Claimed off Waivers: [EDM] Oilers claim F Kasperi Kapanen off waivers from the Blues

[stl76]

Kapanen is still a serviceable NHL player with good speed. Maybe he’ll be a better fit in Edmonton than he was in St. Louis…if not the contract is still fully buriable so no big deal

 

[Shocker]

Oilers fans seeing Kapanen with McDavid

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Perfect f***ing clip, lmao.

 

[Fantast100]

Blues are waiting for better without Kapanen obviously.

 

[KrisLetAngry]

Why not. A warm body to play in the bottom 6 or sit in the box for probably like 30 000 dollars

Edmonton was plating 7D and 11 F.

 

[Cup or Bust]

He is not bad for a player you get for free. Pretty much no risk.

 

[banks]

Oh dang. I didn't see that coming.

I don't see "speedy inconsistent scoring" or "questionable effort" on the list of things Edmonton needs.

Totally unnecessary. But hey, I'm happy for Kapanen.

Edit: at least he's cheap. I didn't realise he's only costing them 1 million on the cap.

 

[LeafalCrusader]

They have a real problem with ex-Leafs.

 

[Bounces R Way]

Kinda forgot this dude was still playing. What happened to him? Thought he was Michael Grabner reincarnated for a while.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

The next Ty Rattie!! Pick up him up on waivers in your fantasy pools, people

 

[Artemi Panarin]

The league needs to investigate this. How does a cup favorite with one of the deepest forward cores ever get a forward of this caliber completely for free? NHL not even pretending its not rigged anymore

One of? The deepest forward core ever. And don't you ever forget it, pal.

 

[WetcoastOrca]

No doubt the best forward group in the league gets even better.

I doubt he could even crack that stacked lineup. Podzolkin with zero goals on the second line would be on most teams top line.

 

[VeteranPresence]

Oh dang. I didn't see that coming.

I don't see "speedy inconsistent scoring" or "questionable effort" on the list of things Edmonton needs.

Totally unnecessary. But hey, I'm happy for Kapanen.

We needed an NHL-quality F with Josh Brown at risk of being a regular now that Kane Nurse and possibly also Arvidsson are hurt. They don't want to call up Savoie yet which I understand so it's either we try Drake Caggiula again (not an NHL player) or go with someone that had 22 points just last year. I don't hate it and maybe Coffey- who has helped to institute a lot of our identity as a fast, strong forechecking team- can squeeze some more miles out of him.

 

[Memento]

Blues fan whose opinion is this:

 

[Turin]

He is not bad for a player you get for free. Pretty much no risk.

He sucks

 

[LOFIN]

Kinda forgot this dude was still playing. What happened to him? Thought he was Michael Grabner reincarnated for a while.

Quite frankly, he never has had the attitude of taking his career seriously enough to push his talent to the max. Instead, he has enjoyed very much of being able to make it as an NHLer. Which is now showing in the form of him being have to show he still belongs. There have been a few wakeup calls already, this is the last one you would think.

 

[D Wakaluk]

Haha woooow... ok.

From driving drunk, almost pissing your career away for shits and giggles to McDavids wing. This is how you fail upwards folks

 

[Cup or Bust]

Haha woooow... ok.

From driving drunk, almost pissing your career away for shits and giggles to McDavids wing. This is how you fail upwards folks

Well hopefully he is not expected to be that kind of savior, although no Oiler winger is doing anything this season so he could get a shot.

 

[Luigi Lemieux]

Decent shot in the dark. He had 30 points in 40 games for Pittsburgh in 20-21. Been downhill since then.

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

Were the Oilers ahead of Isles in claim order?

I thought for sure Lou Lam was gonna reunite with him

 

[ChaoticOrange]

Meh. We're old and slow and he's fast and a decent penalty killer. Brings at least a couple elements we need.

If he doesn't work out he'll go back on waivers and/or down to Bako. Fully buriable contract.

Worth a look-see while Arvidsson is banged up.

Oh dang. I didn't see that coming.

I don't see "speedy inconsistent scoring" or "questionable effort" on the list of things Edmonton needs.

Totally unnecessary. But hey, I'm happy for Kapanen.

Edit: at least he's cheap. I didn't realise he's only costing them 1 million on the cap.

You had us at scoring, honestly.

Right now McDavid and Draisaitl are both on pace for 110 points. We don't have another forward even pacing for 40. The whole team is in a shooting funk AND we can't buy a save.

 

[GeeoffBrown]

The league needs to investigate this. How does a cup favorite with one of the deepest forward cores ever get a forward of this caliber completely for free? NHL not even pretending its not rigged anymore

Oilers cheating the system by playing roughly 0.500 hockey

 

[Esko6]

Kinda forgot this dude was still playing. What happened to him? Thought he was Michael Grabner reincarnated for a while.

Nothing happened, great skater with inconsistent effort and low hockey IQ. This has been his entire career

 

[La Bamba]

They have a real problem with ex-Leafs.

All those ex Leafs want to know the feeling of winning a round

 

[OVO16]

He's trash. All he does is skate super fast in a straight line and shoot at the puck right at the goalies chest.

 

[Nogatco Rd]

Haha woooow... ok.

From driving drunk, almost pissing your career away for shits and giggles to McDavids wing. This is how you fail upwards folks

he got a DUI and a moving violation in another country, pretty sure his career was never in any jeopardy over that.