I think he’s right. He needs the top 6 minutes and PP time. We can shit on him and laf all we want but they’re not and haven’t gotten the opportunity that the other high picks in their drafts have gotten. The talent is there the coach just needs to put them on the ice.
Player Discussion Kaapo Kakko
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He got top 6 minutes. He didn't get PP time, but 5v5 he was 3rd among forwards for time.
What he needs (as well as PP), is to be on a line that works for more than 2 games at a time.
I assume that means stapling him to Mika for most of a season
Clown Fiesta
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I don’t see his skating as a huge issue. He’s done incredibly well defensively which is where skating is most important. He’s not extremely fast or agile but why would he be? Outside or straight line speed Kreider is a terrible skater and has zero agility which is why he turns the puck over any time he tries to make a move. That said yes power skating would be beneficial for Kakko.
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The most Kakko play i've ever seen. Hope he has a great tourney though and washes some of that Rangers stink off.
ReddestRum
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Impressive move that, again, ends with him losing the puck. If he fixes that and works on his explosiveness, the sky is the limit. He can go from third like scoring forward to first-line two way all-star with those changes.
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I'm willing to give Kakko a pass on that, it's obvious he was just spooked by seeing Quinn behind the US bench
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Just got the primary assist in finlands first goal let’s go baby
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Crease
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Agreed. I’m all for celebrating glimpses of eliteness, but that wasn’t much? Tried to deke, lost the puck, then passed to an open guy in the slot.
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No, Ranntanen is the top line
Kaapo another breakaway but can't score. Made his move way too late
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Kaapo just had a nice sequence. Drove by the defense on the left side, behind the net to the right corner, gets checked by two D, dekes, puck gets past the Ds but not Kaapo himself. Puck leaves the zone.
Showed good speed there. Finland is letting him do his thing.
Showed good speed there. Finland is letting him do his thing.
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I'm sorry, I just want to add, it's the German defense, it's like 3 pylons, Seider and two other decent dudes. I don't remember who got walked.
Cmox
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I guess that bigger ice helps out Kakko? His skating looks great.
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I don't think Kakko is that slow when he gets up to speed. And with bigger ice, you have more time to get up to speed and keep at that speed.
I think it's more about Kakko knowing he has an absolute green light to do whatever he wants in the offensive zone.
romba
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Less starts and stops on bigger ice, momentum is maintained. His first 2-3 steps are his weakest and small ice requires sharper edge work (he’s good at this) and stopping and starting (he can’t create separation doing this)
Rongomania
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Ding ding ding. Well, that has never ever happened in his NHL career because of coaches, reasons and stuff.
Next coach rides Kak and Laf until we are a lottery team or they break out. Honestly, after this upsetting as f*ck season, I'm down. Staple those two to PP1 & foxy 5v5 as well.
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