Last year, a Finnish prospect taken in the second round stole the show at Montreal Canadiens development camp. In the first scrimmage of the 2018 development camp, history repeated itself.
While Joni Ikonen is hurt this year, and not taking part in on-ice activities, Jesse Ylönen had about as good of a scrimmage you can have - at least on a team that lost 2-0. After morning drills, he was able to put his skills to the test.
“Playing is why you do this,” he said after the scrimmage. “You do all the drills, all the training in order to play well.