Confirmed with Link: [SEA/NYR] Kaapo Kakko for Will Borgen + 3rd + 6th

[Filthy Dangles]

They said the same thing about Sam Darnold

Guess he'll suck in Seattle and his next team and then be a one hit wonder for the Minnesota Wild in 4 years

 

[SeanAveryTheGreatOne]

I loved Kakko the way I loved Zucc

 

[JESSEWENEEDTOCOOK]

They said the same thing about Sam Darnold

sam darnold isn’t good, just wait til some team overpays him and he doesn’t have KOC

hey, the jets make sense as a spot for him if you think about it! what’s his madden rating rn?

 

[Killem Dafoe]

Fair enough and here's hoping he does well. I have to think the change of scenery will be a positive. He's in a solid city with a clean slate.

Oh yeah, one thing is for sure - I will be watching a lot more Kraken games now.

 

[Killem Dafoe]

Kakko starting on their first line tonight. Probably going to get PP1 minutes as well. This will be fun.

 

[EdJovanovski]

No GDT?

 

[Ruggs225]

No GDT?

We play tomorrow

 

[Oscar Lindberg]

No GDT?

Get with the times

 

[haveandare]

Kakko starting on their first line tonight. Probably going to get PP1 minutes as well. This will be fun.

You can bet your life he’s scoring a goal

 

[Draft Guru]

You can bet your life he’s scoring a goal

3.

 

[will1066]

Oh yeah, one thing is for sure - I will be watching a lot more Kraken games now.

Attention, everyone. In a little more than an hour, we'll all be moving into the breakout room with the sign that says Around the NHL. Those of you who want to stay here in the main session room may do so. Thank you.

 

[kovazub94]

The Marcel Hossa comparison is a total f***ing joke my dude.

KK has hands for days, still offensive upside, more passing/playmaking than finishing, High hockey IQ, lacked confidence obviously (member JT Miller?).

There was a NHL.com fluff piece, players asked who is the best stickhandler on the team.

Adam Fox said Kaapo Kakko.

Actually better defensively Marcel Hossa is exactly spot on by @Hunter Gathers if you forget draft position.

 

[offdacrossbar]

I will miss Kakko, wish it worked out. Little Bert Berard seems to be making a pretty good impact without any PP time. How can that be?

One can skate the other not so much

 

[will1066]

I hope Seattle manages his disease well. It's something that hasn't been delved into. Does the org's medical staff hand off to the Kraken med staff?

 

[EdJovanovski]

We play tomorrow

I was joking that there would be so much interest in Kakko's first game on another team that we'd make a GDT for it lol

 

[bleedblue94]

Has this been published somewhere?

I don't know if it was published, but I'm telling you as a fact

The only reason he is in Seattle is because Laviolette shit on him instead of whom he should have shit on.

Soon Laviolette will be gone and Kakko's floor remains a good 3rd line player.

If he gets PP time he becomes a top 6 player.

I mean if you think Lavy is the only reason then I guess the other coaches didn't exist? It just didn't work here, but it's probably moreso bc nyr never properly supported him from day one. At this point it was a lost cause and everyone needed to move on.

 

[bleedblue94]

Then you don't deal him. That's my point. He wasn't a detriment on the ice. Could he produce more? Of course. We all wanted that... it never happaned.

Doesn't mean you deal him for late rd picks a a shitty 7th d man.

Drury SHOULD have actively said "Nah"

He should be canned for this deal.

Again, he's an rfa in a few months, a UFA in a year. Nyr wasn't signing him longer term bc they didn't want to commit to big money. Kakko wasn't signed long term bc he didn't want to commit to small money. Everything had played its course and it was time.

 

[will1066]

Seattle broadcast just thanked Will Borgen. He was very influential

 

[mike14]

Seattle broadcast just thanked Will Borgen. He was very influential

And then KK gave it away at the blueline in true Rangers style

 

[will1066]

And then KK gave it away at the blueline in true Rangers style

My god. McCann hit him with a perfect trailer pass and he couldn't get a shot off

 

[will1066]

 

[Cusedog]

Understandably, New team, new system, new linemates etc..but the initial reaction watching Kakko in a Seattle uniform - is he sure looks slow-footed for the way the Kraken play hockey.

 

[mike14]

Understandably, New team, new system, new linemates etc..but the initial reaction watching Kakko in a Seattle uniform - is he sure looks slow-footed for the way the Kraken play hockey.

I thought the same. It stands out more in a team where they skate better than the Rangers

 

[McRanger92]

Seattle broadcast just thanked Will Borgen. He was very influential

The Borgen Identity

 

[GlasgowNewYorkRanger]

Love the beat saying the Rangers have been after Borgen for a long time, like that makes it better. Also why the f*** have they been after Will Borgen for years?

Some fabulously spun damage limitation, until some discover who the heck he actually is and then everyone asks why on God's earth we have been in on him. I don't know which of the two is more worrying.

I mean, we've managed to get rid of statistically one of the worst D in the league over the last few seasons - and have somehow replaced him with... one of the worst D by statistical metrics in the entire league. Impressive, even seemingly by our standards of schmuckery.