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RW Kasperi Kapanen (2014, 22nd, PIT; traded to TOR)

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Thought I would bump this thread and see if anyone has seen the kid play, pretty interested in how he has been doing, I look at his point totals and am a little underwhelmed.
 
Sauveanda2ndfor said:
Thought I would bump this thread and see if anyone has seen the kid play, pretty interested in how he has been doing, I look at his point totals and am a little underwhelmed.
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Have seen him this season 5-10 times and plan to watch him tomorrow against my team HIFK.

He really likes to use his speed to get in the offensive zone and he has had a hard time having his linemates match his offensive zone entries. He has to know when to pass the puck because he is often lead to corners. He has very nice shot and has scored pretty goals but he has to learn to use it effectively because usually his carrying the puck leads to corners and not to the net or the goal scoring area.

In the PP he is on a completely another level than his linemates as he has many times calmed the play in the offensive zone and kept the play alive.

He hasn't got much help from his team because his team has been horrible and they've sold all their best players. It doesn't help your confidence (expecially a young player) if you lose all the time.

That being said he has a lot of potential and expect to see him find his way to NHL and becoming an effective TOP6 forward.
 
He plays in the Worst team in League history. They just made new record of not scoring goals in 14 games and will make new record of least goals in season after season is done.

Only thing they do is lose by blow-out against any one. They flat out tank and sold all the best players. Even the other youngster Artturi Lehkonen. Only reason Kasperi Kapanen didni't go because he's father is the owner and wont sell him unless he wants to. Even their GM said that this is for next season and that basically meant its gone for this season.

This is why I wouldn't look too much about the point totals.
 
QnebO said:
He plays in the Worst team in League history. They just made new record of not scoring goals in 14 games and will make new record of least goals in season after season is done.

Only thing they do is lose by blow-out against any one. They flat out tank and sold all the best players. Even the other youngster Artturi Lehkonen. Only reason Kasperi Kapanen didni't go because he's father is the owner and wont sell him unless he wants to. Even their GM said that this is for next season and that basically meant its gone for this season.

This is why I wouldn't look too much about the point totals.
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Wow lol did not know that I am pretty excited for this player wonder if he will be a faller like teravainen, would you say he is close or on the same level as nylander?
 
Sauveanda2ndfor said:
Wow lol did not know that I am pretty excited for this player wonder if he will be a faller like teravainen, would you say he is close or on the same level as nylander?
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Nylander is a bit ahead. A little better skating and vision. Kapanen should switch teams for the betterment of his development, my prediction is that he will drop out of the top 15 for sure.
 
Syan Ruter said:
Nylander is a bit ahead. A little better skating and vision. Kapanen should switch teams for the betterment of his development, my prediction is that he will drop out of the top 15 for sure.
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No way Nylander has better skating than Kapanen. No way, I've talked with a lots of scouts and they've all said that Jake Virtanen/Kasperi Kapanen is the best skater in this draft class. Nylander isn't bad skater by any means but Kapanen is explosive, you can really see who his dad is.

Wow lol did not know that I am pretty excited for this player wonder if he will be a faller like teravainen, would you say he is close or on the same level as nylander?
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They are close. Nylander has higher potential but Kapanen is safer pick. Nylander is better playmaker, Kapanen better goal scorer. Nylander is a bit better defensively, Kapanen has better physicality. Both are extremely flashy players. IMO Nylander will go from 5 to 10 in the draft and Kapanen will go from 7 to 15.
 
glassbangers said:
No way Nylander has better skating than Kapanen. No way, I've talked with a lots of scouts and they've all said that Jake Virtanen/Kasperi Kapanen is the best skater in this draft class. Nylander isn't bad skater by any means but Kapanen is explosive, you can really see who his dad is.
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Nylander's skating looked a lot better than Kapanen's at the U17 WC, haven't seen Kapanen play since.
 
Huffman said:
Nylander's skating looked a lot better than Kapanen's at the U17 WC, haven't seen Kapanen play since.
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I'm sorry Glassbangers, but I have to agree with this quote. Nylander did show better skating at the U17, regardless of what the scouts said. I don't want it to be true, believe me, but from what I've seen of both of them, Nylander's a bit better.
 
Don't agree at all. I've seen Kapanen, Nylander (and Virtanen) play multiple times besides all the other 2014 draftees and Virtanen is the only one I'd say is ahead of Kapanen in terms of skating. Nylander is great skater too but he's not it the same level with Kapanen.
 
glassbangers said:
Don't agree at all. I've seen Kapanen, Nylander (and Virtanen) play multiple times besides all the other 2014 draftees and Virtanen is the only one I'd say is ahead of Kapanen in terms of skating. Nylander is great skater too but he's not it the same level with Kapanen.
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Haven't watched Nylander, but Kapanen's skating is really strong and it's one of hes strenghts. It Nylander can outdo that, good for him, because it doesn't mean Kapanens skating wouldn't be good.
 
QnebO said:
Haven't watched Nylander, but Kapanen's skating is really strong and it's one of hes strenghts. It Nylander can outdo that, good for him, because it doesn't mean Kapanens skating wouldn't be good.
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Exactly what I said; from what I've seen, Nylander is the superior skater but that doesn't mean Kapanen is a bad skater, quite the opposite, they both belong among their draft class' best in terms of skating.
 
I still disagree that Nylander is the superior skater but whatever.

In the last 3 of Kapanen's games there has been scouts from Winnipeg, Pittsburgh and Phoenix. With today's assist Kapanen has 2+2 in his last 3 games and he has been every night his team's best player.
 
glassbangers said:
I still disagree that Nylander is the superior skater but whatever.

In the last 3 of Kapanen's games there has been scouts from Winnipeg, Pittsburgh and Phoenix. With today's assist Kapanen has 2+2 in his last 3 games and he has been every night his team's best player.
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Great. I think it's great for his confidence if he plays well to end the season, only to pick up where he left off come next season (hopefully though, he plays for a different team). Will be interesting to see him progress, definately.
 
I think Kapanen is definetly not a TOP10 Draft. Or at least he shouldn't be. His name gives him a lot of extra. Hope he leaves KalPa and Kuopio after this season for the sake of his development, doubt it though..
 
Zeitung said:
I think Kapanen is definetly not a TOP10 Draft. Or at least he shouldn't be. His name gives him a lot of extra. Hope he leaves KalPa and Kuopio after this season for the sake of his development, doubt it though..
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He has top end potential , I believe hes later 1st rounder or earlier 2nd rounder. One must take in account the circumstances (the team has been lost this season). No need to worry yet on this kid. It's now up to hes working morale. He needs to get out of Kuopio to be honest, I agree on that.
 
Zeitung said:
I think Kapanen is definetly not a TOP10 Draft. Or at least he shouldn't be. His name gives him a lot of extra. Hope he leaves KalPa and Kuopio after this season for the sake of his development, doubt it though..
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He will be better than Armia.
 
glassbangers said:
No way Nylander has better skating than Kapanen. No way, I've talked with a lots of scouts and they've all said that Jake Virtanen/Kasperi Kapanen is the best skater in this draft class. Nylander isn't bad skater by any means but Kapanen is explosive, you can really see who his dad is.



They are close. Nylander has higher potential but Kapanen is safer pick. Nylander is better playmaker, Kapanen better goal scorer. Nylander is a bit better defensively, Kapanen has better physicality. Both are extremely flashy players. IMO Nylander will go from 5 to 10 in the draft and Kapanen will go from 7 to 15.
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Then Kapanen must be god awful defensively
 
Tuomaz said:
nope
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Care to elaborate? Having different views isn't bad for health. It'd just be more interesting to hear what brings you to these conclusions, instead of just "nope". This is a discussion board after all?
 
From the 5 first rounder forwards weve had i think Kasperi has best chance to get to reach his potential. Granlund was small and bad skater so there was big questions over him. Teräväinen is physically weak and how he adapts small ice is uncertain. Barkov is shy and has zero aggression or selfishness in him which might not be ideal and Joel Armias compete level and attitude have always been questioned. Kapanen has it all, his even got better bloodlines than Barkov coming from Kapanen clan. Excellent compete level, excellent skating, excellent hands, hockey iq, shot etc etc. His upside in terms of offense is lowest out of Granlund/Teräväinen/Barkov/Armia but i think overall package is best. His in mold of the old prototypical finnish forwards ala Sami Kapanen, Jere Lehtinen, Niko Kapanen and co.
 
Erikfromfin said:
From the 5 first rounder forwards weve had i think Kasperi has best chance to get to reach his potential. Granlund was small and bad skater so there was big questions over him. Teräväinen is physically weak and how he adapts small ice is uncertain. Barkov is shy and has zero aggression or selfishness in him which might not be ideal and Joel Armias compete level and attitude have always been questioned. Kapanen has it all, his even got better bloodlines than Barkov coming from Kapanen clan. Excellent compete level, excellent skating, excellent hands, hockey iq, shot etc etc. His upside in terms of offense is lowest out of Granlund/Teräväinen/Barkov/Armia but i think overall package is best. His in mold of the old prototypical finnish forwards ala Sami Kapanen, Jere Lehtinen, Niko Kapanen and co.
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Don't really agree about "having it all". And if your stating that Kapanen will be better than Granlund or Barkov for that matter, then woah? All I can say if it was anywhere close to being reality, he would be in top3 without a question in next draft (which is in general regarded pretty soft). If he actually was this good he wouldn't have been outshadowed by Lehkonen regardless of the age difference. Some of you guys need to put things into realistic perspective. What's actually agreeable here, is that everyone of the names mentioned before have their weaknesses. We're not talkin about generational prospects/players after all.
 
kelsier said:
Don't really agree about "having it all". And if your stating that Kapanen will be better than Granlund or Barkov for that matter, then woah? All I can say if it was anywhere close to being reality, he would be in top3 without a question in next draft (which is in general regarded pretty soft). If he actually was this good he wouldn't have been outshadowed by Lehkonen regardless of the age difference. Some of you guys need to put things into realistic perspective. What's actually agreeable here, is that everyone of the names mentioned before have their weaknesses. We're not talkin about generational prospects/players after all.
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No i didnt say he will become best just said his got it all and really no weaknesses like the other 4 first rounders weve gotten. Lower potential but most quaranteed to reach it in my view.
 
I know the Jets had scouts out to check him out lately and he had a great game. He's a little undersized. But like erikfromfin says, his compete level is pro calibre which is huge. Winnipeg is a barren wasteland of scoring winger prospects (unless that's where they plan to play Petan) so he'd make a fine selection for us if we took him.
 
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