Below is an excerpt from the Minnesota Star Tribune article by Wild beat writer, Michael Russo who discusses Mikko Saku maturation as a complete player:
In 1995, a Montreal Canadiens star named Mark Recchi was assigned to show the ropes to a hotshot 20-year-old prospect named Saku Koivu.
That same year, Koivu’s little brother, a 12-year-old named Mikko, came to Montreal with his parents, Jukka and Tuire, to visit Big Bro.
“He was so excited his brother was in the NHL. And you could tell there was something special there, too,” said Recchi, now 40, a potential Hall of Famer who’s still trucking along with the Tampa Bay Lightning.