DamonDRW
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it seems I was wrong about this guy.
Prospect Info: 2022 8OA, Marco Kasper
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RabidBadger
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It's really too bad Fester buried him in the lineup. It's been great watching him put his game together under The Todd. Lately I'm noticing how quick his hands are in tight spaces.
Kasper could have been a calder finalist easley if he was used properly from the start.
JediOrderPizza
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The biggest thing for me is 14 of his goals are even strength. Could see him being a good bumper guy on the PP and messing with the goalie as well. But you know on a PP1 or a PP2 that isn't just mainly spare parts.
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Imagine if we still had baldly behind the bench Kasper would probably still be on the 4th and ppl would still be complaining we drafted Kasper
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Pavels Dog
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Well it was also an adjustment period and as I’ve noted his puck luck was unsustainably bad.
Coach Reggie Dunlop
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His most important skill is his ability to score greasy goals around the net. That’s what separates good teams from bad. You’re not going to be able to score pretty all the time, you need to be in the goalies face and making him uncomfortable. Outside of kasper I don’t think there’s a single person on our team that does that. It’s partly what made guys like holmstrom so valuable.
Our Lady Peace
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This, and how he's also on the boards wreaking havoc, creating plays, opening space, and running his non-stop motor. The dude just wants the puck more than you
The old cliche is "you have to get to the dirty areas". He does not only that, he makes plays happen and finishes them off from those areas regularly
For a player who was previously touted as more of a playmaker, him showing us he's got really good goal scoring instinct at age 20 here is a great sign of what's ahead for him
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Agreed. His goal last night happened because Seider threw the puck to the corner, Kasper won a battle in the corner with Aho, the puck goes to Raymond and Kasper heads right to the net where he gets the puck back and shows some nice hands to corral the puck and put it in the open net.
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I won’t defend Newsy but I think Kasper is a notoriously slow starter. He started slow in Sweden, started slow on Grand Rapids and started slow in the NHL. I think he is just someone that needed to get comfortable at each step of his journey. Now, it seems, he’s arrived and can’t wait to see what a full year and confidence does for him next season.
Im loving his development this year. He does many of the little things well, hes already arguably the best Red Wing forward at puck retrieval, winning loose puck battles, and his scoring has definitely picked up as the season has gone on. I think he’s probably turned some heads this year.
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LongTimeDRWF
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It does take time to adjust to the speed of the NHL game too, I don't care who you are.
SY/Wings MO is usually to break the yutes in for an extended stint (10-15 games) and send them back to the farm to hone what they must to succeed...so yeah, not blaming Newsie too much, as Todd had Marco after he had some adjustment time and then had nothing to lose by tossing him in the deep end and let him show how well he can swim.
I do note, he has been swimming quite well, should be interesting next season, because I am not expecting any of the expiring plugs back and kids to be starting, especially if the Griffs go on a real seep run this year.
love him but he’s not worth that much atm, I was gonna say try and lock him up ASAP at a good deal but just noticed still has 2 yrs at a low cap # and we have to wait till at least the next off season.
If he goes off for 25+25 ... 7 x8 ? Matt boldy type deal I’d try and get done
Ulysses31
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earliest he can sign is summer 2026. B lucky to get him for 8x8, ditto for edvinsson though he could be signed this summer.
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I don't know if he's a 'notoriously slow starter'. In his defense, his rookie year in men's professional leagues that have gotten progressively more difficult, it's taken him half a season to adjust. Honestly, he would've done far better in his AHL and NHL transitions if he didn't miss the bulk of 2023 season due to his knee. Losing that time for a young guy trying to make the jump had to be crazy. Since then, he recovered back to form in the AHL in Jan, tore up the AHL in the second half. Made the jump up under Lalonde, played up and down the lineup in press service dragging a bunch of boat anchors around with like 12 min a night and its been off to the races since.
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2021-22 he was a true SHL rookie and saw very little ice time and played the full season on wing.
He started really strong in Sweden in 2022-23 as the 3C and his line was often the best for Rogle with a cf of about 55%. End of 2023 he broke his kneecap and was likely playing injured his last 10-12 games. I noticed his skating was slower and his production plummeted around the 40 game mark.
2023-24 he started out in GR recovering from the knee injury with no camp. He played 3rd/4th line for the first 20 or so games then was moved up and produced.
2024 Fester had him play bottom 6 with replacement level players so he didn’t produce much. Hes been at about a 50 point pace since the coaching change.
It’s not that he’s a slow starter. It’s the circumstances that dictated his usage. Kasper has shown he’s a resilient player wherever. But like anyone, he needs good players to play with.
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He is already a rock solid #2 center in the NHL. Wildly exceeded my expectations. Heck, I was banging the drum for Nate to come up as a center.
He is the brightest development light of this season. (Simon and Elmer are the other two).
He is the brightest development light of this season. (Simon and Elmer are the other two).
It’s crazy how good he is along the boards. He is such a standout to me in that respect. I feel like he’s won more board battles this season than some Wings have won in their careers. He’s so good at coming up with the puck already, I could see him becoming generationally good at it. Almost like Datsyuk with takeaways.
I also love how much he’s refined his game over the course of the season. He’s figuring things out at a pretty good clip.
I also love how much he’s refined his game over the course of the season. He’s figuring things out at a pretty good clip.
RabidBadger
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I just love that Austrian mother-effer in the black mock turtleneck!
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The board battles are obviously great, but if you really focus on him in the defensive zone he's also already a stud there. Jumping passing lanes, switching off of players, body position etc. Its all really, really good.
I'm legit starting to think he might put himself in Selke talk in the future when you combine that with his board battling. Puck battles won is actually a stat that's starting to be tracked, not sure its available public ally anywhere but I would love to see Kaspers numbers
