Value of: Kaapo Kakko

[Bruce Granville]

I know, the Wild got stuck with Kaprizov, Brodin, and Joel Eriksson-Ek .... wait a second....

Yeah, JEE and KK are not top 10 picks.
KK not even a top 10 pick in the 5th round…

 

[57special]

Yeah, JEE and KK are not top 10 picks.
KK not even a top 10 pick in the 5th round…

The poster i was replying said the reason that euro picks don't work out was because of the ice size, not where they were picked. I think that's BS. NYR have either been unlucky, or incompetent when it comes to drafting recently. Nothing to do with ice size.

 

[FlyguyOX]

The poster i was replying said the reason that euro picks don't work out was because of the ice size, not where they were picked. I think that's BS. NYR have either been unlucky, or incompetent when it comes to drafting recently. Nothing to do with ice size.

Well Laf and Kakko were no-brainers. So they would've really had to go against the grain to pick someone else. I think it can be clearly drilled down to development and coaching. Total lack of confidence in Kakko, so much so that you can visually see it's effect on his on-ice confidence, is a forefront reason for me.

 

[57special]

Well Laf and Kakko were no-brainers. So they would've really had to go against the grain to pick someone else. I think it can be clearly drilled down to development and coaching. Total lack of confidence in Kakko, so much so that you can visually see it's effect on his on-ice confidence, is a forefront reason for me.

agreed. Laf is the one that fooled just about everyone, especially, but in hindsight both should've been held back from the NHL for at least another year. Would it have made any difference, longterm?

 

[EK392000]

no
OP = overreaction
KK is a keeper

He was fine on kid line
they insisted on breaking that up
since LaF skating improved enuf for him to hang w/bread, that is a thing

Chytil is fine [recovery from injury notwithstanding]
He and KK have great physical tools
KK simply lacks mins to be comfy w/anybody, anytime
like most performs best when there is chemistry

stop win now foolishness
develop quality assets
Until we sell high on new and improved LaF = bring in Othmann
would do Cuyle-Chytil-Kakko

obv no sacred cows
obv anyone including KK can be had if too much on the table
but not expecting high enuf offers until
Rs listen to bern
return to kid line
or CCK as above

If you keep selling off your young players once their value is maximized, the Rangers basically become a farm team for the rest of the league and won’t win anything. Making way for youth is one thing, but clearing out players as soon as they turned 26 to make room for a 19 year old is another.

 

[One Winged Angel]

If you keep selling off your young players once their value is maximized, the Rangers basically become a farm team for the rest of the league and won’t win anything. Making way for youth is one thing, but clearing out players as soon as they turned 26 to make room for a 19 year old is another.

I’m starting to become convinced that Bern is Hebekiah or whatever the leading kid’s name is from Children of The Corn.

Once they’re over 26, kill them! No adults!

 

[bernmeister]

If you keep selling off your young players once their value is maximized, the Rangers basically become a farm team for the rest of the league and won’t win anything. Making way for youth is one thing, but clearing out players as soon as they turned 26 to make room for a 19 year old is another.

Your post is non sequitur b'c I am advocating hold, not sell KK [unless way too much there to turn down.

As to the rest of it, obv, some young players you keep, presum the better/best ones, and move the rest.
You do that to manage the cap, not let it manage you, b'c keeping players when they reach developed level and corresponding production means increased salary

 

[Marioesque]

Jack Roslovic and a 3rd round pick

 

[SRHRangers]

Kakko will eventually get out of NY and shine.

He has for the most part, got done dirty in NYC.

It is inevitable.

 

[Davo Ikinzom]

Kakko will eventually get out of NY and shine.

He has for the most part, got done dirty in NYC.

It is inevitable.

Yep, just like Kravtsov and Andersson. They both ended up turning it around.

 

[Juxtaposer]

It would behoove Rangers fans to forget about Kakko’s draft position and just appreciate him for the player he is rather than the player you wish he would be.

 

[93LEAFS]

He's worth a 2nd. That's pretty much the standard offer for players off their ELC who haven't lived up to their draft position.

 

[HuGort]

Kakko will eventually get out of NY and shine.

He has for the most part, got done dirty in NYC.

It is inevitable.

His numbers look like a mess this season

 

[BB79]

I'll give you Don Granato for him
-Sabres

 

[DelZottoHitTheNetJK]

I know, the Wild got stuck with Kaprizov, Brodin, and Joel Eriksson-Ek .... wait a second....

They're also gonna be stuck not making the playoffs this year, so it seems like it's working out well

 

[EK392000]

Your post is non sequitur b'c I am advocating hold, not sell KK [unless way too much there to turn down.

As to the rest of it, obv, some young players you keep, presum the better/best ones, and move the rest.
You do that to manage the cap, not let it manage you, b'c keeping players when they reach developed level and corresponding production means increased salary

I was referring to the part where you said you would sell high on Laf.

I see what you’re saying about the cap but reaching this “developed level” with “corresponding production” is what you need to win games. No team has ever won a cup with every player on an ELC or a bridge deal.

 

[DingDongCharlie]

He's having a bad year but will make his next bridge deal extremely cheap which will be valuable for the Rangers. Currently he's not worth 2.1m but he had a solid year last year and could bounce back. They shouldn't sell low.

 

[gritdash60]

He's having a bad year but will make his next bridge deal extremely cheap which will be valuable for the Rangers. Currently he's not worth 2.1m but he had a solid year last year and could bounce back. They shouldn't sell low.

He's having a bad year, but his trajectory is also as a finnish hockey fan, sadly very similar to Puljujärvi. If i put down the fandom for finnish players and just be reasonable, they should've traded him long ago, and should now if they still can get something of value for him.

 

[Homesick]

That 2019 draft after Hughes, kind of a what happened?
Kakko, Dach, both bigger forwards who were on NHL rosters at 18. Have not produced to their draft position.
Byram - concussion early in his career, seemed to have rebounded.
Turcotte - beset by injury, has not shown much at NHL level
Seider - excellent rookie year. Should be a rock solid top pairing RHD
Cozens - played well so far
Broberg - in the A,
Zegras - insane hands. Needs to learn how to play without the puck.
Podkolzin - in the A.

Covid ruined a lot of young players development

 

[The don godfather]

Why pay anything wait a bit waivers material like Tyson Jost. Book it!

 

[LemonSauceD]

Literally worth nothing. 2027 7th round pick like his old bud Kravtsov

 

[DelZottoHitTheNetJK]

Ranger fans also wanted to trade Panarin for nothing in the offseaaon. I think its says more about Ranger fans then the players.

That's because the Panarin you see now is not Panarin you get in the playoffs.

A little bit of context goes a long way.

No Ranger fans are pissed about his ability to stack powerplay points against Ottawa, Columbus and Detroit in November and December.

They're pissed because he's been bad in the playoffs when the games mean something

 

[ReimanSum1908]

Covid ruined a lot of young players development

Dach has suffered so many injuries, and lost so much development time, that it's impossible to say what he might be, or could have been.

There have been flashes of dominance in his board-work and vision, and the ability to elevate the players around him, but those could have been flukes and we've no idea how his latest, season-ending injury will affect him going forward.

That's the one that gets to me.

 

[go4hockey]

I'll give you Don Granato for him
-Sabres

Isn’t Don a cap dump at this point HEHEHE

 

[elitepete]

Kuzmenko for Kakko