- Jan 18, 2012
- 34,681
- 52,739
If he's going to stay on the PP, he needs to be in the bumper using his wrist shot... I've been saying that for well over a year.
Speculation: Roster Building Thread: Part XIV (To trade or not to trade is the question)
- Thread starter Leonardo87
- Start date
deathb4disco
Registered User
Mike in Houston
Registered User
Peter Laviolette is becoming Peter Lavioletdown.
Zynbanejad
To Blais or Not To Blais
- Jul 7, 2010
- 3,763
- 1,456
You can only do so much when your captain has purposely been a drag and sharing bad vibes up until now
Shesterkybomb
Registered User
- Dec 30, 2016
- 16,867
- 18,197
Jaromir Jagr
Registered User
It's a real shame how misused Kakko has been since he got here by multiple coaches. The guy is lights out defensively. He should have been developed as a shutdown offensive player (and with a potential move to center this could be even more valuable) as well as a leading penalty killer.
I know there's a desire to "unlock" him offensively, but I truly believe with another team he'll end up in the mold of a healthy Sean Coutourier which is a really valuable piece.
I know there's a desire to "unlock" him offensively, but I truly believe with another team he'll end up in the mold of a healthy Sean Coutourier which is a really valuable piece.
Shesterkybomb
Registered User
- Dec 30, 2016
- 16,867
- 18,197
Honestly I think if you get rid of the current leaders Lafreniere could be that guy, he's been a leader his whole career until the nhl. This i think is where this is heading where you have laf, cuylle, Othmann as your leaders, players that play that style that's bread for playoff success. I know people slack on Othmann but he's a lite version of the tkachuks, Miller's, Bennett of the league, he just needs to play and get comfortable
Mike in Houston
Registered User
I think you can hold underperforming players accountable. And he's not doing that. He scratches a fourth liner though.
Machinehead
HFNYR MVP
He's really not that good at defense. It's just something we kind of told ourselves.
EdJovanovski
#RempeForCalder
Raspewtin
Stay at home defenseman hater
- May 30, 2013
- 44,012
- 21,133
grachevsceiling
Registered User
- Jul 2, 2024
- 130
- 293
You just know Eichel’s spine would unfix itself the minute he put on the Rangers sweater.
EdJovanovski
#RempeForCalder
Not saying it was a mistake to trade him if that’s how that came across, I’m saying this is sorta an indictment our core players probably have in fact quit on the coach/team
McRanger92
Registered User
- Jun 7, 2017
- 12,278
- 23,096
Seriously. 1 "good" shift and its LOLRangers. Trouba was a stiff and floating for months (years?) before this. f*** him and the horse he rode in on.
Jaromir Jagr
Registered User
I think if he was developed properly instead of just trying to force him to be something he's clearly not, we would be in a different situation. Standby what I said that if he's ever moved from here, we're going to witness a very useful player.
It's not like he never made any good plays for us. He had his moments. I'm sure if we watched the game we'd see a half dozen sequences that are all too familiar.
The Crypto Guy
Registered User
- Jun 26, 2017
- 28,537
- 37,420
You mean that you told yourself because you just go by fancy stats and not the eye test? He has been one of our best forwards defensively all season.
effen
Registered User
- Feb 3, 2018
- 10,058
- 9,774
Cuylle deserves to be on the PP over Kakko. This seems non controversial. Kakko was the net front guy. Now he's not.
He's not better on the half wall than Chytil, and he is incapable of being making quick decisions and plays in the bumper because he's incapable of being quick. We've been over this many, many times in other arenas.
He's free to improve as a player at any time. In fact, I highly recommend it.
He's not better on the half wall than Chytil, and he is incapable of being making quick decisions and plays in the bumper because he's incapable of being quick. We've been over this many, many times in other arenas.
He's free to improve as a player at any time. In fact, I highly recommend it.
You know he had good games here too right? Plus it was the Habs.
Remember when Kravtsov had that one half decent game with the Canucks and the fans were “in love” with him?
He was out of the league a month and a half later.
effen
Registered User
- Feb 3, 2018
- 10,058
- 9,774
What exactly have they been trying to force him to be?
He started his first five years with a top 6 spot every year out of camp whether he deserved it or not.
grachevsceiling
Registered User
- Jul 2, 2024
- 130
- 293
Like a moth to a flame, like umbrellas follow rain, or any of the other plentiful co-determinants in the natural world, Kakko is fated to end up on the Carolina Hurricanes where he will become the exact checking *center* that L. Brooks has spent the better part of his career slobbering over. It’s just too on the nose for it not to happen. You’d do yourself good to imagine him hoisting the cup now. The Aztecs have it written on a rock somewhere.
Shesterkybomb
Registered User
- Dec 30, 2016
- 16,867
- 18,197
Just here waiting for Laviolette and or Drury to get canned. One guy created the mess, the other guy won't change his tactics to mask the deficiencies
Jaromir Jagr
Registered User
Yea, exactly. They continuously tried to make him be some offensive dynamo when it's been obvious for probably 3+ years now that's just not going to come to fruition.
Had they sat him on the third line, had him focus strictly on defensive responsibilities and added him to the penalty kill, we'd be much better off. Gallant actually did start doing that at some point but not long after he was canned.
Machinehead
HFNYR MVP
NYR Viper
Registered User
He's probably one of the better players on the team at winning 1v1 battles
