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

[Tyson]

Wouldn't surprise me if they put him on Dach's wing. Dach is horrible at faceoffs still and Kapanen could take them.

Agreed

 

[Mrb1p]

Having him in the bottom 9 works for me. He's pretty good.

 

[Trabdy2]

Kapanen probably sticks eh? He's still adjusting a bit, but I think he's gonna adjust quickly and grow.

 

[red devil]

Good chance that Jokinen will be correct that he will win a spot in Montreal this year

 

[Rapala]

He's got some work to do to become an effective winger. His game took off the minute he slotted in at center.
It became more evident when the coaching staff continued to use him there even when Dach came back.

 

[Next Best Thing]

Kapanen the next Lehtonen? One could only hope...

 

[Captain Mountain]

So now that we know Laine won’t be out as long as we expected do we send him back to Sweden?

Bold of you to assume that a team (let alone Montreal) wont have any injuries in that time frame.

 

[Catanddogguitarrr]

I doubt it would matter. It does apply to Mesar though. Unlikely Habs would trade him unless he is definitely not an NHL player and there is no room in Laval.

If by having Laine we have to resign Armia, maybe it's not a good deal. Laine can survive Armia gone, he will make new friends. If for each good player we have to keep a mediocre player, where are we going?

Kapanen the next Lehtonen? One could only hope...

A Lehtonen playing center.