Confirmed Trade: [DAL/CBJ] Lauri Korpikoski for Dillon Heatherington

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[RookiefantasyGM]

PLEASE BE A 2nd ROUND PICK in 2017!!!!! Sincerely Canucks fans!!!!!!

 

[SI90]

Nice

 

[Morry83]

I like it. Jackets fans, thoughts on Heatherington?

 

[Hennessy]

Two Korpis on one team.

 

[lionshockey43]

I like it. Jackets fans, thoughts on Heatherington?

promising, but caught in a glut of young promising dmen here. wish him the best!

 

[izzy]

Gives em a bit of depth

 

[Satan]

I'd rather Heatherington than a 3rd or a 4th in this years draft, so w/e

 

[Lempo]

Wait what, Keklu picked up a Finn?

 

[account deactivated]

I'd rather Heatherington than a 3rd or a 4th in this years draft, so w/e

Same here. Worst case scenario, if we end up having Honka up next season, we wanna make sure Cedar Park has decent players as well.

 

[Soundgarden]

Korpikoski and Quincey, some good depth moves for CBJ.

 

[theD86]

Heatherington is a solid player. Nice shot. projected as a third line d-man. But, it was a numbers game in Columbus.

 

[Double-Shift Lasse]

I like it. Jackets fans, thoughts on Heatherington?

Good size, decent skater. Could be a better mover of the puck. A position of strength (young d-men with size who can skate) for a CBJ org. He can be an NHL player in the net couple seasons.

 

[Guardian17]

Good depth move.

 

[Viqsi]

Wait what, Keklu picked up a Finn?

He does that from time to time. It's kind of rare; I think he's got something against Finns or something. Clear bias for American players.


Harrington stands a good chance of being a decentish depth NHLer. Can move, is big, occasionally makes you think he might be able to take a decent shot or two. Nothing earth-shattering, but useful.

 

[CoachWithNoTeam]

Good size, decent skater. Could be a better mover of the puck. A position of strength (young d-men with size who can skate) for a CBJ org. He can be an NHL player in the net couple seasons.

I'll add that he was a 2nd round pick (54th i believe?) in 2013. Was #6 on Canada's wjc team one year. Big, strong skater, great shot blocker, postionally sound, athletic. Prefers to skate the puck out of the defensive zone wide if it's there, but tends to make the safe, simple play. Hard shot, but he's not much of an offensive player. I actually haven't seen him play this season but what I had seen in the past he reminded me a lot of Methot. Has 2-3 more years to go but he could become a reliable bottom pairing guy.

 

[CBJWerenski8]

PLEASE BE A 2nd ROUND PICK in 2017!!!!! Sincerely Canucks fans!!!!!!

You're getting the 2nd this year whether you like it or not.

 

[cwede]

interesting twist here is that a young Korpikoski was among the players swept out by Torts after his first partial season as NYR head coach

 

[ijuka]

Korpikoski... Really good skater. Hands of concrete. Can't pass, can't shoot. Was named NHL's worst player last season. Even so, this season he's been pretty good. In theory, he's functional in a bottom 6 role even though I don't consider him exactly great defensively.

Considering the return, I think Jackets did well and he should fit in.

 

[WannabeFinn]

Wait what, Keklu picked up a Finn?

We have 4 on our NHL roster so idk why this surprises you

Markus Nutivaara, Markus Hannikainen (sent down after this trade actually), Joonas Korpisalo, Lauri Korpikoski

 

[Old Boys Club]

Korpse on the move again.

 

[WhiteWings*]

Heatherington is a WJC-18, WJC-20 and AHL Calder cup champion. Dallas got some champion's pedigree in him.
And Korpikoski is on his 5th team in 4 years. The guy shouldn't rent a house ever.

 

[Duffeldof]

Korpikoski... Really good skater. Hands of concrete. Can't pass, can't shoot. Was named NHL's worst player last season. Even so, this season he's been pretty good. In theory, he's functional in a bottom 6 role even though I don't consider him exactly great defensively.

Considering the return, I think Jackets did well and he should fit in.

Can't shoot? Hes career avg shooting percentage is 10,6% that is on par with NHL average. His not bad. His average.

 

[Magic Mittens]

Good for both teams. Korpikoski will give CBJ some good depth and Dallas gets a bottom LHD that they need atm

 

[agent082]

Can't shoot? Hes career avg shooting percentage is 10,6% that is on par with NHL average. His not bad. His average.

His shot is actually quite hard but it feels he misses shots a lot. Is there a stat where is also missed shots?