Kaprizov leads the league in scoring

[AKL]

I don't watch much of the Wild but is Kap the main reason they're doing so well?

Yes, reason 1A.

Reason 1B is Gustavsson.

I'd have those flipped, personally. If Gus wasn't doing what Gus is doing, what Kaprizov is doing wouldn't matter. If Kaprizov wasn't doing what Kaprizov is doing, we'd still be a playoff team.

 

[rynryn]

I'd have those flipped, personally. If Gus wasn't doing what Gus is doing, what Kaprizov is doing wouldn't matter. If Kaprizov wasn't doing what Kaprizov is doing, we'd still be a playoff team.

isn't Kap factoring in on 49% of Wild goals? I don't know how solid that assertion is.

 

[AKL]

isn't Kap factoring in on 49% of Wild goals? I don't know how solid that assertion is.

It's possible, not sure. Safe to say if we were missing both we'd be a bottom 10 team. I just think Gus' season has a bit more to do with the team being first in the league than Kaprizov's season.

 

[ViD]

Looks like he might be eyeing a Rocket as well

 

[Brookbank]

He is the same age as Mackinnon was in his first breakout year.

 

[Brookbank]

Arguing whether he's better or worse than other top players is pointless. He's among them.

Guy put up 47+61=108 with Zuccarello and Ryan Hartman.

Pointing out how good any player is who isn't named Mackinnon or McDavid is taken as a challenge to said players fans.

 

[TheNumber4]

Id put Kaprizoff over Matthews. Kaprizoff drives play. Matthews waits for Marner to drive play and put it on a silver platter for him.

 

[ViD]

Id put Kaprizoff over Matthews. Kaprizoff drives play. Matthews waits for Marner to drive play and put it on a silver platter for him.

Personally, the only winger I’d take over Kaprizov right now is still Kucherov

 

[ThatGuy22]

Just tied Ol Leon in the Ross race with his 2nd goal of the night

 

[John Mandalorian]

Id put Kaprizoff over Matthews. Kaprizoff drives play. Matthews waits for Marner to drive play and put it on a silver platter for him.

It’s very generous of you to adopt Kaprizoff as a cause.

 

[BagHead]

It’s very generous of you to adopt Kaprizoff as a cause.

I've always wondered if Kiprusoff and Kaprizov have the same root, where one is just the Finnish version and the other the Russian version of the same name.

 

[tarheelhockey]

I've always wondered if Kiprusoff and Kaprizov have the same root, where one is just the Finnish version and the other the Russian version of the same name.

Good question… as a non-linguist and non-Eastern European, my best try at an answer:

“Kapriz” in Russian is каприз, which translates roughly to “whim”. The suffix “ov” more or less means “of”, in the sense of being part of a particular family (same logic that causes so many English names to end in “son”). So, Kaprizov means something like “son of the whimsical guy”.

(So it’s enticingly close to meaning “son of the Wild one”)

The “off” in Kiprusoff also means “of _____” so the question is where the “Kiprus” comes from. Unfortunately there’s no easy answer. It is literally the Greek word for Cyprus, which is where Nick Kypreos got his surname. If that’s not the connection, it’s something obscure. It could theoretically be connected to каприз, but it would more likely be spelled Кипрус in Russian,
so there would have to be a bit of corruption involved.

 

[the valiant effort]

He is the same age as Mackinnon was in his first breakout year.

Yes, Nathan Mackinnon broke out two years ago, the season after he won the cup.

 

[hamzarocks]

He is the same age as Mackinnon was in his first breakout year.

Mackinnon broke put in 2018 when he had 97 pts in 74 games good for 2nd in ppg league wide at about 23ish years old

Kaprizov is in his D+10 year and is about 28 years old

 

[BagHead]

Good question… as a non-linguist and non-Eastern European, my best try at an answer:

“Kapriz” in Russian is каприз, which translates roughly to “whim”. The suffix “ov” more or less means “of”, in the sense of being part of a particular family (same logic that causes so many English names to end in “son”). So, Kaprizov means something like “son of the whimsical guy”.

(So it’s enticingly close to meaning “son of the Wild one”)

The “off” in Kiprusoff also means “of _____” so the question is where the “Kiprus” comes from. Unfortunately there’s no easy answer. It is literally the Greek word for Cyprus, which is where Nick Kypreos got his surname. If that’s not the connection, it’s something obscure. It could theoretically be connected to каприз, but it would more likely be spelled Кипрус in Russian,
so there would have to be a bit of corruption involved.

Awesome post, thanks man!