Prospect Info: Kaapo Kakko, RW, 1st round, 2nd overall, 2019
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I wonder if those younger people who follow pesäpallo (our domestic baseball like game) follow american baseball...
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Nothing beats Rick Nash interviews. He'd stare at your soul.
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Sure there are some unfit and overweight baseball players but there's tons of fit ones. Google Eric Thames, that dude is jacked. Judge, Stanton, Betts, Springer all super ripped. The most impressive one may be Michael Lorenzen from the Reds.
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Kakko is 6'2 190lbs.
I wouldn't be surprised if Kakko hits about 6'3/6'4and 220-230lbs
And if your wondering who that compares too.. Ovi is 6'3 and 236lbs.. was 6'2 215lbs on draft day.
Being a personal trainer I see a lot of different people and body types. Ovi and Kakko have very similar body builds and his Father is big aswell as is his Mother.
The Rangers have a freak of nature on their hands. And on top of that he is very skilled.
The future is very bright for this young man.
Looking at where he is now and looking at his dad I'd say you're pretty much on the money where he'll be in 3/4/5 years. He's going to be a load. He's also stronger than he looks which is saying something. He manhandles older guys his own size. That empty net goal against Canada in the World Championships--he just knocked Shea Theodore right out of the way. That's a real deal NHL defenseman--that's impressive.
He's going to be a different kind of player than Hughes. We'll see who turns out better.
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Kaliyev was clearly not happy on Friday. His face scrunched up so much it looked almost like a fist. On talent he could have been a 1st but he wasn't the only one who dropped to the 2nd round--Brink, Hoglander, Lavoie, Robertson just to name a few others. But really Kaliyev was never a particular target for me--he's really really good at the one thing and that's putting pucks in the net but he's never really struck me as interested in the other aspects of the game.....and sometimes those kinds of players don't work out that well. He's not really that tough a player either so pissed off as he appeared to be he should just lighten up IMO. One could almost project that his interviews weren't very good. He could turn out to be a really good player though. The main thing is to get picked. Speaking of that I watched Dustin Wolf get picked almost right at the end and he didn't look very happy either but in his case he was probably sick with worry at that point. There's a lot of players who sit those hours waiting for their names to be called and go away disappointed. That's f***ing tough. Kaliyev should count his blessings.
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I've found that baseball and soccer offer a hell of a cultural exchange between myself and friends in South America and Europe.
They come here, I take them to a baseball game, and they want to gauge their eyes out.
I go there, they take me to a soccer game, and I want to gauge my eyes out.
We compromise and go to a concert and everyone comes away happy.
They come here, I take them to a baseball game, and they want to gauge their eyes out.
I go there, they take me to a soccer game, and I want to gauge my eyes out.
We compromise and go to a concert and everyone comes away happy.
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Really? You must be going to the wrong games.
You want to exchange culture? Go to some of the big rivalry games in Europe and you'll fear for your life.
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Oh don't get me wrong, the people watching is fun.
But I've tried for more than 30 years to get into soccer. It does nothing for me.
Not wrong games. Soccer has to be the most boring sport in the world, after formula 1. If the field was shrunk to 1/4 its current size perhaps something would happen. As is... You spend 90% of the time waiting for something to happen. And it probably won't anyway.
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RIP, Jimmy.
Not sure how many of you listen to NHL Talk on Sirius XM, Channel 91. Stellick and Simmer had Jeff Marek on this morning to talk about the draft. Marek said a few things that I found extremely interesting. He started by agreeing with the consensus that Hughes was #1 on a majority of teams lists, but a few definitely had Kakko at 1. He then went on to say that he believed that had the Rangers had the 1st overall pick, they would have taken Kakko. The MOST interesting thing however, was that one team in particular (not the Rangers) had Hughes ranked third behind Kakko and Dach over concerns about Hughes size and if his game transitions well to the NHL.
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Formula 1 can be extremely entertaining. It’s not just about the race and the drivers. There’s a tremendous amount of strategy that goes into things like tyre selection, pit-stop timing, equipment management, etc.
Similarly, soccer is about the process, not just putting up points. It’s about setting up the attack, controlling possession, creativity and ultimately, yes, execution. But it’s hard to think of a more elegant team game.
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What cracks me up about that, is that Americans will take any opportunity to explain how much they despise the British, yet they walk around with a sign that uses the British spelling of the word
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If you score four, you better f'n win the game
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will1066
If you score four, you better f'n win the game
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What cracks me up about that, is that Americans will take any opportunity to explain how much they despise the British, yet they walk around with a sign that uses the British spelling of the word
That was exactly my thought!
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Cricket was invented at rugby primary school in England in the 1800s. One day, a kid forgot to bring a ball so they were all standing in a field and NOTHING HAPPENED
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