(Las Vegas) The tradition continues, said the slogan of a famous beer. The Montreal Canadiens selected Aatos Koivu in the third round of the 2024 draft (70e in total). He is the son of Saku, captain of the franchise from 1998 to 2009.
With the under-20 club TPS Turku, also his father’s former club in Finland, he had 31 points in 28 games last season. The Press had drawn up a brief portrait of the young man at the recent NHL prospects evaluation camp.
He then said he had few memories of Montreal, the city where he was born, but that he left Quebec when he was only three years old, when his father signed a contract with the Anaheim Ducks.
He plays center, like his father and like his uncle Mikko, who had a long career with the Minnesota Wild.