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Jesperi Kotkaniemi Out For Rest Of Season

March 11, 2020 at 3:16 pm CDT | by Gavin Lee 7 Comments

It certainly hasn’t the sophomore campaign that Jesperi Kotkaniemi or the Montreal Canadiens were hoping for. Now, after struggling to maintain any sort of production in the NHL and spending time in the minor leagues, Kotkaniemi will miss the remainder of the season thanks to a splenic injury. Eric Engels of Sportsnet reports that the young forward will not require surgery, but no recovery timeline has been determined.

There’s no way to describe Kotkaniemi’s 2019-20 season other than disappointing, especially given the flashes of brilliance he showed as a rookie. In 36 games with the Canadiens he scored just eight points, never seeing more than 16 minutes of ice time in a single game. While he has been a point-per-game player at the AHL level, that includes just a single goal in 13 games.

It’s obviously not the end of the world for the 19-year old forward, but when players selected after him in the 2018 draft are already in starring roles—namely Brady Tkachuk and Quinn Hughes, selected at fourth and seventh respectively—it’s a bit frustrating to see the Montreal youngster struggling.

Now that his season is over, Kotkaniemi will have several months to work on his game and come back ready to take a full-time spot in the Canadiens’ lineup. He still has one year remaining on his entry-level contract and a lot to accomplish if he wants a big extension like some of his draft contemporaries will be getting.

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  1. habs93

    5 years ago

    Time for Timmins to go. His drafts (at least 1st rounders) are terrible. Other than Price there is not one 1st rounder if nite still playing for Habs.

    Reply
    • jdgoat

      5 years ago

      And the good picks by him were Mcdonagh and Sergachev

      Reply
    • habs93

      5 years ago

      Agreed…but too many swing and misses on the others.

      Reply
  2. MoneyBallJustWorks

    5 years ago

    maybe they should focus more on Canadian junior hockey players. Apart from the patches and shattenkirk year, there drafting outside the CHL has been disgusting.

    Reply
    • SuperSinker

      5 years ago

      Romanov/Harris/Norlinder/Caufield/Primeau/Evans all wave hi*

      Reply
    • jdgoat

      5 years ago

      All of their busts were in the same spot as these guys at some point. These names don’t really disprove him at all.

      Reply
  3. harry hood

    5 years ago

    I’d like some evidence of these “flashes of brilliance.” Looked overmatched pretty much at all times.

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