Prospect Info: Jesperi Kotkaniemi: The Eagle has landed (Made the team!)

[yianik]

In this morning's scrimmage, Julien slotted Kotkaniemi on a line with Lehkonen and Armia.

Now posters will be compelled to come up with a Finnish-inspired moniker for the line.

This has the potential of generating names that are even more arcane than coconut.

You mean like:

The Flying Finns

The Finnish Connection

The Herring Line

The KLA line

The Eagle line

The Finnkid line

Is that what you mean ?

 

[The Gr8 Dane]

He’s a stud, id love to keep him away from this cancerous team for multiple years but at this point he would probably be our best offensive center if he played 82 games. We have the least patient management/fanbase in the league so I have no doubt he will stay in Montreal for the whole year. Only time will tell if it’s a mistake or not but every time he steps on NHL ice he’s gotten better which is something we can definitely get excited about

 

[Cobra Commander]

You mean like:

The Flying Finns

The Finnish Connection

The Herring Line

The KLA line

The Eagle line

The Finnkid line

Is that what you mean ?

Lehky and Armia aren’t of caliber to play with him, give him Drouin and Gally.

 

[yianik]

He’s a stud, id love to keep him away from this cancerous team for multiple years but at this point he would probably be our best offensive center if he played 82 games. We have the least patient management/fanbase in the league so I have no doubt he will stay in Montreal for the whole year. Only time will tell if it’s a mistake or not but every time he’s stepped on NHL ice he’s only gotten better than last time which is something we can definitely get excited about

Back to Finland for me. I dont want to be having a discussion 2 years from now if he fails to hit expectations over whether he should have been sent back in 2018. If he is returned, that discussion will not happen. We have a great kid here, we cant afford to screw him/it up.

 

[The Gr8 Dane]

Back to Finland for me. I dont want to be having a discussion 2 years from now if he fails to hit expectations over whether he should have been sent back in 2018. If he is returned, that discussion will not happen. We have a great kid here, we cant afford to screw him/it up.

Lol the problem is you’re using logic and patience. Those two things don’t match with the Montreal Canadiens

 

[BaseballCoach]

Lehky and Armia aren’t of caliber to play with him, give him Drouin and Gally.

Drouin and Lehkonen. Lehks could score 30 with the right guys feeding him.

That way we also have another dangerous line: Tatar-Danault-Gallagher

 

[yianik]

Lol the problem is you’re using logic and patience. Those two things don’t match with the Montreal Canadiens

Coaches all want to win now, so if Kotkaniemi can help now, CJ wants him in.

Fans and media want someone to cheer for right now, especially in this time of despair.

The GM , President , owner are supposed to take the big picture view, and use their brains

 

[Runner77]

Lehky and Armia aren’t of caliber to play with him, give him Drouin and Gally.

Just to correct my initial comment, the all-Finn line was used in practice this morning on the second PP wave, not as a regular line.

 

[Runner77]

You mean like:

The Flying Finns

The Finnish Connection

The Herring Line

The KLA line

The Eagle line

The Finnkid line

Is that what you mean ?

Yeah.

Like Hustle-bury Finn.

 

[DramaticGloveSave]

Drouin and Lehkonen. Lehks could score 30 with the right guys feeding him.

That way we also have another dangerous line: Tatar-Danault-Gallagher

Hopefully a 3rd with Drouin/Domi and whoever they play with

 

[Mrb1p]

JKo should be playing with Dru and a gritty RW that can cycle with him. Someone like Lekh/armia/Byron/DLR on the right side.

 

[Mrb1p]

Just to correct my initial comment, the all-Finn line was used in practice this morning on the second PP wave, not as a regular line.

Which is even worse. If theyre entertaining keeping him in MTL he should be on the first PP unit in the slot.

 

[BaseballCoach]

JKo should be playing with Dru and a gritty RW that can cycle with him. Someone like Lekh/armia/Byron/DLR on the right side.

Tatar-Danault-Gallagher
Drouin-Kotkaniemi-Lehkonen
Domi-DLR-Armia
Byron-Pleks or Peca-Hudon or Scherbak

 

[Runner77]

JKo should be playing with Dru and a gritty RW that can cycle with him. Someone like Lekh/armia/Byron/DLR on the right side.

 

[Mrb1p]

Thats great

 

[yianik]

Which is even worse. If theyre entertaining keeping him in MTL he should be on the first PP unit in the slot.

Thinking the half boards.

 

[greyboy67]

Finn-icky line
Euro Flash line
Frostbite line
The Snowmen
Permafrost line
Heavy Metal [Finland has the most heavy metal bands (per capita) in the world]
Angry Birds line [The app was created in Finland]
Ice Age Line
Hypothermia line
Hold The line

and of course, the …
Finn-esse line [Finesse means intricate and refined, mastery, expertise, artistry]

 

[Mrb1p]

Thinking the half boards.

He can too, hes versatile.

Id see either
Drouin left side, kot slot, Scherback Half board mete high left petry/Juulsen/weber high shot on the right.

Kot on the Half board with Gallagher/Lekh in the slot.

 

[montreal]

The GM , President , owner are supposed to take the big picture view, and use their brains

so we are f***ed then. shit

 

[Runner77]

Thats great

Straight from the expert.

 

[Prairie Habs]

Tatar-Danault-Gallagher
Drouin-Kotkaniemi-Lehkonen
Domi-DLR-Armia
Byron-Pleks or Peca-Hudon or Scherbak

I like the top 6 but I would go

Domi - Peca - Byron
Hudon - Plek - Armia

for the bottom 6. DLR kills offense and we need goals from every line this year.

 

[ZUKI]

"JKo" (J-Ko) is what i call him....way better than KK..lol

i love that one ! JKO !!!

 

[greyboy67]

According to Simon Boisvert, if Kotkaniemi is in the Habs lineup next Wednesday, he becomes the first athlete born in the 2000s to play in one of the Big 4 North American professional sports leagues.

Then his nickname has to be Y2K!

 

[Runner77]

i love that one ! JKO !!!

Someone suggested that on TSN690 today, drawing a parallel with how the the term JLo was derived.

 

[Habs4Life]

I like the top 6 but I would go

Domi - Peca - Byron
Hudon - Plek - Armia

for the bottom 6. DLR kills offense and we need goals from every line this year.

Peca Domi Byron would be a crazy fast line