Cag29
94! I’m ready for more! LGR!
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Great points also durability may be JH Achilles heel. He’s kind of slight of build.
Player Discussion Kaapo Kakko: Part V
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Don't even try to make sense of pp1 right now. The rangers best chance at scoring on pp1 is by shooting the puck at kreider. The rest of the pp looks awful.
Rongomania
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Didn't it take Rick Nash ten years to be really noticeable defensively? Kakko grew leaps and bounds in about two years. Give me the first three years learning great D and then offense explosion over out of the gate big offense and very 'meh' D. I believe the Kakko path will one day make him a more complete player.
He’s starting to launch some shots. When they start falling, I think he’s gonna quiet a lot of people.
DanielBrassard
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Kakko doesn't remind me of Nash at all really. I'm not quite sure of who he really is comparable to but Nash is not the player I would look towards. Maybe in terms of impact, but Nash was one of the best goal scorers of his era, especially at 5v5, Kakko has quite a ways to go to reach that.
The Crypto Guy
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He’s looked MUCH better this season already, the points will come and they will come fast. Anyone who is worried isnt watching the games but the scoresheet.
I just really wish they would give him a couple shifts on the PP in place of strome here and there.
I just really wish they would give him a couple shifts on the PP in place of strome here and there.
This. I wish people would use their own judgement instead of reading off scouting lists and watching highlight reels. Kakko popping a goal or two on the PP could really settle him down, he's already looked good moving the puck on PP2.
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I'm worried and I have watched just about every minute of every game so far.
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I'm just worried about when the points are gonna start coming. We really need Kakko to be elite, not a 50 point player, someday.
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He is 20 and it's been 4 games.
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Synergy27
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Kakko looks great.
He has zero points.
The excuses continue.
The excuses have to stop at some point.
He has zero points.
The excuses continue.
The excuses have to stop at some point.
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Need a shooting threat on the right. Z and AP are threats but play LW and LD on the PP, so opponents will skew to that side and happily leave our right side somewhat open. CK deflects shots from the left as well. There’s no threat on the right, save Fox, but it seems his biggest contribution is drawing PKers to him to create room for Z and AP. He’s not exactly Rob Blake at the point.
Theres no excuses... Hes been absolutely dominant on the puck. He's played 4 games this season. And when he came back he was got 3 solid shots in 12 minutes of ice time. The points will come. 4 games isnt enough time to worry about someone not scoring 5v5.
Kakko led the team with 5 shots against Washington, had a shot ring off the post against Dallas etc. etc.
Some people need to untwist their undies and chill.
I'll be realistic and say that alot of our fanbase really struggles to do that. That being said we also had that rookie year where he was legitimately bad. That definitely taints alot of people's perspectives.
But even last year, he didnt get a ton of ice time, but he was absolutely fanastic defensively. Which for a 19/20 year old is really impressive, but his offensive zone play was impressive, it was just he wasn't getting consistent ice time with consistent players.
He looks better with panarin and strome already, but I think he'd do even better with Mika honestly.
Jesus he is 20yo, the era of high picks like McDavid, Matthews, Eichel etc has made people so inpatient, if u a top 3 pick and not a star right out the gate people lose their minds. Looking at Kakko's play it's obvious that it's just a matter of time for him to break out, my guess is next season, be... Patient.
maybe hossa?
hossa early on was a more dynamic skater than kakko and not putting him in that stratosphere by any stretch yet....but the strength on the puck and two way game feels reasonable stylistically...first guy coming to mind, sure others i'm not thinking of
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That dude used to generate so many breakaways off backchecks when he was on the Sens. Top speed in three strides.
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