Prospect Info: Jesse Kiiskinen -RW

[OgeeOgelthorpe]

Jesse Kiiskinen: 2023 NHL Draft Prospect Profile; Relentless Scoring Winger With a High-Compete Level

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Reported to have an amazing motor. Average size, competes hard, decent hands. Potentially 3rd line kind of guy?

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[Michael Brand Eggs]

Seems very Yzerman. Wouldn't be surprised if he was high on their list that year.

 

[Run the Jewels]

Yeah, after reading the Hockey Writers prospect profile he seems like a potential 3rd liner with some 2nd line upside given his young age. Bottom line, if Hakan is down then so am I.

 

[Perfect Human]

Reading scouting reports on Kiiskinen is encouraging that he is for sure not a throw away prospect and we actually got a potential player.

He was 17 when drafted and young for his draft year. Got a taste in liiga as a Draft Eligible and played all year there as a D+1 apart from 8 games where he had 21 points for the U20 team. He scored 4g6a in 38 games with the Pelicans last year.

Wings need wingers and this guy is probably the 2nd or 3rd best winger prospect in the system now behind Mazur and maybe Buch.

 

[OgeeOgelthorpe]

For our Finnish board members to translate.

 

[SantosHalper]

Should play for Finland at the next U20 Worlds, 2nd or 3rd line winger+PP2 unit

 

[OgeeOgelthorpe]

Not a great skater but he gets to where he needs to be.





I like the tenacity in his game.





He might only be a B prospect but I'm not mad at essentially moving Gibson for this guy. Kiiskinen seems like a decent gamble as a bottom 6 forward.

 

[Henkka]

For our Finnish board members to translate.

- Having military service year this year.
- A lots of time to train there.

Describes him as a player:
- Heart and soul player.
- Giving everything on the ice, every night. His own standard.
- Favourite players Pastrnak and Kane. Plays with their #88 number.

 

[Ed Ned and Leddy]

I rate Gibson and I’m entirely hoodwinked by the Walman deal so I’m going to cope by convincing myself that this guy is the next, idk, Artturi Lehkonen?

 

[OgeeOgelthorpe]

I rate Gibson and I’m entirely hoodwinked by the Walman deal so I’m going to cope by convincing myself that this guy is the next, idk, Artturi Lehkonen?

Maybe. If he can develop into a 15-15-30 guy that can be a pain in the butt, forecheck hard and kill penalties then he'll be a solid pickup for the Wings.

I like what I've seen from this guy in the draft year stuff I posted but remember that he's still a total longshot, same as Gibson is. Kiiskinen is very young and hasn't even turned 19 yet. We've got another 3 years before we need to sign him and can give him a lot of developmental runway.

Does anyone know what his expected role is next year in Liiga?

 

[SantosHalper]

Does anyone know what his expected role is next year in Liiga?

Well he has a good chance to grab a big role, HPK is a piss poor team, players are playing on food salary.

Here's a couple line projection from finnish forum made by HPK fans.
Rautiainen-Topping-Tuulola
Huttunen-Lundell-Skinnari
Ruokonen-Päivärinta-Kiiskinen
Sinkkonen-Järvelä-Toivonen/Savolainen

Skinnari - Topping - Tuulola
Rautiainen - Lundell - Kiiskinen
Janhonen - Korhonen - Huttunen
Ruokonen - Päivärinta - Sinkkonen

Kiiskinen-Topping-Tuulola
Skinnari-Lundell-Rautiainen
Janhonen-Päivärinta-Huttunen
Ruokonen-Korhonen-Aaltonen

Rautiainen-Topping-Tuulola
Skinnari-Lundell-Kiiskinen
Päivärinta-Järvelä/Janhonen-Huttunen
Ruokonen-Korhonen-Aaltonen/Sinkkonen.

So top-6 role seems to be the consensus right now, it shouldn't be too tough task to beat Rautiainen, Skinnari and Huttunen but Tuulola might be tough nut to crack. 2nd or 3rd line winger at the U20 Worlds.

 

[OgeeOgelthorpe]

Well he has a good chance to grab a big role, HPK is a piss poor team, players are playing on food salary.

Here's a couple line projection from finnish forum made by HPK fans.
Rautiainen-Topping-Tuulola
Huttunen-Lundell-Skinnari
Ruokonen-Päivärinta-Kiiskinen
Sinkkonen-Järvelä-Toivonen/Savolainen

Skinnari - Topping - Tuulola
Rautiainen - Lundell - Kiiskinen
Janhonen - Korhonen - Huttunen
Ruokonen - Päivärinta - Sinkkonen

Kiiskinen-Topping-Tuulola
Skinnari-Lundell-Rautiainen
Janhonen-Päivärinta-Huttunen
Ruokonen-Korhonen-Aaltonen

Rautiainen-Topping-Tuulola
Skinnari-Lundell-Kiiskinen
Päivärinta-Järvelä/Janhonen-Huttunen
Ruokonen-Korhonen-Aaltonen/Sinkkonen.

So top-6 role seems to be the consensus right now, it shouldn't be too tough task to beat Rautiainen, Skinnari and Huttunen but Tuulola might be tough nut to crack. 2nd or 3rd line winger at the U20 Worlds.

Thanks for the input. What would be considered a successful season for a top 6 winger in Liiga? I don't follow that league nearly as closely as the SHL or the NL.

 

[Go Wings]

If there is one thing Detroit needs is more small wingers. What a shitty trade

 

[lhsgolf19]

If there is one thing Detroit needs is more small wingers. What a shitty trade

lol he's 6 feet tall, not 5'7"

 

[SantosHalper]

Thanks for the input. What would be considered a successful season for a top 6 winger in Liiga? I don't follow that league nearly as closely as the SHL or the NL.

In HPK 25-30 points i guess, last seasons leading scorers for HPK scored 23 points. So 20-25 would be good numbers. Oliver Kapanen might be good comparison, he scored 27 points in 55 games in his D+2 year

 

[Steve Yzerlland]

Is he is Wings prospect or are we interested in him? What's this thread?

 

[Realgud]

Is he is Wings prospect or are we interested in him? What's this thread?

Traded Gibson for him

 

[jaster]

Is he is Wings prospect or are we interested in him? What's this thread?

He’s our #11 prospect now (ignore the polls).

 

[Go Wings]

lol he's 6 feet tall, not 5'7"

He's 5'11 178 pounds and we just traded a 6'4 over 200 pound right handed shot defense for a small winger.

 

[norrisnick]

He's 5'11 178 pounds and we just traded a 6'4 over 200 pound right handed shot defense for a small winger.

Per EP (the source I'd trust the most on keeping tabs on measurements) they have Gibson at 6'3" 203lb and Kiiskinen at 6' 192lb. Kiiskinen was drafted at 17, so he had some growing left to do. Still might at only 18yo.

 

[Go Wings]

Per EP (the source I'd trust the most on keeping tabs on measurements) they have Gibson at 6'3" 203lb and Kiiskinen at 6' 192lb. Kiiskinen was drafted at 17, so he had some growing left to do. Still might at only 18yo.

Per Hockeydb.com the measurements I wrote were from there .

 

[OgeeOgelthorpe]

Per Hockeydb.com the measurements I wrote were from there .

Per the gremlin living inside my skull Kiiskinen is 6'9" 278lbs of pure PAIN.

 

[Roomba With a Bauer]

If there is one thing Detroit needs is more small wingers. What a shitty trade

The moves today make no sense unless something follows. Trade a promising and well developing RHD for a second and an underwhelming undersized winger who didn't exactly tear apart the Liiga, and dump a decent defenseman like he was a 38 year old with a 2 year, 6 million dollar contract.

Just absolutely head scratching, and if it's just to resign Ghost and go into next season with the same roster then Yzerman needs to be jettisoned.

 

[redwings8831]

If there is one thing Detroit needs is more small wingers. What a shitty trade

He's probably the third best winger in the system behind Mazur and Buchelnikov.

 

[Henkka]

This Kiiskinen <> Gibson trade had nothing to do with Walman.

It was just a prospect swap.

Think Kiiskinen was 2nd youngest and played 2nd most games (38 games) of Liiga-rookies. Pelicans was just strong team where could not fit to scoring role. Situation at HPK could totally change this next year.

But good indicator is that rare 18-year old is that good defensively, to be used at Bottom6 role.

Only Emil Hemming, 2024 draftee, was younger than Kiiskinen, played 40 games, scored 1 point more.