Posts About "Artturi Lehkonen"
Canadiens' Lehkonen Primed for a Breakout Season
August 25th, 2019 In case you were wondering, Montreal Canadiens forward Artturi Lehkonen is very eager to get the 2019-20 season underway. After a career year in points with 31, Lehkonen has been training in Finland this summer and looks primed to improve on his season totals from a year ago, in which he scored 11 goals and added 20 assists. At the...
Montreal's Finnish Fraternity, from Niemi to Kotkaniemi
November 21st, 2018 Finland has always punched above its weight in hockey. The nation of 5.5 million people – roughly the same number as the state of Minnesota and about a million fewer than the Greater Toronto Area – has won six medals at the Olympics, 13 at the World Championships, and 14 at the World Juniors, including four golds, most recently on...
3 Canadiens Primed for Bounce-Back Seasons
October 6th, 2018 Expectations are at an all-time low heading into the 2018-19 season for the Montreal Canadiens. Hockey experts are predicting the Habs will be on the outside of the playoff picture this season, which has prompted Habs fans to concentrate on individual player results rather than team success. Having said that, here are three...
3 Underperformers Bergevin Should Move
June 7th, 2018 It takes a lot of courage to be a general manager in a hockey-obsessed city like Montreal. Every move is scrutinized by the media or criticized regularly on thousands of phone screens or over plates of wings during happy hour. Trading a sixth or seventh defenseman or fourth-line forward generally yields little return and therefore gets...
5 Habs Who Need to Be a Lot Better
March 29th, 2018 Outside of a few individuals on the Montreal Canadiens, no player lived up to or exceeded expectations this season. Some of the less-than-stellar seasons from the players ranged from understandable to downright puzzling. In the case of Shea Weber, a fractured foot from the first day of the season before requiring surgery for tendon...
Finnish with No Finish: Lehkonen's Sophomore Slump
January 19th, 2018 So far the 2017-18 season has not been one to remember for Montreal Canadiens' second-year forward Artturi Lehkonen. The dreaded sophomore slump has hit him badly as he has struggled to score. A lower-body injury kept him out of the lineup for over a month but since his return, the offence is still missing. However, considering how...
