Player Discussion Sens sign free wallet defenseman Nikolas Matinpalo

[Bileur]

Nikolas Matinpalo - Stats, Contract, Salary & More

Eliteprospects.com hockey player profile of Nikolas Matinpalo, 1998-10-05 Espoo, FIN Finland. Most recently in the NHL with Ottawa Senators. Complete player biography and stats.

www.eliteprospects.com

I know nothing about him. Welcome aboard, hopefully Zub 2.0.

6’3 207, right shot. Will be 25 in October.

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[Adrianopolous]

Goodbye Travis Hamonic.

 

[Adrianopolous]

Goodbye Travis Hamonic

 

[Sens Vader]

Cool!

 

[Sun God Nika]

nice belleville add.

 

[guyzeur]

Goodbye Travis Hamonic

You're such a piece of xxxx happiness

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

 

[Adrianopolous]

You're such a piece of xxxx happiness

Are you familiar with the concept of limit roster spots?

 

[Larionov]

Our depth in Belleville was less than stellar, so additions like this are helpful. It's not so much where they might be in the standings - it's just that there wasn't much NHL calibre help down there this year, and that needs to be fixed.

 

[Bileur]

Write up in a recent hockeynews article

NIKOLAS MATINPALO, D, FINLAND​

The 6-foot-3 right-shot defender had a breakout season in Liiga that earned Matinpalo his first call from the Finnish national team at any age group or level. Matinpalo doubled his offensive output with Assat this season, and at 24, he looks like he’ll only continue to get better. To be clear, his game is a long way from NHL-ready, but another season of trending up in Liiga could shift the conversation.

https://thehockeynews.com/.amp/news/world-championship-seven-players-who-could-draw-nhl-attention

 

[Silencio]

"my strengths are my grappling" made me laugh.

 

[SensAreReligion]

Looks Like a Dillon Heatherington/Jacob Larsson type of player

 

[Flamingo]

Oh cool, he's on the Finnish World Championship team. He plays against Canada later today.

 

[Micklebot]

Anybody know which pair he played at the WC? 3 pts, +5 in a7 game tournament doesn't seem bad...

 

[armani]

Nikolas Matinpalo - Stats, Contract, Salary & More

Eliteprospects.com hockey player profile of Nikolas Matinpalo, 1998-10-05 Espoo, FIN Finland. Most recently in the NHL with Ottawa Senators. Complete player biography and stats.

www.eliteprospects.com

I know nothing about him. Welcome aboard, hopefully Zub 2.0.

6’3 207, right shot. Will be 25 in October.

Like this signing, he has been compared favourably to Hakanpää - big, physical, stay-at home but mobile RD. Just had a breakthrough season at Liiga and is playing today against Canada in the quarterfinals.

 

[BondraTime]

Thompson is donezo with the org I’d think. Was already losing ground.

Would be happy to get a 4th for him.

 

[aragorn]

More depth, coming into his prime & adds more size to the blueline which is needed. Will likely start in Belleville if he comes over. I wonder what PD does at the draft with a few guys now who may not be part of this team's future.

 

[Cosmix]

Looks like a Belleville level player on a 2-way contract.

 

[Hale The Villain]

Probably Belleville-bound, but RD depth is never a bad thing

 

[Sun God Nika]

Thompson is donezo with the org I’d think. Was already losing ground.

Would be happy to get a 4th for him.

Your gonna be happy I guess he likely fetches more than that. Right shot D still young only thing that messes the value is waivers, we brought him over too early

 

[Ouroboros]

"my strengths are my grappling" made me laugh.

Nobody will be laughing when he puts Mitch Marner in a gogoplata on opening night.

 

[DaveMatthew]

Seems like decent depth. There's still work to do with the D corps though. We're going to be battling for a wildcard spot, and injuries happen, so we need to be prepared to have 8 defensemen who can step in and play solid NHL minutes. Over the last few seasons, we've typically had 8-9 guys play ~20 or more games each year. Right now we're at:

1. Chabot
2. Chychrun
3. Sanderson
4. Zub
5. Brannstrom
6. Bernard-Docker
7. Kleven
8. Matinpalo?

Top 4 is solid, but ideally we upgrade on Brannstrom and bump JBD down 1 spot. Guys 5-8 are very unproven.

I'd go after Luke Schenn. Need someone with size who can anchor the PK.

 

[Mark Stones Spleen]

 

[sennysensen]

Are you familiar with the concept of limit roster spots?

Great guy, leadership, mentor, but has declined a lot, no room for him on roster.

 

[Micklebot]

Seems like decent depth. There's still work to do with the D corps though. We're going to be battling for a wildcard spot, and injuries happen, so we need to be prepared to have 8 defensemen who can step in and play solid NHL minutes. Over the last few seasons, we've typically had 8-9 guys play ~20 or more games each year. Right now we're at:

1. Chabot
2. Chychrun
3. Sanderson
4. Zub
5. Brannstrom
6. Bernard-Docker
7. Kleven
8. Matinpalo?

Top 4 is solid, but ideally we upgrade on Brannstrom and bump JBD down 1 spot. Guys 5-8 are very unproven.

I'd go after Luke Schenn. Need someone with size who can anchor the PK.

Luke Schenn had a bit of a resurgence but he was pretty bad for a number of years prior, buyer beware imo. I don't mind the idea of a physical guy who can PK, I'm just not sold on him specifically, especially at 34.