
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Me too. I had shit floating around in my knee apparently. Is this the same knee he blew out?
Leon Lucius Black
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Probably in the future he will once he improves on his speed and faceoffs. For an 18 year old his defensive game was solid, still lots of room for growth defensively though which will happen once he gains strength and improves his skating.
montreal
Go Habs Go
yes he will likely be on the PK down the road, his defensive game seems very solid.
ahmedou
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Firstly, he went to an Impact's game. Where used a Philadelphia 76'ers cap there. It's a coincidence? Or he really dislike Toronto?
Secondly, he's in the Brossard's training facility atm.
So he's staying in Montreal for this 2019's summer? Staying there in my opinion is mine #1 best option. He'll be nearby alongside our training staff and our medical staff. It'll be agreeable to see him here tho.
Secondly, he's in the Brossard's training facility atm.
So he's staying in Montreal for this 2019's summer? Staying there in my opinion is mine #1 best option. He'll be nearby alongside our training staff and our medical staff. It'll be agreeable to see him here tho.
Mrb1p
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Reminder that this kid is the future superstar of this franchise and that hell get to play behind the magnificent Dunno because of Julien.
Cant wait to be right about this again and watch the Bergevinites and Julieners flipflop back and forth in desperation to try and justify it.
Cant wait to be right about this again and watch the Bergevinites and Julieners flipflop back and forth in desperation to try and justify it.
MasterD
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He definitely is the FUTURE superstar of this franchise. Right now, he's a good, very young hockey player. I'd play him behind Domi for sure, and probably behind Danault too, until he can prove he's a step above them. That will happen, but hasn't happened yet. I expect a similar progression to Joe Thornton's (probably less upside, obviously).
ahmedou
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“It was a big thing for me... I'd never lived alone before. It was my first time out of my hometown of Pori So it was good to have her here. It felt like she took care of everything. It was a big sacrifice for her.”
“My favorite is the game day pasta with Bolognese sauce. I always eat at home. I would even eat that on my day off, too. It's pretty damn good... Sometimes, I would text her when we were driving home from the airport and I was starving after a road trip. She would make sandwiches at like three o'clock in the morning. Getting those warm sandwiches was great.”
“When you're a young guy and you're facing new things every day, you can go home and talk about everything like hockey. Or whatever you're thinking with her. Feeling safe all the time when you go home. You know someone is there waiting for you. So it's a pretty good combo.”
“When she's watching, I think she's pretty much living the game. She's following everything. She doesn't just watch me, she likes to watch the whole picture. I think it was super good for me and her, just having my dream and probably hers, too. It was fun that I had the chance to experience that with her. I think she's my biggest fan, so it was good for both of us.”
“I think that was funny... When I scored my first goal, she was in Finland. She just went back. My dad even watched all the games before that. But that was the first game he didn't watch. My dad said that my mom just started to yell: He did it, he did it... It was the middle of the night back home.”
“I think I'm more like her and my brother is more like my dad. We're kind of like the same person. We're doing everything like the same style. We're doing the same things. We're pretty sharp. We like to be very careful and precise. We like to do everything tip-top. And I think we both smile a lot.”
“Living in the Old Port... We take walks in some nice areas. We like to walk around and grab coffee. Montreal was a big change for her. The city is a little bigger than where we're from in Finland. It brought so many new things and different culture. But, she loves it because there's always something new to experience every time.”
“A little gift, a nice dinner. We're leaving next week. So it'll probably be our last dinner in Montreal for a while...”
“My favorite is the game day pasta with Bolognese sauce. I always eat at home. I would even eat that on my day off, too. It's pretty damn good... Sometimes, I would text her when we were driving home from the airport and I was starving after a road trip. She would make sandwiches at like three o'clock in the morning. Getting those warm sandwiches was great.”
“When you're a young guy and you're facing new things every day, you can go home and talk about everything like hockey. Or whatever you're thinking with her. Feeling safe all the time when you go home. You know someone is there waiting for you. So it's a pretty good combo.”
“When she's watching, I think she's pretty much living the game. She's following everything. She doesn't just watch me, she likes to watch the whole picture. I think it was super good for me and her, just having my dream and probably hers, too. It was fun that I had the chance to experience that with her. I think she's my biggest fan, so it was good for both of us.”
“I think that was funny... When I scored my first goal, she was in Finland. She just went back. My dad even watched all the games before that. But that was the first game he didn't watch. My dad said that my mom just started to yell: He did it, he did it... It was the middle of the night back home.”
“I think I'm more like her and my brother is more like my dad. We're kind of like the same person. We're doing everything like the same style. We're doing the same things. We're pretty sharp. We like to be very careful and precise. We like to do everything tip-top. And I think we both smile a lot.”
“Living in the Old Port... We take walks in some nice areas. We like to walk around and grab coffee. Montreal was a big change for her. The city is a little bigger than where we're from in Finland. It brought so many new things and different culture. But, she loves it because there's always something new to experience every time.”
“A little gift, a nice dinner. We're leaving next week. So it'll probably be our last dinner in Montreal for a while...”
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My brother grew 5 inches during his first year of CEGEP, he tells he could feel the string in his legs at night. Can you imagine if KK comes to camp heighting 6'7!
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