Prospect Info: 2022 8OA, Marco Kasper

[Pavels Dog]

Sure, but Ed does the same with not committing fully to them. There are times when he should be the first to the puck, but hesitates too much. I am sure you have noticed this too.

Give him a few years and he'll probably physically dominate battles. Nothing wrong with protecting himself a bit from the physical wear and tear right now.

 

[HisNoodliness]

One thing that I've been wondering about with Kasper right now is what role he's best suited for long term.

I think it would be easy to say that Raymond and Larkin are carrying him right now and that they're driving his point surge. I actually really don't feel that way though. Instead I think he just gels with them perfectly. They compliment each other very well in some regards, but I think what drives their synergy is the similarity in their tenacity and work ethics. It really makes it so there's nowhere to escape to and anytime one of them pressures someone into a mistake, another is ready to punish it. It's relentless.

I really think that he could be a great work-horse, piano puller for Raymond for a long time. But we also could really use him as a defensively responsible 2C. If he can produce even half as well as this, and play good defense on the second line, I think that fills a bigger need for the team. We can find a lot of guys to produce next to Raymond and Larkin-and a lot of them might be more naturally skilled than Kasper, DBC for example.

So if you're looking at Kasper as a ~70 point 1W that helps do the dirty work for Raymond or a ~50 point 2C that plays solid shutdown hockey, which do you prefer? Let's keep him on the top line for now to build some confidence, but where do you want him long term?

 

[schuelma24]

One thing that I've been wondering about with Kasper right now is what role he's best suited for long term.

I think it would be easy to say that Raymond and Larkin are carrying him right now and that they're driving his point surge. I actually really don't feel that way though. Instead I think he just gels with them perfectly. They compliment each other very well in some regards, but I think what drives their synergy is the similarity in their tenacity and work ethics. It really makes it so there's nowhere to escape to and anytime one of them pressures someone into a mistake, another is ready to punish it. It's relentless.

I really think that he could be a great work-horse, piano puller for Raymond for a long time. But we also could really use him as a defensively responsible 2C. If he can produce even half as well as this, and play good defense on the second line, I think that fills a bigger need for the team. We can find a lot of guys to produce next to Raymond and Larkin-and a lot of them might be more naturally skilled than Kasper, DBC for example.

So if you're looking at Kasper as a ~70 point 1W that helps do the dirty work for Raymond or a ~50 point 2C that plays solid shutdown hockey, which do you prefer? Let's keep him on the top line for now to build some confidence, but where do you want him long term?

Yeah starting to think we might have that dillemna. Which is a great problem!

 

[norrisnick]

One thing that I've been wondering about with Kasper right now is what role he's best suited for long term.

I think it would be easy to say that Raymond and Larkin are carrying him right now and that they're driving his point surge. I actually really don't feel that way though. Instead I think he just gels with them perfectly. They compliment each other very well in some regards, but I think what drives their synergy is the similarity in their tenacity and work ethics. It really makes it so there's nowhere to escape to and anytime one of them pressures someone into a mistake, another is ready to punish it. It's relentless.

I really think that he could be a great work-horse, piano puller for Raymond for a long time. But we also could really use him as a defensively responsible 2C. If he can produce even half as well as this, and play good defense on the second line, I think that fills a bigger need for the team. We can find a lot of guys to produce next to Raymond and Larkin-and a lot of them might be more naturally skilled than Kasper, DBC for example.

So if you're looking at Kasper as a ~70 point 1W that helps do the dirty work for Raymond or a ~50 point 2C that plays solid shutdown hockey, which do you prefer? Let's keep him on the top line for now to build some confidence, but where do you want him long term?

If only we had another young defensively sound center prospect that could slot into the 2c role...

Alas...

 

[Murmansk16A]

One thing that I've been wondering about with Kasper right now is what role he's best suited for long term.

I think it would be easy to say that Raymond and Larkin are carrying him right now and that they're driving his point surge. I actually really don't feel that way though. Instead I think he just gels with them perfectly. They compliment each other very well in some regards, but I think what drives their synergy is the similarity in their tenacity and work ethics. It really makes it so there's nowhere to escape to and anytime one of them pressures someone into a mistake, another is ready to punish it. It's relentless.

I really think that he could be a great work-horse, piano puller for Raymond for a long time. But we also could really use him as a defensively responsible 2C. If he can produce even half as well as this, and play good defense on the second line, I think that fills a bigger need for the team. We can find a lot of guys to produce next to Raymond and Larkin-and a lot of them might be more naturally skilled than Kasper, DBC for example.

So if you're looking at Kasper as a ~70 point 1W that helps do the dirty work for Raymond or a ~50 point 2C that plays solid shutdown hockey, which do you prefer? Let's keep him on the top line for now to build some confidence, but where do you want him long term?

I think something like this would be nice:

Kasper - Larkin - Raymond
MBN - Danielson - Buchelnikov (or DeBrincat)
Plante - Finnie - Mazur
Kiiskinen - Rasmussen - Soderblom

 

[OgeeOgelthorpe]

One thing that I've been wondering about with Kasper right now is what role he's best suited for long term.

I think it would be easy to say that Raymond and Larkin are carrying him right now and that they're driving his point surge. I actually really don't feel that way though. Instead I think he just gels with them perfectly. They compliment each other very well in some regards, but I think what drives their synergy is the similarity in their tenacity and work ethics. It really makes it so there's nowhere to escape to and anytime one of them pressures someone into a mistake, another is ready to punish it. It's relentless.

I really think that he could be a great work-horse, piano puller for Raymond for a long time. But we also could really use him as a defensively responsible 2C. If he can produce even half as well as this, and play good defense on the second line, I think that fills a bigger need for the team. We can find a lot of guys to produce next to Raymond and Larkin-and a lot of them might be more naturally skilled than Kasper, DBC for example.

So if you're looking at Kasper as a ~70 point 1W that helps do the dirty work for Raymond or a ~50 point 2C that plays solid shutdown hockey, which do you prefer? Let's keep him on the top line for now to build some confidence, but where do you want him long term?

Here’s the thing, Kasper is producing better with them than DBC produced with them. It’s a smaller sample size but there was only the first 15 games of last season that DBC outproduced Kasper with Ray and Larkin. I believe the rest of the time he was sub ppg with some bad slumps in between.

Also, with both Kasper and Nate I think we can figure out who will be the better center vs better winger. A good 3C isn’t unobtainable in free agency or later in drafts. Top 6 centers are though.

 

[14ari13]

Kasper has been red hot. Obviously playing a centre on the 4th line wasn't good for him.
He has scored 3 great ES goals for us last 5-7 games

 

[Tatar Shots]

One thing that I've been wondering about with Kasper right now is what role he's best suited for long term.

I think it would be easy to say that Raymond and Larkin are carrying him right now and that they're driving his point surge. I actually really don't feel that way though. Instead I think he just gels with them perfectly. They compliment each other very well in some regards, but I think what drives their synergy is the similarity in their tenacity and work ethics. It really makes it so there's nowhere to escape to and anytime one of them pressures someone into a mistake, another is ready to punish it. It's relentless.

I really think that he could be a great work-horse, piano puller for Raymond for a long time. But we also could really use him as a defensively responsible 2C. If he can produce even half as well as this, and play good defense on the second line, I think that fills a bigger need for the team. We can find a lot of guys to produce next to Raymond and Larkin-and a lot of them might be more naturally skilled than Kasper, DBC for example.

So if you're looking at Kasper as a ~70 point 1W that helps do the dirty work for Raymond or a ~50 point 2C that plays solid shutdown hockey, which do you prefer? Let's keep him on the top line for now to build some confidence, but where do you want him long term?

Option C might be better next year putting DeBrincat with Larkin and then Kasper centering Raymond. Spread the talent around the top 6 and then fill in with vets or maybe Danielson, Buchlnikov, or MBN.

 

[SirloinUB]

Its working so damn well. It would be crazy to move Kasper off this top line.

And that is the beauty of having him and Nate.

 

[TheOctopusKid]

It's almost like getting a bunch of versatile, 200ft, hard working, tough to play against forwards and build multiple lines of them was the strategy