DamonDRW
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it seems I was wrong about this guy.
Prospect Info: 2022 8OA, Marco Kasper
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RabidBadger
Mazur detractors will look like dummies!
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.
better Red than Dead
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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.
