Confirmed Trade: [SEA/NYR] Kaapo Kakko for Will Borgen, 2025 3rd, 2025 6th

[Pavel Buchnevich]

He's in his sixth season since getting drafted and has only hit 40 points as his career high. There are people bumping this thread every game as if they have no dignity because he's on pace for 46 points now.

Come on, have some self respect. Kakko might turn into a 60-70 point player, if things go well. But don't make this into something it's not. The dude didn't cut it with the Rangers as a top 6 forward. He did not earn 19-20 minutes that he's getting now for a bad team that lacks forward talent and doesn't have any mandate to win. He couldn't even handle 16-17 minutes with the Rangers. Any time he'd get a bigger role he'd go invisible and fairly find his way back down the lineup.

Yes, maybe he would've been better off playing initially for a team that sucked and he could've done nothing for a few years and they'd keep throwing him back out there, but that wasn't the situation. He did not show scoring talent needed to be anywhere near what he was hyped as at 2OA. Sorry, you aren't convincing me that force-feeding this guy who struggled to beat 40 points upwards of 20 minutes a game all of a sudden makes him some great player he wasn't three weeks ago when we had nearly 5 and a half seasons of evidence on what he was.

 

[bondra]

Come on, have some self respect. Kakko might turn into a 60-70 point player, if things go well. But don't make this into something it's not. The dude didn't cut it with the Rangers as a top 6 forward. He did not earn 19-20 minutes that he's getting now for a bad team that lacks forward talent and doesn't have any mandate to win. He couldn't even handle 16-17 minutes with the Rangers.

This is whats wrong and annoying with Hfboards. Kakko is producing because he plays in bad team which lacks foward talents. Other side is that player is producing because he is product of his linemate which you hear alot in Hfboards.

So basically Kakko is lucky that he plays in bad team with bad linemates and his not that good. But for example Kaprizov is underrated and amazing player because he can produce in that level with bad linemates.

 

[Paper]

Kaapo Kakko gets out of the craphole to play for the Krak? Oh!

Damn it, I'm hilarious and my talents are wasted here.

 

[DavidpauseReinbacher]

After a year, the tables are turning again in the right direction:

Wheowwww

 

[TGWL]

Wheowwww

Laf had about 5 chances last night to get a goal and should easily be closing in on 20 rather than breaking 10 right now. Lafreniere can only blame himself these days. Maybe somebody can put together a hokey pokey, skating dance for him. You put your right foot first. You put your left foot next....

 

[LaMasquerade]

So basically Kakko is lucky that he plays in bad team with bad linemates and his not that good..

I might have missed the irony, but are you really saying that playing with bad linemates increases your production???

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

I might have missed the irony, but are you really saying that playing with bad linemates increases your production???

Playing 19-20 minutes does.

 

[LaMasquerade]

Playing 19-20 minutes does.

Sure, if you produce at all.

 

[nashnaidoo]

He's in his sixth season since getting drafted and has only hit 40 points as his career high. There are people bumping this thread every game as if they have no dignity because he's on pace for 46 points now.

People are bumping this because he's pacing for 60 pts over a full season in Seattle vs the 38 pt pace he had earlier this year in NY. Seems pretty obvious, despite your strange stat manipulation.

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

People are bumping this because he's pacing for 60 pts over a full season in Seattle vs the 38 pt pace he had earlier this year in NY. Seems pretty obvious, despite your strange stat manipulation.

I’m not manipulating anything. You are the one that’s trying to take a 14 game sample. I don’t really care if it’s 46 or 60. It’s kind of the same thing. That’s the difference between being a middle six forward on a contender for many years vs. second line on a bad team with nothing to play for. Is he even playing particularly well for the minutes he’s getting? Is he playing better per minute or simply getting better situations?

It doesn’t seem to me that anything has materially changed with his play. He’s just getting better usage.