News Article: Oliwer Kaski signed

[Frk It]

Can we update the thread title on this one?

I think this has the potential to be a quality signing, I hope he is one of our regular 6 defenseman next year.

 

[Larkin2AA]

Can we update the thread title on this one?

I think this has the potential to be a quality signing, I hope he is one of our regular 6 defenseman next year.

Why do some players wear gold helmets?

 

[Mister Ed]

Why do some players wear gold helmets?

He gets to wear it because he was the league's top scorer (as a D) for a while.

 

[Mister Ed]

Five things you always (or never!) wanted to know about Finnish hockey

I’m sure NHL fans would scoff at this idea, but it seems to work great in Finland. So the top point producer for each team wears a shiny gold helmet that looks like he beheaded C3PO and left his body stuffed in a locker in the team’s dressing room. I guess this is similar to the pink shirt in cycling, but I would be willing to bet that in the NHL this might be the equivalent of painting a target across the player’s chest.

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[Larkin2AA]

Five things you always (or never!) wanted to know about Finnish hockey

I’m sure NHL fans would scoff at this idea, but it seems to work great in Finland. So the top point producer for each team wears a shiny gold helmet that looks like he beheaded C3PO and left his body stuffed in a locker in the team’s dressing room. I guess this is similar to the pink shirt in cycling, but I would be willing to bet that in the NHL this might be the equivalent of painting a target across the player’s chest.

LINK

Lol wut... Imagine that with the Wings

 

[Vlade95]

He gets to wear it because he was the league's top scorer (as a D) for a while.

He wasn't league's top scorer at anytime. He was wearing it because he had most points from his team.

 

[Henkka]

He wasn't league's top scorer at anytime. He was wearing it because he had most points from his team.

Still his scoring was phenomenal.

Highest scoring defenceman with 51 points (19+32) in 59 games. 9-point gap for the next best and 12 points more than anybody year before (highest at 2017-18 was 39 points).

19 goals, which was remarkably high for defenceman in a low-scoring league and almost Top10 in all players goalscoring (13.-14.best).

And he didn't play high ice-time, only normal 20:17 per game. Top guys are getting 23-25min icetimes.

It was very great production per IT.

His close-situation Corsi was 54.2% was at Team Top3, with his D-partner (54.7%) and 1st line Center (54.5%)

 

[Vlade95]

Still his scoring was phenomenal.

Highest scoring defenceman with 51 points (19+32) in 59 games. 9-point gap for the next best and 12 points more than anybody year before (highest at 2017-18 was 39 points).

19 goals, which was remarkably high for defenceman in a low-scoring league and almost Top10 in all players goalscoring (13.-14.best).

And he didn't play high ice-time, only normal 20:17 per game. Top guys are getting 23-25min icetimes.

It was very great production per IT.

His close-situation Corsi was 54.2% was at Team Top3, with his D-partner (54.7%) and 1st line Center (54.5%)

He indeed played really great season and was sometimes really dominant. He became 6th defenceman in Liiga history to score 50 points and just 2nd in 2000-century.

His D-partner was actually Jarkko Pynnönen, whose close-situation Corsi was 48.8%. Which makes his good C% even more valuable.


Not sure if this has been mentioned already, but Kaski is actually old forward and this season was just his 5th season as a defenceman. He has really great shot and skates well. His biggest weakness are physical play and defensive play. He plays really clean and barely never takes any penalties.

 

[newfy]

I think hes looked pretty smooth against Canada today and you can see the skill. Had a couple weak plays in the corners but it was also against good players like Stone and I forget who the other was. Not a lot of guys come out of the corner with the puck over Mark Stone. Give him some time to polish up that defensive game and he has potential to be a player

 

[lilidk]

He is total opposite of Sulak, very smart ,good skills ,not physical at all. He is not NHL ready yet

 

[Ghost of Ethan Hunt]

Young
Cheap
Mobile
PMD
offensive-minded
Size
Finn, (used to bigger ice)
RHS
free DMan (No pick/asset spent) !!
Low Risk, High Reward
Transitioning D to youth & GR Option

This Kaski kid checks a lot of Boxes!

Hirose will be our poor man's Cliff Ronning!



More Kaski attributes: Hard, accurate, deceptive shot, clutch goals, his shot timed well with plays/broken plays by opponent etc. Can score from far out.

 

[Ghost of Ethan Hunt]

Quote from Henkka: (it bears repeating)

"Still his scoring was phenomenal.

Highest scoring defenceman with 51 points (19+32) in 59 games. 9-point gap for the next best and 12 points more than anybody year before (highest at 2017-18 was 39 points).

19 goals, which was remarkably high for defenceman in a low-scoring league and almost Top10 in all players goalscoring (13.-14.best).

And he didn't play high ice-time, only normal 20:17 per game. Top guys are getting 23-25min icetimes.

It was very great production per IT.

His close-situation Corsi was 54.2% was at Team Top3, with his D-partner (54.7%) and 1st line Center (54.5%)"


What is his current ceiling projected to be, #4/Top 4 NHL? + deflectable shot

 

[RedMenace]

No, they absolutely shouldn't go after him at all.

 

[dj4aces]

No, they absolutely shouldn't go after him at all.

The ship has sailed on that, as Detroit is one of the finalists for his services. According to rumors, we may have already signed him.

 

[Henkka]

Finn, (used to bigger ice)

In Finland most rinks are only 28 meters wide, kind of hybrid between 26-meter NHL rink and 30-meter wide international rink.

Imo, that should always help adjusting to NHL rink, when you have not played your whole career in 30-meter wide rinks.

What is his current ceiling projected to be, #4/Top 4 NHL? + deflectable shot

I could think his ceiling is very high. Boom or bust type.

 

[RedMenace]

The ship has sailed on that, as Detroit is one of the finalists for his services. According to rumors, we may have already signed him.

Oh, I know... my sarcasm/humor font has been broken lately.

 

[Ghost of Ethan Hunt]

Reminds me of Rover Ozolinsh in a good way

 

[Richard Gibson]

@DarrenDreger 5m5 minutes ago
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Oliwer Kaski’s agent, Todd Diamond, confirms the right shot Dman intends on signing with the Detroit Red Wings after the World Championship.

 

[lhsgolf19]

Very good news... I like what I have seen so far at the Worlds

 

[Bench]

Signing players from college and Europe:

 

[Mister Ed]

Here's the tweet confirming he is going to sign :

 

[Richard Gibson]

Dreger: Top Finnish defenseman Oliwer Kaski to sign with Red Wings

@wingingitmotown 13m13 minutes ago
Dreger: Top Finnish defenseman Oliwer Kaski to sign with Red Wings

 

[Gniwder]

So the top point producer for each team wears a shiny gold helmet that looks like he beheaded C3PO and left his body stuffed in a locker in the team’s dressing room.

That is hilarious, thanks for sharing.

Looking forward to seeing him play with the Wings when Green gets traded. (I'm assuming he starts the season in GR.)

 

[pz29]

Five things you always (or never!) wanted to know about Finnish hockey

I’m sure NHL fans would scoff at this idea, but it seems to work great in Finland. So the top point producer for each team wears a shiny gold helmet that looks like he beheaded C3PO and left his body stuffed in a locker in the team’s dressing room. I guess this is similar to the pink shirt in cycling, but I would be willing to bet that in the NHL this might be the equivalent of painting a target across the player’s chest.

LINK

They do the same thing in Sweden and Norway. Looks goody, if you ask me.

 

[SimonEdvinssonAtSix]

DDK, Ericsson, Daley,Green. Vets signed for next season.
Hronek, Cholowski, Bowey. Young talent fighting for spots.
Kronwall. Do we bring him back?
Kaski. FA signing.

So I'm assuming if Kaski signed with us it's because he was promised NHL ice time. If that assumption is correct then our current D line up will be something like
DDK / Green,
Ericsson? / Hronek
Daley? / Kaski
Cholowski /Bowey
Kronwall?

Do we trade / wave one of Ericsson or Daley before the start of the season to make more room?
Does this signing signal that Kronwall will not be back? We have a bunch of RHD fighting for spots with Kaski joining so retaining Kronwall to play LHD with one of them may not be a bad idea, but how do we make room?
Is Kaski going to start in the NHL or GR? I would assume NHL as a selling point for signing.
Does Kaski jump Bowey the day he signs and if so do we look to flip Bowey or keep him for depth?