LW/RW Kaapo Kakko - TPS, Liiga (2019, 2nd, NYR) Part 7

[Husqvarna]

This broadcast.. 'Turko' Finland, The analyst says 'Swedish Elite League' when talking about his stats.. Jeeez...

Amateurs ...

 

[kelsier]

You can see him here at 0:15

Woah what the heck. That's one huge, huge man. If that was his mother she also must be ~180cm by the looks of it. Certainly doesn't exclude the possibility of Kaapo growing more height, as unlikely as it sounds since I think he's been where he's at for quite some time now. Not that Kakko even necessarily needs to be some towering player considering the way he plays the game.

 

[Kranix]

Kaapo is big. He's going to make an impact right away.

 

[king89]

I'm so glad that Kakko will play for New York Rangers. Hopefully he can become the face of their franchise. And maybe the new "king of New York". That would be so cool.

 

[Polar Bear]

I'm so glad that Kakko will play for New York Rangers. Hopefully he can become the face of their franchise. And maybe the new "king of New York". That would be so cool.

Well, he has every chance to do so. He's arguably the best prospect we have ever drafted as an 18 year old.

 

[Kotkaniemi15]

He seems happy to be in New York

 

[Devilsfan118]

He looks and sounds overwhelmed a bit - completely understandably obviously. Couldn't help but notice he seemed a little nervous and awkward at the draft.

It'll be a real treat to watch him once he's settled in and used to living in NY. Bright times ahead.

 

[CharlestownChiefsESC]

He did an interview with Renaud Lavoie on the French channel too, and Renaud's English is aready rough around the edges. It was short, but he did fine. Much better than first year Buchnevich anyway, lol. He'll be fine.



Oh please. Our biggest need right now is a center and I still wanted Kakko deep down even though I knew Hughes was best for us. And there's some of that on both sides of the aisle. You got a potential top 10 stud center down the line and we got a potential top 10 winger down the line, barring bad injuries or complete flukes. Either fans of either team would have been thrilled no matter what with this close 1/2 overall. I don't care who "wins" it looking back years from now. We're just all happy, fans of both teams, no matter who we preferred, because we both got likely studs.

Grats to you. Grats to us.

Now to find another center...

Byfield

 

[Loffer]

a Great pick and a great city to settle in; the package deserves a great team and including Kakko is a solid step into that direction.

 

[TheFinnishTrap]

He seems happy to be in New York

Woah, contain your emotions Kaapo!

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

the dude is just personality personified. NY's answer to PK Subban

 

[Draiskull]

I'm so glad that Kakko will play for New York Rangers. Hopefully he can become the face of their franchise. And maybe the new "king of New York". That would be so cool.

I guess "King of NY" would have better ring to it than "King Kappo Kakko"

 

[CaptTennille]

First time in an NYR jersey, albeit a practice one.

 

[ijuka]

Nice to see a benchmark for what 2.5/5 acceleration looks like.

 

[Gospel of Prospal]

He seems happy to be in New York

Haha. It's like Ron Burgundy reading a teleprompter.

 

[Peeps]

I'd like to see him on a line with Lias Andersson

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

I'd like to see him on a line with Lias Andersson

you want to see Kakko on the 4th line?

 

[Doctyl]

He looks and sounds overwhelmed a bit - completely understandably obviously. Couldn't help but notice he seemed a little nervous and awkward at the draft.

It'll be a real treat to watch him once he's settled in and used to living in NY. Bright times ahead.

Its been a little ridiculous how theyve paraded him around. Could you imagine the treatment Hughes would have got if the Rangers had won the lottery or the Devils took Kakko? They wouldnt let him sleep for a week.

 

[Peeps]

you want to see Kakko on the 4th line?

I wish the general opinion about Lias would be better. This guy is a true leader and a very good all around player. Put him with skilled winger and his NHL career will sky rocket.

 

[Hi ImHFNYR]

I wish the general opinion about Lias would be better. This guy is a true leader and a very good all around player. Put him with skilled winger and his NHL career will sky rocket.

Lias is the ultimate example of how many people on hf truly just dont get team building, prospect growth and growing pains.

He could bust. But for some people to be so definitive, so quickly. Smdh

Just to clarify, I barely read this thread so I'm not referring to anyone here in this thread

 

[Calad]

Why does everyone list him as a RW? He played most of his games, and produced better, on the left side this past season

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

I wish the general opinion about Lias would be better. This guy is a true leader and a very good all around player. Put him with skilled winger and his NHL career will sky rocket.

He should play better.

 

[Los merengues]

I wish the general opinion about Lias would be better. This guy is a true leader and a very good all around player. Put him with skilled winger and his NHL career will sky rocket.

You should wish he was a better player. Finland used to produce those type of players and nothing else. Newer bet on jack of all trades, master of none.

 

[Amazing Kreiderman]

Added another puck to my Kakko collection last Friday: