Jesse Kiiskinen

June 2025- Kiiskinen had himself a season in Finland’s Liiga in 2024-2025. His age 19 season of 14 goals and 30 assists for 44 points in 46 games was the second best offensive season in the Liiga by a 19 year old since 2009. Only Mikael Granlund (1.13 PPG at 19 vs Kiiskinen’s 0.96) ranks ahead of him in that regard. While this doesn’t guarantee the same career outcome as Granlund, it certainly gives us cause to keep our eye on the former third-round pick. That Detroit was able to get their hands on him, and a second round pick as well, in exchange for Andrew Gibson may end up being celebrated for years to come if Kiiskinen can translate his performance playing against men in Finland to North America. He just signed his ELC with Detroit, and appears committed to HPK again next year, but he’s one to watchlist and keep an eye on as the season progresses. Alex Wyatt

June 2024 – The Detroit Red Wings acquired forward Jesse Kiiskinen and a second-round pick in the 2024 NHL Entry Draft from the Nashville Predators in exchange for defenseman Andrew Gibson. Mark Henry

June 2023 – The Nashville Predators drafted Kiiskinen in the third round (68th overall) in the 2023 NHL Entry Draft. Mark Henry