RW Kasper Halttunen - London Knights , OHL (2023, 36th, SJS)

[Artorius Horus T]

15 goals, 9 assists in 17 games. nice.
got an assist for the GW OTG

 

[Artorius Horus T]

London now with a 3-zip lead

 

[LaMasquerade]

So, another playoffs hat trick if I read boxscore correctly..

(Edit: never mind, should have read previous page )

 

[Artorius Horus T]

2+1 in game #4 and London destroys Oshawa 7-1

London Knights scored OHL record braking 34 goals in the finals, in a 4 game sweep
- just 6 goals shy of avg 10 goals per game.. lol

 

[Artorius Horus T]

London players PP point stats at these playoffs... 25+50=75
their PP% was almost 40.... lol

from 88 goal scored, about 30%(29) came from PP

14/16 wins in regulation, just 2 OT wins

 

[Dead Coyote]

Haltunnen now has the most goals (17) of any import player, and second highest PP goals (8) (tied with Boqvist for being the only other import player to do so) in the playoffs in a single season. He was 1 away from tying Jeff Skinner as the only other person at 9.

Also a fun fact, as AHT pointed out, he scored 27% of London's PP goals in the playoffs. That also means he himself was 12% on the PP overall. Jeff Skinner, when he broke the record, would have been about 7%.

 

[Jargon]

So… is he good?!

 

[Sticktape]

There's just something about this guy. I think he makes it.

 

[Artorius Horus T]

Not your usual Kasper Haltunen goal, but i bet he takes it.

https://x.com/i/web/status/1794494118862713264

40th goal of the season for Kasper

 

[TheBeard]

Only one marker tonight so far.

Dude is slumping.

 

[Dead Coyote]

Only one marker tonight so far.

Dude is slumping.

He's lethal on the PP. This tournament may very well be decided by how many powerplays teams give London.

 

[Stewie Griffin]

If he can do exactly what he's doing right now in the NHL, play 3rd line then come score on the PP...we will all be very happy.

I'd love him to improve other areas and become a top-6 NHL guy, but reallistically he's fine as a big 3rd line sniper.

 

[waitin425]

If he can do exactly what he's doing right now in the NHL, play 3rd line then come score on the PP...we will all be very happy.

I'd love him to improve other areas and become a top-6 NHL guy, but reallistically he's fine as a big 3rd line sniper.

You can pencil him into your lineup beginning 2025/26.

He is exactly as you project him. Watched a lot of him this year. 100% third liner with goal scoring ability, with an outside shot of continuing to develop into a 2nd line stud.

Hope he stays in London next year.

 

[Dead Coyote]

I would love for him to stay in London and get more opportunity. Dude was still putting these numbers up playing on the 3rd line. He mostly just needs to improve his skating and generate more chances off the rush or be put with a pure playmaker who can feed him nice chances to succeed in the top 6. Think SJS have a pretty good chance of giving him that opportunity.

 

[Juxtaposer]

I would love for him to stay in London and get more opportunity. Dude was still putting these numbers up playing on the 3rd line. He mostly just needs to improve his skating and generate more chances off the rush or be put with a pure playmaker who can feed him nice chances to succeed in the top 6. Think SJS have a pretty good chance of giving him that opportunity.

I see no reason to remove Halttunen from London, I think it’s the best place for him. Like you said, he should get a bigger even strength role with (I assume) Cowen graduating.

 

[Dead Coyote]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1795972267244990760

Beautiful play by Halttunen. Really nice hands.

 

[Dead Coyote]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1795986505187389935

Halttunen showing off some pretty good playmaking here.

 

[Dead Coyote]

Halttunen now has 3 goals in 3 games in the Memorial cup with 1 assist.

 

[Artorius Horus T]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1795972267244990760

https://x.com/i/web/status/1795979177448935725

 

[Artorius Horus T]

goal #4

https://x.com/i/web/status/1797434522449097091

 

[TheWayToRefJose]

Okay. This kid’s shot is FOR REAL. WOW.

 

[GordieHowYaDoin]

Okay. This kid’s shot is FOR REAL. WOW.

I am a huge Haltty fan/supporter, but this is his spot, his shot. He doesnt really find the back of the net any other way, which makes him predictable and one dimensional in regards to his offensive game. Hoping he takes good direction from Sharks/'Cuda coaching staff and enhances his game to get a little more parity.

 

[TheWayToRefJose]

I am a huge Haltty fan/supporter, but this is his spot, his shot. He doesnt really find the back of the net any other way, which makes him predictable and one dimensional in regards to his offensive game. Hoping he takes good direction from Sharks/'Cuda coaching staff and enhances his game to get a little more parity.

Hopefully. Worst case scenario, he’s a bottom 6 guy with limited minutes that lives on the PP. That 1T from Ovi’s office is just disgusting though. With Smith and Celebrini feeding him on the power play, he could definitely light the horn up. He seems like poor man’s Laine in that regard.

 

[karltonian]

I am a huge Haltty fan/supporter, but this is his spot, his shot. He doesnt really find the back of the net any other way, which makes him predictable and one dimensional in regards to his offensive game. Hoping he takes good direction from Sharks/'Cuda coaching staff and enhances his game to get a little more parity.

You could do worse than to score goals when you shoot lol