OT but when I watched F1 regularly, fellow Finn Kimi Raikkonen was the embodiment of sisu. One of my favorites. They kind of look alike too.
Player Discussion Kaapo Kakko: Part IV
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OT but when I watched F1 regularly, fellow Finn Kimi Raikkonen was the embodiment of sisu. One of my favorites. They kind of look alike too.
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In Russian Sisu is boob when used as an object. Like "I touched the boob" would be "ya tronul sisu".
To quote my boss at work, is that a chart for ants?
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Yeah Kimi is my favorite F1 driver, I like his style. I think there are some similarities between Kimi and Kaapo.
New York Rangers: Last season, they ranked fifth in goals per game and now they're 25th. It's puzzling because they have lots of talent. Artemi Panarin is producing as expected, but Mika Zibanejad has one goal this season and one point in his last nine games. Second-year Kaapo Kakko, a No. 2 overall pick in 2019, hasn't taken the step forward that 2019 No. 1 pick Jack Hughes did with the New Jersey Devils this season. No. 1 overall 2020 pick Alexis Lafreniere has been limited to one goal. The team has only three goals from its defense, and the power play ranks 24th in the league. The Rangers are 1-3-3 in one-goal games. — Mike Brehm
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I find it almost unbelievable that 7 team shave a worse powerplay than us
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Irishguy42
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IMO putting Jonas Brodin on your PP qualifies as tanking.
Pls dont ualae the anology who was more impressive at a certain age. That leads you to think he has as good or better chance the lnhossa...so dont compare yet
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My brother spent 6 mos teaching in Finland. Came back with sisu tattooed on his arm. Very cool aspect of Finnish culture.
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If you believe that Kakko has not take. A step forward , then I would question on wetter or not you are actually watching the games.
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How long before people start complaining that Quinn refuses to tap his sisu?
I wonder if he specifically worked on his defense or if he's just a natural. Clearly he's either a natural, a hard worker, or both and I think both bode well for his future.
I believe he has the same take in every post. I haven't seen him post until like yesterday, he's a troll.
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Both. Sisu on display.
It's important that some of his defensive and forechecking plays have directly resulted in goals for his team. Other plays have led to more puck possession and offensive chances. The positive cycle reinforces itself.
The earlier in his career that he can do these things, the more time he'll have to build on them. Now the team needs to find its puck luck.
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Kakko for Selke.
This bodes well for Kakko being on his way to becoming Marian Hossa 2.0.
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I don’t think this data says all that much this early in the season (Kakko’s ratio gets cut in half with his next giveaway), but I am curious what the list looks like if you sort by takeaways? Where does 11 takeaways rank on the list? I assume it’s pretty high?
Where are all of the elite forwards on the list?
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I think what I like most about Kakko’s game recently is that he is the driver on any line he plays on and he wants the puck, and he wants to take away the puck.
He has passed the stage of absorbing the NHL game and all of its positional requirements.
He has internalized it all and it has become instinct. It frees him up to play with the north-south confidence we saw on the world stage.
Honestly he is quickly becoming a very effective 200 ft player, something we didn’t really expect. The fact that has happened so quickly is a huge plus to this teams future. You need to remind yourself the kid just turned 20.
The points will come, he is getting plenty of chances. But to me, despite the lack of production, he is ahead of where he should be in his development.
He has passed the stage of absorbing the NHL game and all of its positional requirements.
He has internalized it all and it has become instinct. It frees him up to play with the north-south confidence we saw on the world stage.
Honestly he is quickly becoming a very effective 200 ft player, something we didn’t really expect. The fact that has happened so quickly is a huge plus to this teams future. You need to remind yourself the kid just turned 20.
The points will come, he is getting plenty of chances. But to me, despite the lack of production, he is ahead of where he should be in his development.
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14 players league-wide have at least 11 takeaways. Only 2 others have 11 takeaways and 2 or less giveaways
EDIT: In terms of Takeaways/60, he's 13th (Right above Mark Stone), and only one player above him has played more than 5 games
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