Prospect Info: Welcome to Montréal, Jesperi Kotkaniemi (1st round pick, 3OA 2018 - signed ELC)

[Hannibal]

High risk high rewards type of pick. Hope he's not only a one tournement wonder.

Anyway, welcome Kotka, hope you reach your potential.

 

[Thebesthockey]

MB fail

 

[Colezuki]

He's ranked lower on the meaningful sites than he is on the fluffy media sites. Remember that the media sites all pushed for Fucale and MB listened to them then, too. Detroit got Zadina and Veleno.

Detroit got two players who stopped showing growth, example where's mcfarlend for florida, always take the player who shows growth.

Also Kotka is only 2 months from being in the 2019 NHL draft, kid could end up being right there with Dahlin before this is all said and done

 

[Zorba]

MB fail

How’s it a fail???
You just gotta wait 2-3 years to see how his game translates

 

[WeThreeKings]

So... no interviews with Timmins, MB or Kotkaniemi?

 

[Zorba]

Detroit got two players who stopped showing growth, example where's mcfarlend for florida, always take the player who shows growth.

Also Kotka is only 2 months from being in the 2019 NHL draft, kid could end up being right there with Dahlin before this is all said and done

Zadina stopped progressing ?? What!!!!!!??????!!!!

 

[WeThreeKings]

Zadina stopped progressing ?? What!!!!!!??????!!!!

His Charlottetown play-offs was as ugly as you'll see.

 

[PuckSeparator]

Serious question: who's more talented coming out of the draft between Galchenyuk vs Kotkaniemi?

 

[Colezuki]

Zadina stopped progressing ?? What!!!!!!??????!!!!

literally all damn week we had scouts saying after WJC he plateaud and never showed growth,

Also Zadina Nov 17 1999
Kotka July 5 2000

your talking nearly a year younger and dominated the U18's a tournament where he was in his peer group

 

[Cole Caulifield]

High risk high rewards type of pick. Hope he's not only a one tournement wonder.

Anyway, welcome Kotka, hope you reach your potential.

Best kinds of picks. The draft exists for us to win that superstar lottery. No point in drafting safe players with no upside. These guys can be traded for and signed every year. But McKenzie for the record seemed to think he was at minimum going to be a 2nd line center. So very high value pick. Centers are the most valuable asset as we all know.

 

[WeThreeKings]

Serious question: who's more talented coming out of the draft between Galchenyuk vs Kotkaniemi?

Galchenyuk.

 

[Colezuki]

Serious question: who's more talented coming out of the draft between Galchenyuk vs Kotkaniemi?

I'd say kotka simply because gal didn't play for a year

 

[Zorba]

literally all damn week we had scouts saying after WJC he plateaud and never showed growth,

Also Zadina Nov 17 1999
Kotka July 5 2000

your talking nearly a year younger and dominated the U18's a tournament where he was in his peer group

Didn’t say I don’t like our pick
I still think Zadina will be a hell of a player

 

[habsterr]

Serious question: who's more talented coming out of the draft between Galchenyuk vs Kotkaniemi?

Galchenyuk because of higher upside but also more risk coming back from injury.

 

[PuckSeparator]

I'd say kotka simply because gal didn't play for a year

Yes but he still went third overall because his talent level was supposedly can't miss (looked downright dominant even two years removed from draft in juniors). Is Kotka on that level? I honestly don't know much about him...

 

[1909]

Too bad MB was unable to trade Patches for a top 15 pick player (+ ???)

 

[Kudo Shinichi]

So... no interviews with Timmins, MB or Kotkaniemi?

I think they did with Tva sports

 

[HockeyDBspecialist]

Serious question: who's more talented coming out of the draft between Galchenyuk vs Kotkaniemi?

Overall skills: kotka
Galchenyuk had better hands but thats it. Even though his feet weren't following his hands.

 

[1909]

Galchenyuk because of higher upside but also more risk coming back from injury.

One is a center while the other is a wannabe center....

 

[WeThreeKings]

I think they did with Tva sports

Nothing is posted to their site which is usually there.

 

[jaffy27]

MB fail

Fail??....all he did was select the highest rated centre in the draft. If you wanna be miserable, go watch CNN

#uninformedposter

 

[Colezuki]

Didn’t say I don’t like our pick
I still think Zadina will be a hell of a player

don't disagree, but after hearing everyone speak, watching a few games in my spare time and just listening to timmins I think he's the right pick.

 

[BrendanGallagher11]

Great pick

No need to rush him
Let him play a year at center in finland or for the rockets

 

[DavePeak]

I'll be watching him with Kakko in Liiga next season and giving the reports.

You and your reports will be welcome here! Hope you'll fall in love with HfHabs craziness, wait, I meant passion!

Serious question: who's more talented coming out of the draft between Galchenyuk vs Kotkaniemi?

Hard to say, Kotkaniemi is on a roll at the moment, his reputation keeps getting better and better, while Galchenyuk was injured most of his draft year and got his reputation while having Yakupov on his wing. A lot of people say that if he hadn't been injured, Galchy could have been the top pick.

 

[jaffy27]

Galchenyuk.

Agree......but Yakupov was even more talented then Galchenyuk...and we all know how that worked out.