Player Discussion Jesperi Kotkaniemi - Part 10

[Zub]

How Jesperi Kotkaniemi worked himself to playoff relevance for the Canadiens

He’s playing better than anyone could have reasonably expected. In four games and 43:12 of five-on-five ice time against the Penguins, Kotkaniemi had a Corsi for percentage of 64.2 percent, the best on the team by a pretty wide margin (Lehkonen was second at 57.9 percent). He was on the ice for 10 high-danger scoring chances by the Canadiens and two by the Penguins. His expected goals allowed in that time was 0.47, again, best on the team by a decent margin (Paul Byron was second at 0.76). He was one of four Canadiens players – Byron, Lehkonen and Shea Weber were the others – who played in all four games of the series and were not on the ice for a single five-on-five goal against.

Take it easy on us KK jeez

I bought myself an Athletic subscription just to read this article, was not dissapointed.

 

[ahmedou]

Watch out Hagg

 

[BB88]

I don’t know if this has been here before but according to his father he trained six days a week, did 100’s squats every week to make his lower body stronger.

Got help from ex Olympic skater Hänninen and ex pro coach Raimo Summanen.

Started training the moment he got back to Finland, wanted to show what he’s made of

 

[NotProkofievian]

I don’t know if this has been here before but according to his father he trained six days a week, 100 squats every week to make his lower body stronger.

Got the help from ex Olympic skater Hänninen and ex pro coach Raimo Summanen.

Started training the moment he got back to Finland, wanted to show what he’s made of

You got an article?

 

[BB88]

You got an article?

Jesperi Kotkaniemi hämmästyttää Pohjois-Amerikassa - isä paljastaa syyt muutokseen: "Hän hymyilee taas"

The Athletic has the original article somewhere

 

[Gsus]

Jesperi Kotkaniemi hämmästyttää Pohjois-Amerikassa - isä paljastaa syyt muutokseen: "Hän hymyilee taas"

The Athletic has the original article somewhere

Here´s the original article. It actually states ´hundreds´ of squats per week, not a hundred so that´s even better.

How Jesperi Kotkaniemi worked himself to playoff relevance for the Canadiens

It was a good read

 

[NotProkofievian]

Jesperi Kotkaniemi hämmästyttää Pohjois-Amerikassa - isä paljastaa syyt muutokseen: "Hän hymyilee taas"

The Athletic has the original article somewhere

Kiitos paljon.

 

[NotProkofievian]

Here´s the original article. It actually states ´hundreds´ of squats per week, not a hundred so that´s even better.

How Jesperi Kotkaniemi worked himself to playoff relevance for the Canadiens

It was a good read

Does it go more into depth about his training regimen?

 

[viceroy]

The Habs made a massive mistake by passing in QH.

Still not 100% convinced on Hughes myself. Sure he's playing great but he's slight and a waterbug D-man, Want to see him plastered into the boards once or twice and see if he becomes more skittish. See if it affects his game, see if it makes him more Gaudreau-esque.

I think Poehling lacks skill to be in the top 6, if he’s ever in the top 6 you either have injuries or you’re clearly lacking depth.

He’s going to struggle to make an impact in the NHL IMO.

I'd just love him to become a big-time #3 Centre, Danault's replacement in a few years. He's got solid skating, good size and fairly high hockey IQ.

 

[ahmedou]

100 push-ups. 100 sit-ups. 100 squats. 10km running. Every signe day. Like Saitama.

The One Beast Man.

 

[TopTenPlayz]

How Jesperi Kotkaniemi worked himself to playoff relevance for the Canadiens

He’s playing better than anyone could have reasonably expected. In four games and 43:12 of five-on-five ice time against the Penguins, Kotkaniemi had a Corsi for percentage of 64.2 percent, the best on the team by a pretty wide margin (Lehkonen was second at 57.9 percent). He was on the ice for 10 high-danger scoring chances by the Canadiens and two by the Penguins. His expected goals allowed in that time was 0.47, again, best on the team by a decent margin (Paul Byron was second at 0.76). He was one of four Canadiens players – Byron, Lehkonen and Shea Weber were the others – who played in all four games of the series and were not on the ice for a single five-on-five goal against.

Take it easy on us KK jeez

That's damn impressive for a guy playing 25 mins a game

 

[Mrb1p]

How Jesperi Kotkaniemi worked himself to playoff relevance for the Canadiens

He’s playing better than anyone could have reasonably expected. In four games and 43:12 of five-on-five ice time against the Penguins, Kotkaniemi had a Corsi for percentage of 64.2 percent, the best on the team by a pretty wide margin (Lehkonen was second at 57.9 percent). He was on the ice for 10 high-danger scoring chances by the Canadiens and two by the Penguins. His expected goals allowed in that time was 0.47, again, best on the team by a decent margin (Paul Byron was second at 0.76). He was one of four Canadiens players – Byron, Lehkonen and Shea Weber were the others – who played in all four games of the series and were not on the ice for a single five-on-five goal against.

Take it easy on us KK jeez

Guy was on the ice for like 80% of our es goals in his limited minutes and he wasnt on the ice for a single ES goal yet people say Suzuki was better. Mind boggling.

 

[FrankMTL]

Guy was on the ice for like 80% of our es goals in his limited minutes and he wasnt on the ice for a single ES goal yet people say Suzuki was better. Mind boggling.

Regardless of who was better in the series against the Pens, can we just let it sink in that we have two 20 year old centres with fantastic upside playing important minutes? When was the last time we had two centres of this age and quality playing in the NHL?

 

[habstradamus]

Guy was on the ice for like 80% of our es goals in his limited minutes and he wasnt on the ice for a single ES goal yet people say Suzuki was better. Mind boggling.

Is it not lovely that both are delivering on expectations. Finally some positive.

 

[Mrb1p]

Regardless of who was better in the series against the Pens, can we just let it sink in that we have two 20 year old centres with fantastic upside playing important minutes? When was the last time we had two centres of this age and quality playing in the NHL?

Is it not lovely that both are delivering on expectations. Finally some positive.

It really is. Just sucks that people hate Timmins so much that theyd be this dishonest.

 

[montreal]

I was more impressed with Suzuki then Kotka, both looked great which is very good news for us, it's what we want, so really who cares who was better as this organization likely goes no where in the future unless both can be very good NHLers as so much hinges on them since our U-22/prospects at forward is just so thin right now. We so badly need the big 3 of Suzuki, Kotka, Caufield to all hit the high end of their ceilings even more so now that we lost any shot at 1st OA baring some insane GM trading the pick to us. Just need Suzuki to work on being more explosive and Kotka to work on the skating, getting the confidence to shoot more, could be very fun in a few years seeing them as a 1-2 punch hopefully racking up the points with Caufield potting goals a plenty.

 

[Tyson]

Habs have 2 excellent young centers who will see the intensity jump up in the next round. It will be a great test

 

[Zub]

Guy was on the ice for like 80% of our es goals in his limited minutes and he wasnt on the ice for a single ES goal yet people say Suzuki was better. Mind boggling.

Plus lead the team in Corsi % with 65.7% if i remember correctly. Also Among the top 5 in hits among all the teams.

 

[BehindTheTimes]

Still not 100% convinced on Hughes myself. Sure he's playing great but he's slight and a waterbug D-man, Want to see him plastered into the boards once or twice and see if he becomes more skittish. See if it affects his game, see if it makes him more Gaudreau-esque.



I'd just love him to become a big-time #3 Centre, Danault's replacement in a few years. He's got solid skating, good size and fairly high hockey IQ.

I’m confident he will never, ever, be able to adequately replace Danault. It isn’t happening imo.

 

[DAChampion]

Guy was on the ice for like 80% of our es goals in his limited minutes and he wasnt on the ice for a single ES goal yet people say Suzuki was better. Mind boggling.

Did Suzuki not face greater competition?

 

[DAChampion]

I’m confident he will never, ever, be able to adequately replace Danault. It isn’t happening imo.

Why not?

 

[Zub]

Did Suzuki not face greater competition?

Yes, which pretty much evens it out and makes it a close call but statistically Kotka was better, and was more noticeable.

 

[Ozmodiar]

Did Suzuki not face greater competition?

He sure did. He had to face either Crosby or Malkin most of the time. Also killed penalties.
Over 20 mins per game to KK’s 13. Suzuki was a bigger factor in the series.

people can’t see the forest through the trees.

 

[Zub]

"Dating back to last summer, Kotkaniemi has had minor knee surgery, a core injury at the end of training camp, a concussion in December and then the spleen injury in March.".

Man just think about that, he overcame all that and is performing like he is right now, i mean it was like people who critizised him as hard as they did forgot about everything the kid was going through, this is one hella tough kid you have MTL, i'm super happy he plays for you because hockey means so much to Montreal.

 

[Zub]

He sure did. He had to face either Crosby or Malkin most of the time. Also killed penalties.
Over 20 mins per game to KK’s 13. Suzuki was a bigger factor in the series.

people can’t see the forest through the trees.

And in that limited icetime KK was on the ice for 10 high danger scoring chances, plus in game four his icetime was increased no?