Player Discussion Jesperi Kotkaniemi - (On Loan to Liiga)

[OnTheRun]

Is the NHL going to have an 82 game season though ?

Unknown at this point. That's what they want, but you can't always get what you want.

 

[Redux91]

Anyone concerned about potential injury?
Any idea on how many games? Hopefully not too many?

This type of question always bewilders me ... you can get hurt on any play in any sport at ANY given moment...

You could snap your achilles tendon just walking out the door to go to work in the morning...

If sports management were so concerned about "potential" injuries, why would anyone ever get signed ever?

 

[Stive Morgan]

I have this surrealist attitude where every morning I open HF, I think to myself, "oh boy, what's it gonna f****n be today?" and I misread this as "Kotkaniemi traded to Kings" for some reason and nearly had a heart attack

Anyways, on a serious note, do we still have hope for a January 1 start? I'm skeptical we'll even have a season at all.

 

[Roadhouse]

I have this surrealist attitude where every morning I open HF, I think to myself, "oh boy, what's it gonna f****n be today?" and I misread this as "Kotkaniemi traded to Kings" for some reason and nearly had a heart attack

Anyways, on a serious note, do we still have hope for a January 1 start? I'm skeptical we'll even have a season at all.

Not having a season at all would really suck. The wait would be a killer. Is mass vaccination the only way to bring crowds back given the rising numbers? And where is that at? As @Kriss E pointed out bubbles are too expensive. They would at least have to relax the rules for families to keep their sanity, not sure how....

 

[overlords]

By 'we', I hope he means he got Mete to join him. That'd be mint.

 

[habamillions]

Is the NHL going to have an 82 game season though ?

In 2013 nhl started jan 15 and went to end of april. They only had 48 games. So very unlikely

 

[BLONG7]

This type of question always bewilders me ... you can get hurt on any play in any sport at ANY given moment...

You could snap your achilles tendon just walking out the door to go to work in the morning...

If sports management were so concerned about "potential" injuries, why would anyone ever get signed ever?

These would be absolutely meaningless games........how will everyone react if he gets hurt, and badly playing meaningless games.

If he gets hurt in an every day accident, so be it.......

Your answer bewilders me.....

 

[Kudo Shinichi]

These would be absolutely meaningless games........how will everyone react if he gets hurt, and badly playing meaningless games.

If he gets hurt in an every day accident, so be it.......

Your answer bewilders me.....

They are not meaningless though. Those games will be great for his development and increasing his confidence

 

[BLONG7]

They are not meaningless though. Those games will be great for his development and increasing his confidence

You missed my point.................are you ok if he busts his leg, and misses next season, playing a meaningless game, as far as the habs are concerned?

 

[Richard Bolton]

You missed my point.................are you ok if he busts his leg, and misses next season, playing a meaningless game, as far as the habs are concerned?

It isn't meaningless since it's good for his development, and that's Habs related. He could have as well busted his leg playing for Laval last year, too.

 

[Bushfire31]

By 'we', I hope he means he got Mete to join him. That'd be mint.

He should bring Poehling along with him if anything

 

[Bushfire31]

You missed my point.................are you ok if he busts his leg, and misses next season, playing a meaningless game, as far as the habs are concerned?

Would you be okay if he busts his leg in the gym, and misses next season while doing a meaningless lift?
Does that mean he shouldn’t be training and doing whatever it takes to better his game?
Let the kid play, relax. There’s nothing reckless about this at all.

 

[Zub]

Goddamnit and i had just used up all my lineup changes in my Liiga fantasy team... But i'm still happy i'll get to watch him play, big fan of his.

 

[Mudz]

You missed my point.................are you ok if he busts his leg, and misses next season, playing a meaningless game, as far as the habs are concerned?

Yes

Glad to see he got the chance to play some pro hockey. He's still young, should put too much stress on his body. If Joe Thorthon can do it, I'm sure he can.

 

[Kudo Shinichi]

You missed my point.................are you ok if he busts his leg, and misses next season, playing a meaningless game, as far as the habs are concerned?

What are the chances that happen? I'll take the small risk for the big reward

 

[Pompeius Magnus]

I have this surrealist attitude where every morning I open HF, I think to myself, "oh boy, what's it gonna f****n be today?" and I misread this as "Kotkaniemi traded to Kings" for some reason and nearly had a heart attack

Anyways, on a serious note, do we still have hope for a January 1 start? I'm skeptical we'll even have a season at all.

I think there's too much money riding on it not to at least try to have a season. Hopefully by that time actual grown adults will be in charge down south and the pandemic will be managed better.

 

[Just Linda]

This is some great Assat management from MB


(joke stolen from twitter)

 

[TesseractPrice]

You could snap your achilles tendon just walking out the door to go to work in the morning...

And don't forget these darned snow blowers

 

[Prairie Habs]

Man that sucks. . We can finally ice a very strong lineup, and theres a chance there might be an abreviated season or maybe not one at all. I would cry! On a side note i heard the ahl is December 4 tentatively

My only consolation is that any sort of condensed season would greatly benefit deep teams that can roll lines and have 2 good goalies.

 

[BLONG7]

Would you be okay if he busts his leg in the gym, and misses next season while doing a meaningless lift?
Does that mean he shouldn’t be training and doing whatever it takes to better his game?
Let the kid play, relax. There’s nothing reckless about this at all.

What is the chance he busts his leg in the gym, vs playing hockey? Big difference..............my concern would be if there are too many games, not that he is playing, but if it's too many games........concern for me for sure...
On the upside, it could help his development, if he doesn't play too many games, and hopefully not worn out once the condensed schedule hits the NHL.

 

[FrankMTL]

So I'm assuming his first game would be on Saturday against Ilves?

 

[Adam Michaels]

So I'm assuming his first game would be on Saturday against Ilves?

If the transfer is finalized by then. Because it isn't official yet.

 

[Gyfu]

I tried to look up what Kotkaniemi 2.5M performance bonuses are? Julien will give him less TOI so he doesn't get them and stay under the cap which sucks for the kid on a hockey perspective

I don't think Julien cares all that much if Molson loses 2,5M tbh, coaches give icetime to players they think will win them games... And unless it changed in the last few years bonuses are included in the player's cap hit automatically, doesn't matter if he "completes the objectives" to get his bonuses or not so it won't change anything towards the cap regardless

 

[BB88]

Olympics make it tough to have a 82 game season with playoffs

Does good for Kotka to keep developing his confidence, and Liiga has a lighter schedule

 

[Bearr]

Is Assat have somegood players to play with?

New Jersey Devil Nick Merkley, who's been playing 1. line RW, Detroit draftee from 2018 Otto Kivenmäki playing 1. line LW. Tampa Bay Defenseman Andreas Borgman, who's been playing like 25min per game.


Outside of NHL related players, I'll mention Nicolai Meyer and Jakob Stenqvist.


https://www.eliteprospects.com/team/49/assat?tab=stats#players