Prospect Info: Oliver Kapanen, RHC, KalPa U20 (U20 SM-sarja), 64th Overall

[HuGort]

He looks like Crosby

 

[Conflicted Habs fan]

He looks like Laine, the sniper goal scoring on demand PP machine that this team desperately needs

 

[Tyson]

I remember appreciating his uncle Sami back in the day.

 

[Andrei79]

It feels weird seeing Swedish and Finnish prospects having success.

 

[ZUKI]

I try to not be too definitive for young prospects.....but if Kidney ever makes it in the NHL....I dance naked outside...and NOBODY wants to see that.

To this day, Kidney looks like he's still 13 years old. There a limit to what certain body can take as far as weight and muscles and clearly this kid has a low limit.

I agree with you :
nobody wants to see you dancing naked outside

 

[KevSkillz4]

Him and Beck have really good potential to become very important players for Habs !

 

[WinterLion]

I agree with you :
nobody wants to see you dancing naked outside

Speak for yourself.

 

[McGuires Corndog]

Speak for yourself.

All while “Is this Love?” Is playing? Seems almost majestic.

 

[Frankenheimer]

I try to not be too definitive for young prospects.....but if Kidney ever makes it in the NHL....I dance naked outside...and NOBODY wants to see that.

To this day, Kidney looks like he's still 13 years old. There a limit to what certain body can take as far as weight and muscles and clearly this kid has a low limit.

Marner also has a baby face. We shouldnt be swayed by this.

 

[Adam Michaels]

I try to not be too definitive for young prospects.....but if Kidney ever makes it in the NHL....I dance naked outside...and NOBODY wants to see that.

To this day, Kidney looks like he's still 13 years old. There a limit to what certain body can take as far as weight and muscles and clearly this kid has a low limit.

Kidney showing up at next camp:

 

[Zilo44]

He looks like Crosby

He looks more like a mix of Doncic and Neymar but as a hockey player

 

[Habs Halifax]

Kidney had a really promising start or middle third of the season.

I wouldn’t expect much personally but I wouldn’t write him off. If he can get stronger and faster then things could get interesting.

The little I saw while he was playing well, I liked quite a bit

I've seen a lot of him in Junior. He's very smart with great skills and a true type center. Skating/physicality was an area I always thought would hold him back. I hope he can overcome it. He's a good kid.

 

[Habs Halifax]

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Kapanen has been more impressive this season, there is no doubt about it and he possess better offensive instincts than Beck. People stating that Beck is clearly above Kapanen are only relying on confirmation bias and draft pedigree. This is coming from someone who wanted Beck prior to us drafting him and I still believe that he can be a very good NHLer.

Counting Beck's games in pre season where he did not stand out and an uneventful rookie emergency call up is a very weak attempt to correlate his pro experience to Kapanen's.

I'd agree the edge goes to Kapanen. A bit more matured. However, I see a see saw battle in the years to come. Beck's first pro season is a big one. Could increase in prospect value or decrease. With Kapanen, he has the transition to NA game to come (after this next season).

If I was forced to bet today... Kapanen is better. How much better? Subjective guess.

 

[WeThreeKings]

Kidney had a really promising start or middle third of the season.

I wouldn’t expect much personally but I wouldn’t write him off. If he can get stronger and faster then things could get interesting.

The little I saw while he was playing well, I liked quite a bit

He was always going to be a guy who needs the 3 years in the AHL before you know if he's gonna be a NHLer or a Euro league player.

Not every prospect has to be on an accelerated timeline. Our hopes as a franchise also don't hinge on whether Kidney makes it.

 

[SOLR]

I'd agree the edge goes to Kapanen. A bit more matured. However, I see a see saw battle in the years to come. Beck's first pro season is a big one. Could increase in prospect value or decrease. With Kapanen, he has the transition to NA game to come (after this next season).

If I was forced to bet today... Kapanen is better. How much better? Subjective guess.

I'll take the red ones.

 

[26Mats]

I try to not be too definitive for young prospects.....but if Kidney ever makes it in the NHL....I dance naked outside...and NOBODY wants to see that.

To this day, Kidney looks like he's still 13 years old. There a limit to what certain body can take as far as weight and muscles and clearly this kid has a low limit.

If Kidney wanted to pack on the muscle he could. But maybe he has found/thinks it will slow him down, or maybe he doesn't have the work ethic...

On Kapanen, Snake thinks he doesn't have any one great quality that will stand out at the NHL level, so he thinks his offensive upset is very limited. But he does think his best quality is that he's a very hard worker.

 

[Pompeius Magnus]

Kapanen can step into a bottom 6 C role pretty easy with us IMO, which gives the team some options with Dvorak in his UFA season and Evans being as good as he's probably ever going to be in the NHL. I could see Kapanen in the mix as early as the 25-26 season.

 

[WeThreeKings]

Since Snake is a loser hack that I'd listen to more people on the board than him

The guys at the athletic (Scott CantWheelHer, Pronman, Peters) said Kapanen was very impressive and looks every bit a NHL bottom 6 center and that's a successful pick.

 

[Hins77]

Since Snake is a loser hack that I'd listen to more people on the board than him

The guys at the athletic (Scott CantWheelHer, Pronman, Peters) said Kapanen was very impressive and looks every bit a NHL bottom 6 center and that's a successful pick.

I personnally like to hear Snake Boisvert on balado, because he can explain some interessting facts as amateur scout. But he is is underrating a lot of player,m. He said Logan Mailloux is a 6th defenseman and Suzuki the 4th best forward on a contender team. I mean, I don’t know in what world he lives. There is a salary cap now. We can’t build a team with Sakic, forsberg, foote, hedjuk, deadmarsh anymore.
But, I prefer his podcast than « la releve » where every prospect we have will becomes top line forward or top 2 dman.

 

[schwang26]

It feels weird seeing Swedish and Finnish prospects having success.

No the weird part would be having them come to NA and have success.

 

[Sam de Mtl]

I personnally like to hear Snake Boisvert on balado, because he can explain some interessting facts as amateur scout. But he is is underrating a lot of player,m. He said Logan Mailloux is a 6th defenseman and Suzuki the 4th best forward on a contender team. I mean, I don’t know in what world he lives. There is a salary cap now. We can’t build a team with Sakic, forsberg, foote, hedjuk, deadmarsh anymore.
But, I prefer his podcast than « la releve » where every prospect we have will becomes top line forward or top 2 dman.

That "scout" is an idiot of the worst kind because he thinks he needs to make outlandish claims in order to be interesting (he might have to actually, because he offers very little else. Not sure why people invite him on podcasts... My guess is there are too many podcasts and too little content for them).

Then he paints himself in a corner by doubling down on his idiotic takes. Shouldn't give this guy any credibility.

 

[Ezpz]

He had quite the second half of the season. Wonder if they try to get him to skip Timra or is the plan to sign and loan for a year.

 

[26Mats]

That "scout" is an idiot of the worst kind because he thinks he needs to make outlandish claims in order to be interesting (he might have to actually, because he offers very little else. Not sure why people invite him on podcasts... My guess is there are too many podcasts and too little content for them).

Then he paints himself in a corner by doubling down on his idiotic takes. Shouldn't give this guy any credibility.

From what I've seen his past lists are interesting. He has bad takes, but also good ones. But Ibjaven't analyzed his past lists in comparison to other scouts in the media/podcast world.

 

[417]

I personnally like to hear Snake Boisvert on balado, because he can explain some interessting facts as amateur scout. But he is is underrating a lot of player,m. He said Logan Mailloux is a 6th defenseman and Suzuki the 4th best forward on a contender team. I mean, I don’t know in what world he lives. There is a salary cap now. We can’t build a team with Sakic, forsberg, foote, hedjuk, deadmarsh anymore.
But, I prefer his podcast than « la releve » where every prospect we have will becomes top line forward or top 2 dman.

He's wack...he just likes being a contrarian and acts like every Habs fan who likes a prospect is a fanboy/girl who thinks that player is going to be a star.

 

[HuGort]

Since Snake is a loser hack that I'd listen to more people on the board than him

The guys at the athletic (Scott CantWheelHer, Pronman, Peters) said Kapanen was very impressive and looks every bit a NHL bottom 6 center and that's a successful pick.

Could he be a Plekanec?