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RW Kaapo Kakko - TPS, Liiga (2019 Draft)

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Paul Maurice said:
TPS is absolute garbage and his line doesn't work at all. I'm not expecting him to put up many points in Liiga this season.
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I agree that TPS has looked really depressing in preseason but if someone is going to score for them, Kakko will be one of them. Also, I would guess this Munchen team is a lot better than some teams in Liiga and we should only expect TPS and Kakko get better as the season progresses.
 
Hokinaittii said:
Also, I would guess this Munchen team is a lot better than some teams in Liiga and we should only expect TPS and Kakko get better as the season progresses.
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Understatement. Their budget is probably double the size of the biggest budget teams in Liiga. Their team is absolutely stacked.
 
Paul Maurice said:
Agreeing with me that TPS looks like ass? It would make Kaapo's season a lot easier if the coaching wasn't garbage and Filppula & Korpikoski got their heads out of their ass.

I'm sorry i don't believe in a 17 year old scoring and carrying his Liiga team all by his lonesome.
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Please stop :D
 
From what I watched in the 3rd period, he seemed to be the most noticeable TPS player on the ice.

He is in good place in TPS with all that responsibility he is getting. Excited to see what the season holds for him as he gets more and more comfortable playing against men.
 
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Hokinaittii said:
From what I watched in the 3rd period, he seemed to be the most noticeable TPS player on the ice.

He is in good place in TPS with all that responsibility he is getting. Excited to see what the season holds for him as he gets more and more comfortable playing against men.
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Easily their best player tonight along with Palve.
 
I just hope TPS isn't as rubbish as this pre-season has presented. Team's offensive output tends to reflect back to it's players. However I believe Kakko does have what it takes to setup a new bench mark for u18 scoring in the FEL's regular season. Those offensive skills are indisputable and he has the speed/agility. I just hope he has the physicality. Barkov was a trunk at this age which made it easy for him.
 
kelsier said:
I just hope TPS isn't as rubbish as this pre-season has presented. Team's offensive output tends to reflect back to it's players. However I believe Kakko does have what it takes to setup a new bench mark for u18 scoring in the FEL's regular season. Those offensive skills are indisputable and he has the speed/agility. I just hope he has the physicality. Barkov was a trunk at this age which made it easy for him.
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They're missing Korpikoski who should still be a dominant player in the league. Don't know the details regarding his health but he should be in the lineup in two weeks. I'd love to see a Kakko-Palve-Korpikoski line.
 
Eagle Peninsula said:
They're missing Korpikoski who should still be a dominant player in the league. Don't know the details regarding his health but he should be in the lineup in two weeks. I'd love to see a Kakko-Palve-Korpikoski line.
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He has been in the line up... Last game was like the first or second he has missed this preseason/season. Has not impressed.
 
Eagle Peninsula said:
They're missing Korpikoski who should still be a dominant player in the league. Don't know the details regarding his health but he should be in the lineup in two weeks. I'd love to see a Kakko-Palve-Korpikoski line.
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When you're done you're done.
 
Paul Maurice said:
He has been in the line up... Last game was like the first or second he has missed this preseason/season. Has not impressed.
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He's suffering from IBD, he hasn't been fully healthy. Obviously he'll never be what he used to be but he should have enough gas left in the tank to be a difference maker on a Liiga team.
 
Eagle Peninsula said:
He's suffering from IBD, he hasn't been fully healthy. Obviously he'll never be what he used to be but he should have enough gas left in the tank to be a difference maker on a Liiga team.
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We are talking of a guy here who was useless at the end of his NHL career.
 
Eagle Peninsula said:
Correct. Not sure what that has to do with his ability to be a solid contributor in Liiga, though.
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You said dominant Liiga player.

If he was a good NHL player leaving NHL I'd expect him to be that, but he was a declining useless player.
 
BB88 said:
You said dominant Liiga player.

If he was a good NHL player leaving NHL I'd expect him to be that, but he was a declining useless player.
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Maybe dominant wasn't the right word but either way I'm expecting him to make the team considerably better and thus, since we're in a Kakko thread, help his development.
 
And so it begins. We're some hours away from Kakko's season 18-19 FEL debut.

Here's a short before-the-game article from today:

Läpimurto lähellä! TPS-tähti ylistää joukkueen nuorta NHL-lupausta: "Äärimmäisen taitava pelaaja" | Leijonat

According to Filppula, Kakko's breakthrough could already happen in the upcoming season. Here's what else he had to say:

- He believes Kakko is going to succeed
- Is exceptionally skilled and mature player despite his young age
- Already plays a pro-hockey type of a game without being adapt to mistakes jr players often are prone to
- Really strong on the puck and a hard worker
- He sees a extremely bright future ahead for Kakko

Nothing much that the Kakko fans didn't already know, but still nice compliments coming from a veteran.

Today's game begins 6:30pm (Finnish) time, approximately five hours from now. Kaapo has been penned down into first line with Filppula and Budish.
 
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