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The decision to send Oliver Kapanen to Europe was the right one
DansLesCoulisses.com
The decision to send Oliver Kapanen to Europe was the right one
Credit: The Canadiens made the right decision to send Oliver Kapanen to Sweden for the current season. The Finn had impressed at training camp and had even managed to carve out a spot in Montreal. However, his start to the season proved that he still needed development, and that’s what he’s doing right now in Sweden. […]
The Canadiens made the right decision to send Oliver Kapanen to Sweden for the current season.

The Finn had impressed at training camp and had even managed to carve out a spot in Montreal. However, his start to the season proved that he still needed development, and that’s what he’s doing right now in Sweden.

Kapanen is being used on the first line of Timra IK’s offense, even in the playoffs. In fact, his team has so much confidence in him that he played over 36 minutes in game three of the first round of the playoffs in a game where his team won.

Kapanen didn’t pick up any points in that game despite the significant amount of ice time, but he did manage to pick one up on Thursday in game four of Timra IK’s playoff series.

The Canadiens prospect recovered the puck in a battle along the boards and made a perfect pass to his teammate, who then scored the second goal of the game, which became the winning goal for Timra IK.

With this win, Timra IK has tied the series 2-2. Kapanen now has two points in four playoff games.

It’s great to see Kapanen thriving with his team in Europe, unlike a certain Ivan Demidov, who’s having problems created by his head coach.

With 35 points in 36 games in the SHL this season, it’s safe to say Kapanen’s season has been a success.

Used more often than not on the top line and on the powerplay, Kapanen has played games where he had an important role. That’s something he wouldn’t have had the chance to do in Montreal.

In fact, I’m not even sure he would have had that ice time playing for the Laval Rocket.

He should experience success with the Rocket in the future, but we’ll have to wait until the end of Timra IK’s playoff run to bring him back to North America.


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– There are representatives from the Canadiens at the Armada game.

– What a plate!

– Impressive.

– Ayoye.

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