[19] The Kotkaniemi affair drew parallels to an offer sheet the Canadiens offered Hurricanes forward Sebastian Aho two years prior. Hockey teams have done that forever now and its something I did in junior, college and here. Spaghetti Bolognese," listed Mrs. Kotkaniemi, when asked to describe her son's favorite dishes. The Montreal Canadiens announced early Saturday evening that they will not match the $6.1 million offer sheet (and $20 signing bonus) that Jesperi Kotkaniemi accepted from the Carolina Hurricanes a week ago. New Jersey never trailed leading 1-0 after the first and 3-1 after . [17], On 28 August 2021, Kotkaniemi signed a one-year, $6.1 million offer sheet with the Carolina Hurricanes. Kotkaniemi was passed in the pecking order by center Nick Suzuki, who recently signed an eight-year, $63 million extension. Kotkaniemi agreed to a one-year, $6.1 million offer sheet, which the Canadiens did not match, and instead took the compensation of the Hurricanes' first and third-round picks in the 2022 NHL . But once again the hype is insanely out of control. Get the latest headlines and columns from the Montreal Gazette, delivered daily at 7 a.m. Get the latest headlines from the Montreal Gazette, delivered daily at 7 a.m. What the Puck: Kotkaniemi an example of Habs' poor drafting, development, Allison Hanes: Montreal doctor goes public over MUHC's 'attempt to silence me', Ryan Reynolds invests in Montreal payments firm Nuvei (and announces it the Reynolds way), Stu Cowan: Sean Monahan would love to come back with Canadiens, Michelin-starred Sushi by Scratch to open an omakase speakeasy in Old Montreal, Opinion: Time for Quebec to break the 'copay' taboo in health care. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images). Knowing what this scribe knows of Subban, hed be drooling over such an opportunity. Sound familiar? Jesperi Kotkaniemi re-watches his draft selection. I dont see this revenge offer sheet making NHL GMs more skittish of offer sheeting players in the future. "He's such a small boy and there are huge guys out there," mentioned Mrs. Kotkaniemi with a smile. Kotkaniemi scored only five . Related: St. Louis Blues with 100-Point Seasons. Kati lives 6,000 kilometers away from her son, so it's only natural for her to worry about him, of course. He was beginning to rediscover his stride when he suffered a concussion after a hit by Colorado Avalanche defenceman Nikita Zadorov in December. Meet Jesperi Kotkaniemi Parents: Mother and Father. Sign up for the For The Win newsletter to get our top stories in your inbox every morning. I don't know how bad, but he's definitely going to be out. To view the purposes they believe they have legitimate interest for, or to object to this data processing use the vendor list link below. I just decided to change up the flavour for practice, he said. Not that long ago, he no doubt felt the same about Montreal. 2018 NHL Draft Profile: Jesperi Kotkaniemi (Fear The Fin) This season, Kotkaniemi is scoring .46 points per game in the Finnish Liiga, as a 17-year-old playing against men. We encountered an issue signing you up. The Associated Press contributed to this report. Kotkaniemi made his junior international debut for Finland at the 2017 World U18 Championships in Slovakia, he amassed 6 points in 7 games to help claim a silver medal. Read more about cookies here. "When I heard that he was really staying here with the team, I was proud and excited.". Development is a key issue for the Canadiens, and Kotkaniemi just needs time to add strength and work on his skating. Theres been a debate for years whether the Habs woes are due to the fact the team drafts poorly or develops poorly or both. Founded in 2009, The Hockey Writers is a premier destination for news and information on everything hockey. Mikael, a former professional hockey player and current coach, and native of Helsinki, settled in Pori after meeting Kati, a Pori area native, while he was playing for sst. Last season, after defenceman Victor Mete made the Canadiens as a 19-year-old, his mother, Mary, moved to Montreal to live with him. He reads and understands the game very well. Patience is key and given some time, Kotkaniemi will become a quality NHL center. Kotkaniemis parents,Mikael and Kati, watched him make his NHL debut last Wednesday on TV back home in Pori, Finland, as he picked up an assist in a 3-2 overtime loss to the Maple Leafs in Toronto. Canadiens centre Jesperi Kotkaniemi looks to make pass during NHL Rookie Showdown game against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Sept. 9, 2018 at Place Bell in Laval. 3 overall pick at the 2018 draft, a one-year offer sheet worth US$6.1 million. 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This NHL exec is referring to the fact that the Canes will now have to sign the 21-year-old Kotkaniemi and center Martin Necas, who will both be restricted free agents after this season, as well as winger Nino Niederreiter and center Vincent Trochek, who will both be unrestricted free agents next offseason. Apr 8, 2023 00:29; Joel Edmundson on the Leafs' strong start. For the Canadiens, it seems Kotkaniemis postseason success and so-so regular season performances werent worth a huge pay bump. He just enjoys. "It'll be fun to see old teammates, some fans there. This is not good. 365 Bloor Street East, Toronto, Ontario, M4W 3L4. "But, watching him play has been amazing. It was a response to Montreal trying to poach Carolina's Sebastian Aho the same way in 2019, though the Hurricanes matched the five-year offer sheet to keep him. Dundon royally fked Waddell here. All NHL logos and marks and NHL team logos and marks as well as all other proprietary materials depicted herein are the property of the NHL and the respective NHL teams and may not be reproduced without the prior written consent of NHL Enterprises, L.P. With six total picks in the first three rounds, Montreal is set to either make a big splash in the trade market or restock the prospect cupboards for the future. There's no debate that Kotkaniemi failed to live up to expectations with the Canadiens. Enter your email address to get all of our posts sent directly to your inbox! The first was the failure that is Alex Galchenyuk, picked third in 2012, at Bergevins first draft as GM. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Wednesday: The Islanders sign four, Parayko gets PAID, JJ to CO, and Sheahan to Seattle. Related: Top 5 Canadiens Draft Picks of the Bergevin Era. If you don't see it, please check your junk folder. But from the home team perspective, Kotkaniemi might not be at the forefront of the strategy Thursday. Folks, it's almost time. Will it be a good move on Montreals part? Charlie McAvoy Not Worried About Lack Of Extension Talks With Bruins, BHN Puck Links: Bruins, Foligno, Pens Add Boyle, Sens Lock Up Youth, No Bergeron But Ullmark Starts For Bruins In Game 1. The Associated Press contributed to this report. Canadiens general manager Marc Bergevin chose not to match, and Montreal received a first- and third-round pick as compensation. He added five goals . Kotkaniemi ended his career with the Canadiens with 22 goals and 62 points in 171 regular-season games. It's just ridiculous.". All Rights Reserved. Jesperi Kotkaniemi is a big Finnish center who many regard as being the top centerman available in the draft. Only time will tell. But theres also been another name thats been gaining traction as of late but this may be just a table setting for an NHL trade later down the line or at the 2022 NHL trade deadline. Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Montreal Gazette, a division of Postmedia Network Inc. A welcome email is on its way. In return for signing Kotkaniemi to a one-year, $6.1 million deal, the Hurricanes have sent their first and third round picks in the 2022 NHL Draft to the Canadiens as compensation. The Canadiens acknowledged the former third-overall pick by displaying him on the jumbotron, which in turn sparked another wave of disapproval from the near-sellout crowd. If you don't see it, please check your junk folder. "That was one game on my schedule that I looked out for," he said. Jesperi Kotkaniemi is a player who has been on our radar since before his draft year. Its exciting times in the NHL when we get to talk offer sheets, considering their rarity in terms of usage, even more-so in terms of their success rates. The Canadiens, of course, decided to walk away from the contract with Kotkaniemi despite selecting him third overall in the 2018 NHL draft. In 2018, Bergevin needed a saviour to silence the critics and the saviour was an 18-year-old Finnish kid who wasnt ready for prime time. "We're all confident he's going to continue to grow his game," Waddell said at the time of the new deal, "continue to learn and put up bigger numbers than even what he's doing right now.". Tkachuk was a factor, KK wasnt. Surprisingly, Peca never played competitive soccer as a kid. Expectations based on draft positioning often lead people to ignore the signs of progress, especially when hindsight is used to compare players even two years after the draft. Having Danault, Kotkaniemi, and Nick Suzuki as the teams top three centers for the next five-plus years could have grown into something super special, but now only the latter remains. Thats what theyre doing with Cole Caufield, but hes 20 and has two years of NCAA hockey under his belt. His faceoffs improved, his shot, his play along the boards, his competitiveness and more. "I don't know the extent, but it's not good," coach Rod Brind'Amour said during a somber postgame news conference. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for JESPERI KOTKANIEMI 2018-19 Upper Deck #249 YOUNG GUNS RC Rookie CANADIANS at the best online prices at eBay! He has yet to score a five-on-five goal, but fans talk about him like hes Auston Matthews. Last seasons breakout star Phillip Danault, also a center, left in free agency to Los Angeles after the two sides couldnt come to an agreement on a deal. 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On Saturday, the Hurricanes still tried to exact some sort of revenge for the attempt and signed restricted free agent Jesperi Kotkaniemi to a one-year, $6.1 million offer sheet. 8 overall pick in the 2023 Women's Professional Fastpitch draft, the USSSA Pride selected Kentucky Softball catcher, Kayla Kowalik. Carolina tendered an offer sheet to Kotkaniemi in late August, offering a one-year contract at $6.1 million. This is what happens when an owner doesnt understand how to run a team and doesnt let the hockey people do their jobs.. And yet, if things work out right for the Hurricanes, snagging Kotkaniemi could be quite the steal for just a handful of draft picks. In order to improve our community experience, we are temporarily suspending article commenting. Every training camp, everybodys job is on the line, Benn said. Some of our partners may process your data as a part of their legitimate business interest without asking for consent. The game was over. She's been hard at work making sure Jesperi has everything he needs to play to his potential, including hooking him up with some serious home cooking. So with that, the Canadiens are back to just one first-round pick next year as they have essentially traded Kotkaniemi and a 2024 second-round pick for Dvorak and a 2022 third-round pick. He is not a first-round bust like other Bergevin/Timmins picks duds like Michael McCarron and Nikita Scherbak. Kotkaniemi has a strong wrist-shot and an excellent release. St-Laurent played last season with the Sorel-Tracy Blackhawks in the LNAH and also filled in as a backup for one game with the AHLs Laval Rocket. Lets remember, Kotkaniemi is still a teenager and wont be 20 years old until July. Kotkaniemis father wont be able to come to Montreal because of his job as head coach of the Assat Pori team in the Finnish Elite League. 2023 Montreal Gazette, a division of Postmedia Network Inc. All rights reserved. I think its now fun to finally get her here.. MONTREAL -- After signing a surprising offer sheet in restricted free agency with the Carolina Hurricanes in late August, Jesperi Kotkaniemi waited seven days to see if the Montreal Canadiens would match the one-year, $6.1 million deal. On June 22, 2018, in Dallas, before the first round of the draft got started, the chatter overheard by this writer was whether Canadiens general manager (GM) Marc . He also began to use his size to muscle his way into the slot as seen here: He played 79 games that season, scoring 11 goals and 34 points with an impressive 57.0% Corsi For. Continue with Recommended Cookies. They acquired Kotkaniemi in September, signing him as a restricted free agent to a one-year, $6.1 million offer sheet. The consent submitted will only be used for data processing originating from this website. 1 goaltender Frederik Andersen over backup Antti Raanta despite a visit to the Lightning looming Tuesday in the second half of a back-to-back. Mar 30, 2021 00:35; Martin St-Louis' postgame press conference. With Price spending most of the practice on the second rink, the Canadiens called on former McGill Redmen goalieKarel St-Laurent to join them on the main rink along with Antti Niemi. This kid (Kotkaniemi) has a special type of ability to read the play. He also became the second-youngest player in franchise history to score his first career NHL goal, after Mario Tremblay in 1974-75. Comments may take up to an hour for moderation before appearing on the site. [4] After attending the club's development camp, he was signed to a three-year, entry-level contract on 2 July 2018.[5]. We believe he will flourish in Rod BrindAmours system and culture, and he will be an important piece of what we are building in Carolina for years to come.. Carolina has used a tool available to them in the collective bargaining agreement and we accept that decision, Canadiens general manager Marc Bergevin said in a press release Saturday. Not only that, the Canadiens make out with a huge haul of draft picks coming into next season. Its a good way to warm up and you learn some things over the years from other guys. After declining to match the offer sheet for Kotkaniemi, Montreal acquired center Christian Dvorak from the Arizona Coyotes for two draft picks. Montreal went with positional need rather than picking the best available player, passing on the. Kotkaniemi posted 10-19-29 totals in 57 games playing for his father with Assat Pori last season before the Canadiens selected him third overall at this years NHL Draft. Jesperi Kotkaniemi Drafted by - round 1 #3 overall 2018 NHL Entry Draft Embed Jesperi Kotkaniemi stats! Still can work a powerplay too.. There was clearly no big picture vision here and just tunnel vision from an oversized ego., the source went on. Montreal Canadiens and canadiens.com are trademarks of the Montreal Canadiens. He was a big, tall, gangly player. He was poorly developed, like Kotkaniemi. The common themes from the nays on a Subban to the Bruins trade was that hes damaged goods and his cap hit is too high but one NHL source countered that very valid assumption with this on New Jersey Devils defenseman: Of course no team is doing that trade unless Fitz [Devils GM Tom Fitzgerald], eats at last half of that cap hit like you said, the source told BHN. We ask you to keep your comments relevant and respectful. The Montreal Canadiens, who drafted him in 2018, opted not to match the deal in the league's first successful offer-sheet acquisition since 2007. While he was being sheltered on the third line with 61.9% offensive zone starts, he was still capable of using that to his advantage and played a large role in the Canadiens surprising 25-point improvement in their 96-point season in 2019-20. Its never good to lose out on a top-three draft pick, but Montreal did well for themselves here. Moderate. The next issue of Montreal Gazette Headline News will soon be in your inbox. Offer sheets are so rare in the NHL, and to see one not only happen but also go the distance is quite a treat. Overall, offer sheets are a fair system with deep risk attached and its a shame most NHL GMs are incredibly risk-averse that moments like this are so rare in the sport. Kotkaniemi said hes looking forward to having his mother cook for him. Hes really good and thats why they play him because hes good defensively and hes going to get better offensively when he gets stronger. No announcement, just showed him on the board. Canadiens rookie Jesperi Kotkaniemi is getting a roommate his mother, Kati. A welcome email is on its way. But at the same time, you just got to do your thing and wherever the cards lay they lay.. He's up to 12 goals and 30 points in 61 contests in 2022-23, including 10 power-play points. Then Bergevin began denigrating him in public, saying he was clearly not good enough to be a centre. That second-guessing continues today, as some have called Kotkaniemi a bust, while others consider him a disappointment so far. He's ranked anywhere from 14th to 25th by other prominent scouting services. What the Kotkaniemi story underlines is that Montreal actually drafts and develops badly. He is a smart player and has a knack for finding open space without the puck and setting himself up for a one-timer or wrister on net. [1], Kotkaniemi began his youth career playing with hometown club, Porin sst, as a 14-year old at the under-16 level in 2014. He was drafted 3rd overall by the Montreal Canadiens in the 1st round of the 2018 entry draft. After all, the defending Stanley Cup Finalists have struggled out of the gate, and were 0-3 headed into Tuesday's date against the San Jose Sharks. But with the facts we have in front of us, it is impossible to conclude anything other than the fact that Brady Tkachuk, who was picked fourth by the Ottawa Senators, was a much better choice. Some will respond by saying that Phillip Danault also has only has five goals. Alzner is in the second season of a five-year, US$23.125-million contract he signed with the Canadiens last summer as a free agent. [20], On March 21, 2022, the Hurricanes and Kotkaniemi agreed to an eight-year, $38.5 million dollar extension, worth an annual value of $4.82 million. The sad truth is that general manager Marc Bergevin and head of scouting. I love the fans. 3 /5. The sad truth is that general manager Marc Bergevin and head of scouting Trevor Timmins made a mistake at the 2018 draft by picking Kotkaniemi third overall. Now that this offer sheet saga has come to an end, lets take a look at the winners and losers of this whole affair because this is quite a complicated one! Kotkaniemi has one brother, Kasperi, who is sixteen months his senior and plays as a goaltender. MONTREAL - It was back in late June that Kati Kotkaniemi watched her son head up on stage at the NHL Draft in Dallas to put on a Canadiens jersey for the very first time. They are so incredible," said Mrs. Kotkaniemi, with the help of Joel Armia's girlfriend, Emilia, who served as a Finnish-to-English translator. Montreal Canadiens and canadiens.com are trademarks of the Montreal Canadiens. The gut here is that any trade with Subban wont happen until later in the season or at the NHL Trade deadline because teams will want to get a solid pro-rated cap hit on top of the Devils eating some of it, but its worth watching now because as we know, injuries happen in training camp and the preseason nd teams change their plans. He moved to Pori after meeting Kati, a resident in the Pori region while playing for the Assat team. . Arun Srinivasan (@Arunthings) October 22, 2021, Kind of wish Kotkaniemi scored the 4th goal of the game for the meme, All three of Sebastian Aho, Jesperi Kotkaniemi and Andrei Svechnikov scoring in the Habs building tonight might be one of the most poetic outcomes I have ever witnessed, Alex Ohri (@FutureCanes) October 22, 2021. "There's going to be a lot of Canadiens stuff in Pori now. In Thursdays embarrassing 5-1 loss to the Sens, Tkachuk did what he always does against the Habs. by In true hockey fashion, the Bell Centre crowd greeted the 21-year-old with boos and taunting chants. 365 Bloor Street East, Toronto, Ontario, M4W 3L4. 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Seven days later, the Canadiens decided not to match the offer sheet, sending Kotkaniemi to Carolina with Montreal receiving their first and third-round picks in the 2022 NHL Entry Draft as compensation. The Canadiens did add Mike Hoffman to their center depth this offseason, but the young core of Montreal took a huge hit with its losses this summer. Plus, what does all this shakeup in the young core say to the rest of the Canadiens roster, which was three wins away from a Stanley Cup last season, and their fans? Kotkaniemi is also a good playmaker, with good vision and passing skills. (2 votes) Very easy. However, his play in the summer of 2018 during development camp, rookie camp and eventually, the main camp quieted some early doubters as he earned head coach Claude Juliens trust and cracked the Canadiens lineup as the third-line center.if(typeof ez_ad_units!='undefined'){ez_ad_units.push([[300,250],'thehockeywriters_com-medrectangle-3','ezslot_3',823,'0','0'])};__ez_fad_position('div-gpt-ad-thehockeywriters_com-medrectangle-3-0'); When Kotkaniemi earned his roster spot, he became the first athlete born in 2000 to play in any major sport in North America. By continuing to use our site, you agree to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Take a look at what they have coming up to sign. Interestingly enough, when asked whether theyd be OK with the Bruins acquiring a longtime nemesis like Subban, Bruins fans had a very mixed reaction. Out for, '' listed Mrs. Kotkaniemi with a huge haul of draft picks Subban, hed be drooling such. 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