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That's 1000% happens each and every draft buuuuuuuuut it never really happens this early.
I May Be In The Minority . . . But I Believe That Kaapo Kakko Could Be Selected 1st Overall in 2019
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That's 1000% happens each and every draft buuuuuuuuut it never really happens this early.
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But... it is. Not the same style for each player obviously, but the level of production and the center vs winger aspect makes it a very good comparison. The difference is that the '19 finnish prospect is the one with a complete game and the American one is one-dimensional. So it's closer than Matthews/Laine but not as much as you suppose.
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I guess this wall of text didn’t get enough traction on the Prospects forum? Misleading title too. It’s a small handful of sources that are being stretched to serve an agenda.
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Matthews was dominating a mens league and is much bigger than Hughes.
Kakko doesn't have Laines shot but is more versatile and doesn't have a major weakness to his game.
Missed the last 5 years?
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Well for 9th overall he did end up as 70 point first liner.. so I quess some of the hype was warranted
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He's a good player. Just not Crosby's competition, as was vociferously argued by Finns at the time.
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Keep living in the past if you want.
I don't know how on earth anyone could have missed the development changes Finland has done and the results it has produced, and Laine was pretty ....ng hyped.
Couturier was the consensus #1 until November or so in his year.
These things do change as the year progresses.
These things do change as the year progresses.
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The past is what gives me caution when guys pop up out of nowhere.
Again, not like Granlund.
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"out of nowhere", and yes Laine was hyped as hell, and you should really try to study Finns development results lately.
Barkov, Rantanen, Laine, Aho, Heiskanen, oh but Granlund 10 years ago!!!!!
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"out of nowhere", and yes Laine was hyped as hell, and you should really try to study Finns development results lately.
Barkov, Rantanen, Laine, Aho, Heiskanen, oh but Granlund 10 years ago!!!!!
I'm not sure why this is bothering you so much.
If you think he's better than Jack Hughes fine. I'll need more evidence than a handful of games.
Finns love their guys so I do question their objectivity when it comes to their evaluation.
As a Canadian, I have no horse in this race.
Jack Hughes sounds like the male lead in a 1930s matinee film. Kaapo Kakko sounds like a Finnish distillery.
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I rather see Finns go to a good team than 1st overall, but your comments are so out of date. Year after year they are now producing elite/franchise talent.
And Kakko is nothing like Granlund as well.
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1) I want a guy named Kaapo Kakko to be a goddamned superstar.
2) Hughes feels like an Eichel to me. Good enough to be "a #1", but he doesn't feel like a top-end star to me and I have a feeling he's not going to be the best player in most of the NHL games he plays.
2) Hughes feels like an Eichel to me. Good enough to be "a #1", but he doesn't feel like a top-end star to me and I have a feeling he's not going to be the best player in most of the NHL games he plays.
Its true that most of these times when "the challenger arises from the ashes" is in reality just for the hype.
This time it might not be so, though. After seeing Kakko play couple times this year, Im sold. But it is early and young kids are hard to predict. Lots of hockey to be played out before the draft.
Its not Matthews vs Laine though. Talking about D+0 year, Hughes isnt as good as Matthews was and Kakko has started off big time.
This time it might not be so, though. After seeing Kakko play couple times this year, Im sold. But it is early and young kids are hard to predict. Lots of hockey to be played out before the draft.
Its not Matthews vs Laine though. Talking about D+0 year, Hughes isnt as good as Matthews was and Kakko has started off big time.
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Granlund had a lot of hype because he was the first big finnish prospect in a looooong time and he got a lot more hype after the draft with his amazing WC in 2011. Kakko's pre-draft hype will easily surpass Granlund's though.
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Like I said, you had to be here.
Han är Finlands Gretzky – men i finalen får de stryk av Sverige
Is Mikael Granlund the next Ricky Rubio... or Wayne Gretzky?
The hype was real.
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