I find this hard to believe considering he’s still actively competing for the Stanley Cup. Also, he’s an NHL goalie and lots of teams should be looking for a chip in the goalie carousel this offseason. But either way, meh.
According to Raphael Doucet of 919 Sports (French sports radio station in Montreal) on Twitter:
Strange timing.Bob Hartley sur nos ondes: « Selon mes infos, Mikko Koskinen aurait déjà accepté une offre pour aller jouer à Lugano l’an prochain. »
@919sports
—
Bob Hartley says that Koskinen has accepted an offer to play for Lugano next year.
Writer of the weekly Top 10 column.
12-team Keeper pool, straight points for forwards & dmen. Goalies get: 2 points per win, 3 per shutout, 1 point per assist & 1 point per shootout loss.
League champ in 2013, 2015, 2018, 2020 and 2022.
Top 8 forwards, 5 dmen and 2 goalies count.
We keep 15 players (any position) plus two rookies.
Forwards: Panarin, Ovechkin, Kopitar, Stamkos, Tuch, Rust, Marchessault, Pavelski, Miller, Bertuzzi, Stone, Kakko, Brown, Stankoven, Kovalenko
Defence: Hedman, Fox, Matheson, Thrun, Jiricek
Goalies: Kochetkov, Talbot, Vasilevskiy, Campbell, Schmid
I find this hard to believe considering he’s still actively competing for the Stanley Cup. Also, he’s an NHL goalie and lots of teams should be looking for a chip in the goalie carousel this offseason. But either way, meh.
12 Team H2H Keeper
4C~4LW~4RW~6D~2G~4 Reserves
3 FA adds per week
8 Keepers~10 minors
IR
10 Minors = Skaters <83 GP & Goalies <51 GP
Categories: G~A~P~PPP~SOG~FOW~+/-~Hits~Blk~W~Svs~S%~GAA
C-Barkov~Zibanejad
C/RW- Reinhart
LW-B.Tkachuk~Kaprizov~E.Kane~Pacioretty
RW-P. Kane
LW/RW-Svechnikov~Fiala
D-Makar~Fox~Dahlin~Bouchard-Hamilton
G-Hellebuyck~Shesterkin~Ingram
MINORS:
Forwards-Rossi~Pelletier~Holloway~Marchenko
DMen-B.Clarke~Nemec~Nikishin
Goalies-Wallstedt~Wolf~Dostal
This was reported in the Swiss media today as well... No official confirmation yet though. I could relate to Koskinen: after years in Edm, the mediterranean climate of Lugano is probably exactly what the doctor ordered There are certainly worse places to spend the twilight years of the hockey career in.
I would argue the fact that he’s an NHL goalie...
12 team Yahoo Roto keeper (keep 3)
9 F, 6 D; roster 3 G max
G,A,PPP,SOG,BLKS,HITS - W,SO,SV%,Saves
F: B Tkachuk, Stutzle, Eriksson Ek, Necas, Konecny, Cooley, Boldy, Lehkonen, Tippett
D: Dahlin, Seider, Matheson, Durzi, Addison, Mintyukov
G: Hill, Husso
IR:
Bench: L Hughes, Merzlikins, Terry, Tuch
With this and the recent play of Mike Smith thses past couple fo games in big moment situations, I am more inclined in keeping Georgiev where I was going to drop em.
ESPN Roto 10 team
24 man roster (+3 IR) - Keep 20 - Daily settings
Start 3C, 3LW, 3RW, 5D, 2G, 1UTIL
G,A,PTS, +/-, PIM, PPA, PPG, D PTS - W, SV, SV%
C- Zegras, Suzuki, Carlsson
RW- Batherson, Michkov, Quinn, Perfetti(C,LW), Foerster, Kakko
LW- BTkachuk, Stutzle(C), Byfield(C), McTavish(C), Benson
D- Mintyukov, Sanderson, LHughes, Clarke, Faber
G- Wolf, Askarov, Wallstedt
IR- Norris(C)
IR- Fantilli(C)
IR-
Picks in 2024/25 rounds 1,1,1,2
Picks in 2025/26 rounds 1,1,3,4
It would be in his best interest. He might get a sniff at a short-term nhl deal with a very needy team but he'd be best to make his money overseas.
Why doesn't a reporter just ask him if its true?
I think he's still a NHL quality goalie. He's not consistent enough to be a full time starter but still a very capable backup. Maybe he wants to play as a starter and knows that's most likely not going to happen in the NHL.
10 Team, Points Only, Cash League
25 Man Roster (no position), top 20 point getters count at end of month
Keep 20/25 at seasons end, Cut 5 to FA for redrafting
Goalie points W=2pt L=-1pt SHO=2pt
Stamkos, Tavares, Eichel, Mercer, JRobertson, RThomas, Kucherov, Nugent-Hopkins, Tuch, KConnor, Necas, Point, Konecny, SJarvis, Cozenz, Morrissey, Bouchard, Josi, Novak, Tolvanen, Peterka, Brink
G- Vasilevskiy, Sorokin, Oettinger
"Cleavage is like the sun. You can look, but dont stare.. Unless you're wearing sunglasses."
ESPN Roto 10 team
24 man roster (+3 IR) - Keep 20 - Daily settings
Start 3C, 3LW, 3RW, 5D, 2G, 1UTIL
G,A,PTS, +/-, PIM, PPA, PPG, D PTS - W, SV, SV%
C- Zegras, Suzuki, Carlsson
RW- Batherson, Michkov, Quinn, Perfetti(C,LW), Foerster, Kakko
LW- BTkachuk, Stutzle(C), Byfield(C), McTavish(C), Benson
D- Mintyukov, Sanderson, LHughes, Clarke, Faber
G- Wolf, Askarov, Wallstedt
IR- Norris(C)
IR- Fantilli(C)
IR-
Picks in 2024/25 rounds 1,1,1,2
Picks in 2025/26 rounds 1,1,3,4
Be surprised if he ends up overseas, he played pretty well second half of the season. I assume that Swiss deal is only lined up for if or when he's not given an NHL offer.
12 team H2H Most Cats Wins; Keep 6/winner keeps 7; G A PPP +/- SHP SOG HIT BLK PIM // W SV GAA SV% SHO
3 C, 3 LW, 3 RW, 6D, 2G, 5 bench
C - McDavid, Crosby, Tavares
LW - DeBrincat
RW - Meier, Miller
D -
G - Jarry
10 Team, Points Only, Cash League
25 Man Roster (no position), top 20 point getters count at end of month
Keep 20/25 at seasons end, Cut 5 to FA for redrafting
Goalie points W=2pt L=-1pt SHO=2pt
Stamkos, Tavares, Eichel, Mercer, JRobertson, RThomas, Kucherov, Nugent-Hopkins, Tuch, KConnor, Necas, Point, Konecny, SJarvis, Cozenz, Morrissey, Bouchard, Josi, Novak, Tolvanen, Peterka, Brink
G- Vasilevskiy, Sorokin, Oettinger
"Cleavage is like the sun. You can look, but dont stare.. Unless you're wearing sunglasses."
Hasn’t really proven himself enough to play in the playoffs. Watching a shaky 40 year old playing ahead of him. This will be an addition by subtraction for the Oil. Best of luck if it’s true.
Call me old one more time.
- Roy Kent
the more i dont hear about this though..has me thinks this is fake news...
ESPN Roto 10 team
24 man roster (+3 IR) - Keep 20 - Daily settings
Start 3C, 3LW, 3RW, 5D, 2G, 1UTIL
G,A,PTS, +/-, PIM, PPA, PPG, D PTS - W, SV, SV%
C- Zegras, Suzuki, Carlsson
RW- Batherson, Michkov, Quinn, Perfetti(C,LW), Foerster, Kakko
LW- BTkachuk, Stutzle(C), Byfield(C), McTavish(C), Benson
D- Mintyukov, Sanderson, LHughes, Clarke, Faber
G- Wolf, Askarov, Wallstedt
IR- Norris(C)
IR- Fantilli(C)
IR-
Picks in 2024/25 rounds 1,1,1,2
Picks in 2025/26 rounds 1,1,3,4
Could be simply a verbal agreement or something with an out clause. He's not very good and it's a tough market for goalies in the NHL. It makes sense to try and claim your ideal spot before it gets taken by someone else.
Contact me for Frozen Tools bug reports and inquiries
Follow Frozen Tools on Twitter @FrozenTools
Follow me on Twitter @DH_EricDaoust