Jesperi Kotkaniemi is a buy-low trade candidate
Sportsnet’s Luke Fox: Sources say Carolina Hurricanes forward Jesperi Kotkaniemi requested a trade last offseason. He has a 10-team no-trade list but would consider all potential teams. His ice time is down, he’s losing faceoffs and his skating has been questioned.
The 25-year-old is set to earn $4.82 million over the next four seasons, with a salary of $5.2 million for the final three years of his contract. He is a buy-low trade candidate.
Could the Winnipeg Jets be a good fit for Jesperi Kotkaniemi or Andrew Mangiapane?
Sportsnet: Elliotte Friedman on the Winnipeg Jets, their struggles, and who they could look to to potentially help turn things around. Carolina Hurricanes Jesperi Kotkaniemi or Andrew Mangiapane could be fit in Winnipeg.
** NHLRumors.com transcription
“I think it’s the same in Winnipeg. I think they’re just shocked. They like it, it’s one thing to lose. Everybody loses. Everybody goes through bad moments. Everybody has struggles. But something like that, and you just feel like you’re missing the counterbalance.”
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You’re like, that night in Winnipeg, like it went really well. It was 3-1, and before you know it, when they’re Ouch, they give up 18 shots in a row, and they’re behind, they’re down a goal. It’s like: what’s happening to you?
You know, there’s a couple of things that I think we’re looking at right now. Kotkaniemi, I think the Hurricanes are considering a few things. I’ve been wondering, I don’t know what the transaction would be exactly, but it fits in with Winnipeg’s way of working. A man with four years of team control left. They need to move forward. They need someone a little faster. But I wonder.
I also wondered: he is not the fastest, but he is only under contract for one year. I wonder if Mangiapane would make sense for Winnipeg. And I think they would kick around that. Like I think they’re in there. So I’m wondering if one of these moves here could be a Winnipeg move.
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