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

[Essenege]

I do think Anderson can have his utility on a physical grinding role on a bottom 6 role if you forget about his salary

with his attributes he should be in theory….but he can’t hold the puck along the board and isn’t even physical. And putrid in the D-zone.

He’s good at one thing…one and done off-the-rush offense, but in a man-to-man defensive system he’s almost never positioned to get the jump on the defenseman.

The sooner Marty / KH realize it, the better.

 

[Vachon23]

with his attributes he should be in theory….but he can’t hold the puck along the board and isn’t even physical. And putrid in the D-zone.

He’s good at one thing…one and done off-the-rush offense, but in a man-to-man defensive system he’s almost never positioned to get the jump on the defenseman.

The sooner Marty / KH realize it, the better.

He can be physical on the forecheck when he’s on his game too. Expect him to be a bottom 6 player and not a 5.5m player for this year and I think we will be fine

 

[Captain97]

The funny thing is, if Anderson made 2.5-3 million we would probably love him as a luxury 4th liner. Fast, 10 - 20 goals and hits hard. But at 5.5 we can't stand him.

It's crazy how much a bad cap hit hurts a players affection from the fan base. But the salary cap world is a fickle B.