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We’re going over a recent Finnish article that talks about Carolina Hurricanes forward Jesperi Kotkaniemi’s performance so far in the Playoffs.
Article: https://www.is.fi/nhl/art-2000010417042.html
This video is taking place after the 2023 NHL Entry Draft, and after the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs.
The 2023 NHL Draft 1st Round went as follows:
1st) Chicago Blackhawks, Connor Bedard
2nd) Anaheim Ducks, Leo Carlsson
3rd) Columbus Blue Jackets, Adam Fantilli
4th) San Jose Sharks, Will Smith
5th) Montreal Canadiens, David Reinbacher
6th) Arizona Coyotes, Dmitri Simashev
7th) Philadelphia Flyers, Matvei Michkov
8th) Washington Capitals, Ryan Leonard
9th) Detroit Red Wings, Nate Danielson
10th) St. Louis Blues, Dalibor Dvorsky
11th) Vancouver Canucks, Tom Willander
12th) Arizona Coyotes (from Ottawa Senators), Daniil But
13th) Buffalo Sabres, Zach Benson
14th) Pittsburgh Penguins, Brayden Yager
15th) Nashville Predators, Matthew Wood
16th) Calgary Flames, Samuel Honzek
17th) Detroit Red Wings (from New York Islanders via Vancouver Canucks), Axel Sandin Pellikka
18th) Winnipeg Jets, Colby Barlow
19th) Chicago Blackhawks (from Tampa Bay Lightning), Oliver Moore
20th) Seattle Kraken, Eduard Sale
21st) Minnesota Wild, Charlie Stramel
22nd) Philadelphia Flyers (from Los Angeles Kings via Columbus Blue Jackets), Oliver Bonk
23rd) New York Rangers, Gabe Perreault
24th) Nashville Predators (from Edmonton Oilers), Tanner Molendyk
25th) St. Louis Blues (from Toronto Maple Leafs), Otto Stenberg
26th) San Jose Sharks (from New Jersey Devils), Quentin Musty
27th) Colorado Avalanche, Calum Ritchie
28th) Toronto Maple Leafs (from Boston Bruins via Washington Capitals), Easton Cowan
29th) St. Louis Blues (from Dallas Stars via New York Rangers), Theo Lindstein
30th) Carolina Hurricanes, Bradley Nadeau
31st) Colorado Avalanche (from Florida Panthers via Montreal Canadiens), Mikhail Gulyayev
32nd) Vegas Golden Knights, David Edstrom
This video is also taking place after 2023 NHL Season, and after the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs, where the Vegas Golden Knights defeated the Florida Panthers in the Finals.
Jesperi Kotkaniemi was one of the top NHL prospects at the 2018 NHL Entry Draft.
The 2018 NHL Entry Draft saw many top NHL prospects get selected by a variety of teams. The first round of the draft went as follows:
1st – Buffalo Sabres, Rasmus Dahlin
2nd – Carolina Hurricanes, Andrei Svechnikov
3rd – Montreal Canadiens, Jesperi Kotkaniemi
4th – Ottawa Senators, Brady Tkachuk
5th – Arizona Coyotes, Barrett Hayton
6th – Detroit Red Wings, Filip Zadina
7th – Vancouver Canucks, Quinn Hughes
8th – Chicago Blackhawks, Adam Boqvist
9th – New York Rangers, Vitali Kravtsov
10th – Edmonton Oilers, Evan Bouchard
11th – New York Islanders, Oliver Wahlstrom
12th – New York Islanders (from Calgary Flames), Noah Dobson
13th – Dallas Stars, Ty Dellandrea
14th – Philadelphia Flyers (from St. Louis Blues), Joel Farabee
15th – Florida Panthers, Grigori Denisenko
16th – Colorado Avalanche, Martin Kaut
17th – New Jersey Devils, Ty Smith
18th – Columbus Blue Jackets, Liam Foudy
19th – Philadelphia Flyers, Jay O’Brien
20th – Los Angeles Kings, Rasmus Kupari
21st – San Jose Sharks, Ryan Merkley
22nd – New York Rangers (from Pittsburgh Penguins via Ottawa Senators), K’Andre Miller
23rd – Anaheim Ducks, Isac Lundestrom
24th – Minnesota Wild, Filip Johansson
25th – St. Louis Blues (from Toronto Maple Leafs), Dominik Bokk
26th – Ottawa Senators (from Boston Bruins via New York Rangers), Jacob Bernard-Docker
27th – Chicago Blackhawks (from Nashville Predators), Nicolas Beaudin
28th – New York Rangers (from Tampa Bay Lightning), Nils Lundkvist
29th – Toronto Maple Leafs (from Jets via St. Louis Blues), Rasmus Sandin
30th – Detroit Red Wings (from Golden Knights), Joe Veleno
31st – Washington Capitals, Alexander Alexeyev
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20 Comments
Honestly the 5 mil deal is going to age better than people think. If he ends up being a third line center with scoring upside, that 5 mil a year will be a bargain in just a couple years. Let the kid grow with less expectations. Letting trocheck go was a mistake but no one mentioned that trocheck told the canes he wasn’t resigning. He wanted to go to a bigger market like ny. He was NEVER going to stay with the canes. Has kk been disappointing? Yup. Can he eventually be a Jordan staal like 2 way center? Potentially. I think the contract will age better than people think. Buying him out with that many years isn’t going to happen. He’s still only what, 22 or 23? Laff was a rangers bust until he finally broke out this past year. Gotta give some players a little more time than others. As stated, overpaid now but will age better down the road.
carolina is not overly unlucky as compared to anyone else in the playoffs. go back to the box score of the series against the panthers last year and you see the same disparity in shots, yet they got swept. It all comes down to the scheme of that team and their entire existence is to put as many low quality chances on net as possible and posses the puck as much as possible. Their D pinches in along the boards extremely aggressively and as a result their Forwards are constanly prepared to turn and race to cover the point, which leads to possession, but incoherent offense. Yes, its smothering at times, and yes it works well all year, but at this stage of the season your facing the elite teams in the league and they are not as talented as NYR or FLA…..end of story
KK could have been a solid third line utility player but he has lost confidence from the coach.
Nah, his name is “Coke and Lemmy”
I guess MB gets the last laugh. Expensive revenge for the owner of the Hurricanes.
Carolina looked like a defensive juggernaut , im amazed at how the rangers breaks through their structure.
Hahaha, thank you Carolina!
Is it me, or does Larry Robinson look a bit like Ricky from TPB?
Screaming Tkachuk… nope KK…. wow tines l will never forget lets not repeat the same mistakes.
Hahahaha! He is a disaster! The guy was a wrong pick from the Bergevin era! The Hurricanes have been stupid enough to offer a contract for that idiot! Kotkaniemi is a failure, not hard to see!
Hes soft.
The offer sheet is irrelevant. They then signed him again long term the next year.
KK the first round for Josh Anderson.
Jasperi definitely hasn’t earned his keep with the Canes.
Hahaha, your one inch
The mistake was made when our genius Bergevin picked him over Tkachuk period. Where are all the Kotkaniemi fans that were saying to be patient, he will be as good or even better than Tkachuk.
He's not a good player He's not devolp
Was a mistake to give long term contracts to kk who was unproven
The MTL obsession with watching KK fail is disgusting and unsettling. And I'm a Habs fan. Unnecessary video imo.
We should more-so focus on how the Canes are living a copy paste scenario from last year which, to me, signifies only one thing: The Canes aren't good enough. Sure, they are almost there, but ask the leafs if almost is enough. Can we blame all that on KK? hell no he's barely on the ice. So hows about as a fanbase we stop targeting the kid since at this point it's just clearly jealousy and revenge porn.
He was pretty good last year in the playoffs too.