Stu Cowan: Canadiens' veterans take Jesperi Kotkaniemi under their wing

Rookie Jesperi Kotkaniemi sits right beside Brendan Gallagher in the Canadiens’ locker room in Brossard.
Was that by design?
“I’m not sure,” Gallagher said after practice Tuesday at the Bell Sports Complex. “I honestly think it might have just been an empty stall or something like that. You’d have to ask Gervy (Pierre Gervais, the Canadiens’ longtime equipment manager). Maybe they put some thought into it.”
Gervy wasn’t around, so I decided t