HABS DRAFT SAKU KOIVU'S SON AATOS KOIVU: MONTREAL CANADIENS TOP PROSPECTS

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The Montreal Canadiens have drafted Saku Koivu's son Aatos Koivu 70th overall at the 2024 NHL Entry Draft.
This video is taking place during the 2024 NHL Entry Draft, and after the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs.
The 2024 NHL Draft 1st Round went as follows:
1st) San Jose Sharks, Macklin Celebrini
2nd) Chicago Blackhawks, Artyom Levshunov
3rd) Anaheim Ducks, Beckett Sennecke
4th) Columbus Blue Jackets, Cayden Lindstrom,
5th) Montreal Canadiens, Ivan Demidov
6th) Utah Hockey Club, Tij Iginla
7th) Ottawa Senators, Carter Yakemchuk
8th) Seattle Kraken, Berkly Catton
9th) Calgary Flames, Zayne Parekh
10th) New Jersey Devils, Anton Silayev
11th) San Jose Sharks (from Buffalo Sabres), Sam Dickinson
12th) Minnesota Wild (from Philadelphia Flyers), Zeev Buium
13th) Philadelphia Flyers (from Minnesota Wild), Jett Luchanko
14th) Buffalo Sabres (from Pittsburgh Penguins via San Jose Sharks), Konsta Helenius
15th) Detroit Red Wings, Michael Brandsegg-Nygard
16th) St. Louis Blues, Adam Jiricek
17th) Washington Capitals, Terik Parascak
18th) Chicago Blackhawks (from New York Islanders), Sacha Boisvert
19th) Vegas Golden Knights, Trevor Connelly
20th) New York Islanders (from Tampa Bay Lightning via Chicago Blackhawks), Cole Eiserman
21st) Montreal Canadiens (from Los Angeles Kings), Michael Hage
22nd) Nashville Predators, Yegor Surin
23rd) Anaheim Ducks (from Toronto Maple Leafs), Stian Solberg
24th) Utah Hockey Club (from Colorado Avalanche), Cole Beaudoin
25th) Boston Bruins (from Boston Bruins via Detroit Red Wings and Ottawa Senators), Dean Letourneau
26th) Los Angeles Kings (from Winnipeg Jets via Montreal Canadiens), Liam Greentree
27th) Chicago Blackhawks (from Carolina Hurricanes), Marek Vanacker
28th) Calgary Flames (from Vancouver Canucks), Matvei Gridin
29th) Dallas Stars, Emil Hemming
30th) New York Rangers, EJ Emery
31st) Toronto Maple Leafs (from Edmonton Oilers via Anaheim Ducks), Ben Danford
32nd) Edmonton Oilers (from Florida Panthers via Philadelphia Flyers), Sam O'Reilly
This video is also taking place after 2024 NHL Season, and after the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs, where the Florida Panthers defeated the Edmonton Oilers in the Finals.
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[@lblesbowden6748]

Fantastic selection! Koivu!!!!! A legendary CH player's son.....C'mon!!!! Kent and the CH Front Office are solidifying themselves as arguably one of the absolute best management groups in all of hockey and major sports for that matter! And our coach oozes class and demands respect with his "Lead by Example" character! My beloved Canadiens will be a top 5 team in about 2 years. It's only a matter of time before they have a chance to compete for and hoist the greatest trophy in all of sports! I cannot wait for this season to begin!!!

[@Darule514]

Saku and MTL fans are excited for this

[@qtastically5747]

Can't help but smile at this, being a Finn. For you english speakers btw, "Aatos" means thought/idea/musing in finnish. It's a pretty rare, old and classic sounding name. The word is mostly used in poetry these days, makes for a good name for a beloved child 😊

[@ericm.1245]

Great choice by a class GM. I hope he develops into a good player for Habs

[@victormaxwellchannel]

Love this pick for the habs

[@obredaanps3]

Hughes is knocking it out of the park with this draft.

[@JoyKAnthony]

another Habs lifer here. Amazing stuff! Lets Fuggen Go! what a draft!

[@sethfraser5841]

I screamed so loud when the name came up

[@CoreySosner]

Lifelong Habs fan ❤❤❤❤❤ this pick LETS FEN GO !!!!!!!what a draft !!!!

[@emanuelgonzalez3967]

Koivuuu lets gooooo

[@politicalbandwagon4989]

It woulda been fun to see Iginla go to the flames. Two sons of fan favourite captains of Canadian teams returning to Calgary and Montreal

[@McKnightBlade]

Amazing news, just unfortunate they did not get Cole Hutson in the 2nd round 🥺

[@AM-ko4pi]

He was slated for the 3rd round and I wanted him anyway. Him being a Koivu is just a bonus.

[@loltrope3266]

Best Draft omg!!

[@user-qo2ky4wd1s]

Love this pick . And picked at the around the spot that he was ranked . All good !

[@user-uv4xd7yp4t]

he has his fathers Grit for sure! very intresting as a Finn to see how it turns out!

[@oven723]

Goated draft Montreal

[@merecat21m]

Kent Hughes is absolutely on a tear with this draft, first We robbed the NHL of Demidov and now we got the legendary Saku Koivu's son!

[@xlwolfff]

I FNNNN LOVEEE IT!!! WE HAVE A KOIVU BACK!!! was so sad when Saku when to the Ducks

[@djyanno]

In the third round this is perfect. I heard people wanting to pick in with the 21st, that would have been a mistake. Third is where I thought he would get drafted. I feel great with this pick for his work ethic alone.

[@ville1345]

This might be a bit too optimistic but i honestly see him being better than Saku one day. He’s got the same kind of vision and playmaking but much better shot. Gonna take a while when he grows into his full potential but when he does.. canadiens will have amazing player

[@user-qo1gk2kj3e]

Bring the cup home to Montreal...real soon!

[@simonlarouche2138]

So he's more of a Mikko than a Saku ?

[@gundamfreedomx21]

yes first one here

[@scottzbrodoff8556]

Settle down. Chicken wings are amazing.

[@ilkkak3065]

If he stay in Finland 3 more years or so he might become really good.

[@steve8803]

@ikkak3065 what if he comes to Canada before then?

[@komirules]

2 years is enough. In the AHL for a year at age 20 if needed

[@rebeltvr6046]

@@komirules This.

[@ilkkak3065]

​@@steve8803I don't know. But I'm quite sure people around him Saku, Mikko and Jukka Koivu, former coach legend in Finland his grandfather are best for his develop and grow up more. I think they know what it takes to be in NHL level.

[@stevemason5090]

Built more like his uncle, MIKO

[@jagermaisterretsiamregaj4935]

Not really hes mix between Saku and Mikko.

[@gmayster01]

Sentimentally a great choice. But Simon the Snake Boisvert ex NHL Scout, is just podcasting that he does not have 1/10th of his dad's intensity. Unlike Tij Inginla according to Boisvert Aatos lacks grit. Time will tell

[@marcbabineau6001]

hes a degenerate and not an ex nhl scout, junior scout

[@CoreySosner]

He’s butt hurt MTL didn’t get Connelly who cares love this pick

[@atarimeejyaneeka]

@@CoreySosner yeah? And why do you love the pick?

[@CoreySosner]

@@atarimeejyaneeka really ? You aren’t a Habs fan are you

[@nocryers1173]

@@atarimeejyaneeka skill player

[@appletile2887]

Was never a fan of Saku Koivu whose best goal production was 22 goals in a season. He reminds me of the nightmare days of a popgun offence Gainey decimated Montreal's team to. I think he only played 13 seasons with Montreal and had 3 twenty goal seasons during that span. I think this kid will never be an NHL'er because the kids coming up are skilled and can put the puck in the net. I want to be entertained watching high scoring games involving skilled players, not games that put you to sleep.

[@steve8803]

@appletile2887 McDavid's goal production is significantly less than Matthews and Pastrnak. Who is the best player of the 3?

[@vkobevk]

saku koivu was a playmaker like joe thorton, not your classic scorer blame rejean houle to not able to give him a good scorer i hope curent habs fix this problem with deminov and slavsorski

[@appletile2887]

@@vkobevk Houle and his buddy Tremblay had no business be GM and coach of Montreal. Both were jealous of Patrick Roy and ran him out of town where he won a couple of Cups and Montreal never won another Cup again. Comparing Koivu to Thorton is like comparing and elephant to a flea. Thorton made his linemates better and won scoring championships, Koivu needed good line mates to become better to be a bottom six player. That's a huge difference. Look at Koivu's +/- , he was a + 10. In the 13 years he wore a Montreal uniform he played 1124 games, scored 255 times and assisted 577 for a total of 832 points. Joe Thorton played in 1714 games scored 430 goals and had 1109 assists for 1539 points and his =/- + 182. Joe Thorton scored goals & assists at a higher rate per game than Koivu and it doesn't even come close who was the more dangerous player on the ice when you compare =/- numbers. When you compare the numbers between Bobby Orr & Koivu Orr played in only 657 games scored 270 goals and assisted on 645 goals for a total of 915 points and a +/- of +582. Orr won 2 scoring championships and was a defenceman. Orr played 467 less games but scored 15 more goals in the regular season and assisted on 68 more goals or 83 more points than Koivu for a total of 915 points. In the +/- Orr is a +572 over Koivu despite playing 467 less games.

[@vkobevk]

@@appletile2887 sorry, but before his leg injurie saku koivu was in top 10 in points and could go to season of +90 points lol you really compare time when goaler look like anorexa people vs goaler who look like sumo, i say when saku koivu played we had patrick roy, dominik hasek, martin brodeur, it was a era good goaler with trap system when bobby orr played it was normal to score at least 3 goals by game

[@rebeltvr6046]

TF are you on? Saku was a passer first, he was nearly a point/game guy, and a first line Center. Goal-scoring is more a winger trait. You should stop talking about hockey, you're clueless.

[@brianbushey2350]

Awesome