Jesperi Kotkaniemi's coming-out party with Canadiens has ripple effect

The decision to start the season with 18-year-old Jesperi Kotkaniemi on the roster will allow Canadiens head coach Claude Julien to employ pretend centres Jonathan Drouin and Max Domi where they are most effective — on the wings.
Kotkaniemi played most of last season in the Finnish Liiga as a left winger, but the Canadiens drafted him as a centre and that’s where he has played all through an eye-opener of a training camp.
He looked awkward in the rookie tournament at Laval preceding