The Carolina Hurricanes have only played six games this season, but already forward Jesperi Kotkaniemi might lose his second center job.
“It’s extremely difficult,” said Renaud Lavoie on Wednesday. I can’t wait to see tomorrow if he’ll still be the second-line center in practice. Don’t forget that Paul Stastny is now with the organization and finds himself on the fourth line.
“If we include playoff games, in his last 40 games, he has only one goal. Only one goal, 10 assists and a record of more or less 0. We have to admit that offensively, the problems are major in his case.
“Last year he told us it was due to injuries, this year he only has two assists since the start of the season, in short, it’s really difficult. For those who wondered if it was a bad thing that he left the Canadiens… I would wonder where he would play with the Habs right now.
In his speech, Renaud Lavoie also talked regarding the loss of Josh Norris to the Ottawa Senators and the successor to Don Fehr at the head of the NHL Players’ Association.
See it in the video above.
