With Marc Bergevin in Finland, it was up to Jesse Ylönen to prove himself. He is currently putting up similar numbers to what Joni Ikonen had last year: 0.29 points per game compared to Ikonen’s 0.27.
It wasn’t the best week for Ylönen. While he is getting closer to the high-danger area in front of the net, he seems to still draw away from the net and throw off a shot from a bad angle or away from the goal to make something happen rather than make something dangerous happen. Some of the shots really looks like “alibi shots” (i.