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Kaprizov leads the league in scoring

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It's pretty cool, he's very underrated because he hasn't historically had a ton of help around him. He won't finish #1 but it's cool to see him up there for now.
 
kp61c said:
where did he come back from again? he was the best player on the team easily.
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I think the slow start last year from not being 100% yet meant he was a bit ignored league-wide. He had a great second half but it wasn’t as noticeable because he took awhile to move back up the leaderboard.
 
Kshahdoo said:
And I remember he was still 17 yo, and nobody gave a f*** for him outside Russia. But in Russia he was considered a future superstar. And then they picked him in the 5th round, lol. With a pick they got from Boston for I don't remember who or what.
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At 10:55 (below) Minnesota tells how their scouts first saw him. I'm amazed at the amateurism of NHL scouting sometimes.


 
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Kshahdoo said:
I remember an article where he was compared to Sergei Makarov. Pretty solid comparison, I'd say.
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Marlowe Syn said:
he was very highly regarded before the draft. The excitement for him in Minnesota was pretty immediate. It was always down to the when/if him leaving Russia that seemed to be reason for his drop.
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I lived in the same region as Kaprizov during the dawn of his KHL career (so I watched most of his pre-draft KHL games), and I'm positive Kaprizov's hype was very modest compared to, say, Tarasenko. He was definitely not regarded as a future world class player. Maybe it's because he played in Novokuznetsk, but it wasn't until his D+1 and especially D+2 season (when he moved to powerhouse Salavat Yulaev) when people really started placing high expectations on Kirill.
 
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Since the middle of January

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Could see him have a year like Panarin last year
 
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AKL said:
It's pretty cool, he's very underrated because he hasn't historically had a ton of help around him. He won't finish #1 but it's cool to see him up there for now.
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He may not finish number 1, but it's completely within the realm of possibility he does. He usually has a slow start and than kicks into high gear the second half and finishes top 10.

That's not a player it's out of the question he finishes with the most points.
 
ThatGuy22 said:
He may not finish number 1, but it's completely within the realm of possibility he does. He usually has a slow start and than kicks into high gear the second half and finishes top 10.

That's not a player it's out of the question he finishes with the most points.
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I don't think it's out of the question, I just don't think he will. Realistically he's not the best player in the league, he still doesn't have a ton around him to help, and we're only 11% of the way through the season. Things will change from how they are now.
 
AKL said:
I don't think it's out of the question, I just don't think he will. Realistically he's not the best player in the league, he still doesn't have a ton around him to help, and we're only 11% of the way through the season. Things will change from how they are now.
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You don't need to be the best player in the league, you need to have to best season. Do you think Jamie Benn was considered anywhere near the best player in the league when he won his Art Ross?
 
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KK definitely has the skill to lead the league in scoring; slow starts have traditionally hurt him but once he warms up he paces with all the usual scoring leaders.
 
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He was my wild card pick for the Hart pre-season. Even if he finishes like fifth or sixth in scoring, if the Wild make the playoffs, I could sees a Taylor Hall-style win.
 
His contract situation with Minnesota will be interesting. He’ll be what, 29 after his current deal runs out?…will slowly be exiting his prime yrs towards the middle of the deal and will obviously want huge $
 
Like 5 different players have led scoring so far, as it’s really early lol


He’s really great though, I remember he had more even strength points than McDavid a few years back, could have gone off if his team could put together a powerplay


Stone was also interesting leading the other day, Makar as well
 
Chips said:
Like 5 different players have led scoring so far, as it’s really early lol


He’s really great though, I remember he had more even strength points than McDavid a few years back, could have gone off if his team could put together a powerplay


Stone was also interesting leading the other day, Makar as well
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Him and stone are/were at the time of posting tied, but Stone had played one more game
 
kp61c said:
where did he come back from again? he was the best player on the team easily.
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I plugged the numbers in one of the preseason threads on the basis that Minnesota was being undervalued. While he finished with 96 points last season it was something like 35 points in the first half and 60 points in the second half. Coincidentally, Minnesota had a very slow start to the season but finished quite strong.
 
ItWasJustified said:
Told you people that he would've had Kucherov numbers if he'd played with the same level of teammates as Kucherov. And he's not even doing that.
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9 games is a little early to say told you though.

My bad he has been scoring very highly for quite a while now.
 
Gotta be the most underrated player out there, doing it all in relative obscurity in Minnesota no less
 
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