Waived: [STL] F Kasperi Kapanen waived by the Blues

[93LEAFS]

Iginla we also forgot. I feel like Iginla JR will be like dad but we will see.

Quite a few of these kids were highly hyped when drafted. So, if we are dismissing people like Kapanen, Griffin Reinhart, Alexander Nylander, Logan Brown, etc. we sort of have to wait for Tij Iginla to prove it in the NHL. Iginla's dad is clearly the best player of the ones we have mentioned so far.

For example, I haven't seen many mentions of Cole Sillinger yet. Who is at least an established NHLer and was a 12th overall pick in 2021.

edit: Oliver Bonk is also a pretty established prospect too, but we need to see him in the NHL to include him in this list.

 

[PerryTurnbullfan]

Okay Pittsburgh! It’s future considerations time! You have to take Kapanen too…,

 

[bleedgreen]

Sanderson, Greig, Nylander, Kapanen, Jake Leshychyn. Dad’s were all Whalers.

Poulin, Primeau, Nikolishin, Cassels…not all made it. Colin Wilson. Logan Brown?

Avs currently have five guys who’s Dad’s played.

 

[GoBoltz56]

Woof

 

[AHLdepth]

Does he still do the thing where he flies into the zone on the wing at super speed, does a button hook, then lose the puck?

Oh my gosh I haven't thought of Mason Raymond in years....

 

[stl76]

Mostly outside the NHL, but Ryan MacInnis has carved out a nice professional career for himself. His dad Al needs no introduction.

Bob Suter didn't have the same level of professional hockey success as his son Ryan but will always be a legend for winning that gold medal in 1980. Bob's brother and Ryan's uncle Gary had a great NHL career as well!

 

[Michel Beauchamp]

I was also thinking about the Parise's but senior Parise was in the 70s, even a little before our time.

Speak for yourself.

I turned 30 a bit less than six months before the end of that decade.

I guess I should say eighteen rather than six as technically, that decade ended on December 31, 1980...

 

[Tie Domi Esquire]

Another guy waived that Kyle Dubas paid top assets for just a little while ago.

 

[Nogatco Rd]

If you're drunk driving then you should go to jail. It doesn't matter if no one got hurt. It's not a minor mistake. Recent "minor" mistake cost Gaudreau brothers their lives.

In Finland they adjust the fine according to a person’s income level (something that we should consider in the states) meaning Kapanen had to pay a fine of about $117,000.

The fine was paid in lieu of accepting a 45 day jail sentence. So I think he probably got the message either way.

 

[JKG33]

Does he still do the thing where he flies into the zone on the wing at super speed, does a button hook, then lose the puck?

You can take Kap outta Toronto, but you can't take the Toronto outta Kap

 

[biturbo19]

That's too bad. I'd think he's better than plenty of middle-6 fillers on teams, but i'd assume there's something going on off the ice at this point. His effectiveness in what he was good at has just fallen off pretty badly too.

He used to be one of those weird "better in a bad role" players. Who could just give you your ~15G in poor minutes with scrub linemates at even strength. He's got speed to burn and there are tools to work with there...but if he's not focused on the game, i guess it really doesn't matter. Too bad.

I could see a team claiming him at that price though. But i doubt it.

 

[mattihp]

That's too bad. I'd think he's better than plenty of middle-6 fillers on teams, but i'd assume there's something going on off the ice at this point. His effectiveness in what he was good at has just fallen off pretty badly too.

He used to be one of those weird "better in a bad role" players. Who could just give you your ~15G in poor minutes with scrub linemates at even strength. He's got speed to burn and there are tools to work with there...but if he's not focused on the game, i guess it really doesn't matter. Too bad.

I could see a team claiming him at that price though. But i doubt it.

Those better in a bad role players are usually wildly inconsistent. Niklas Hagman was one too. Most effective when playing with scrubs. He was a decent energy guy when not scoring, though.

 

[Gaud]

Does he still do the thing where he flies into the zone on the wing at super speed, does a button hook, then lose the puck?

ahh yess.. the Josh Anderson variant where he loses the puck instead of gets driven to a corner and neutralized.

 

[Lunatik]

To be fair, we haven't had many father to son recent successes.

Stephan Matteau
Martin Brodeur (2 sons drafted in the NHL)
Claude Lemiuex

Maybe I'm forgetting others but Kasperi was atleast a half successful than the peers mentioned above.

Current Sons of NHLers (regular NHLers or top prospects) and their fathers

Len Barrie --> Tyson
Shawn Byram --> Bowen
Jeff Chychrun --> Jakob
Sylvain Couturier --> Sean
Louie DeBrusk --> Jake
Shane Doan --> Josh
Tie Domi --> Max
Ted Donato --> Ryan
Mike Foligno --> Marcus and Nick
Sean Gauthier --> Cutter
Mark Greig --> Ridly
Sami Helenius --> Samuel
Bruce Holloway --> Dylan
Jarome Iginla --> Tij (and soon to be Joe)
Ed Kastelik --> Mark
Andrei Kovalenko --> Andrei
Mikael Lindholm --> Elias
Dave Lowry --> Adam
Dave Manson --> Josh
Bryan Marchment --> Mason
Andrew McBain --> Jack
Dale McTavish --> Mason
Gord Murphy --> Connor
Evgeny Namestnikov --> Vladislav
Dwayne Norris --> Josh
Mikael Nylander --> William (Alex also played in the NHL)
Timo Parssinen --> Juuso
Patrick Poulin --> Sam
Keith Primeau - Cayden
Paul Reinhart --> Sam (Griffin and Max also played in the NHL)
Kjell Samuelsson --> Mattias
Geoff Sanderson --> Jake
Mike Sillinger --> Cole
Brent Thompson --> Tage
Mark Tinordi --> Jarred (it's his first year not in the NHL)
Keith Tkachuk --> Brady and Matthew
Alfie Turcotte --> Alex
Randy Wood --> Miles

Then there are some guys whose Grandfathers were NHLers

Lou Jankowski --> Mark
Andre Provost --> Anthony Mantha
Pat Stapleton --> Mark Kastelic

And then guys whose uncles were NHLers

Todd Bertuzzi --> Tyler
Scott Bjugstad --> Nick
Billy Carroll --> Boone Jenner
Dave Christian --> Brock Nelson
Billy Dea --> James Wisniewski
Steve Jensen --> Nick
Slava Kozlov & Ivan Novoseltev --> Vladislav Namestnikov
Mikael Lindholm --> Calle Jarnkrok
Luke Richardson --> Jakob Chychrun
Mike Stapleton --> Mark Kastelic
Gary Suter --> Ryan
Dennis Vial --> Drake Batherson

Then more obscure...

Red Kelly is Mark Jankowski's great uncle
Peter Mahovlich is Josh Anderson's great uncle
Sean Monahan and Casey Cizikas are brothers-in-law (their wives are sisters)
Mark Stone and Cody Ceci are brothers-in-law (their wives are sisters)
Adam Henrique is Steve Thomas's son-in-law

And just f***ing weird...

Slava Kozlov is both the uncle and brother-in-law to Vladislav Namestnikov (Slava married Vladislav
s aunt, then Vladislav married Slava's sister... so it's not as weird/creepy as it initially sounds)

Also fun fact, the 2 Mike Peluso's were first cousins.

 

[Night Shift]

Current Sons of NHLers (regular NHLers or top prospects) and their fathers

Len Barrie --> Tyson
Shawn Byram --> Bowen
Jeff Chychrun --> Jakob
Sylvain Couturier --> Sean
Louie DeBrusk --> Jake
Shane Doan --> Josh
Tie Domi --> Max
Ted Donato --> Ryan
Mike Foligno --> Marcus and Nick
Sean Gauthier --> Cutter
Mark Greig --> Ridly
Sami Helenius --> Samuel
Bruce Holloway --> Dylan
Jarome Iginla --> Tij (and soon to be Joe)
Ed Kastelik --> Mark
Andrei Kovalenko --> Andrei
Mikael Lindholm --> Elias
Dave Lowry --> Adam
Dave Manson --> Josh
Bryan Marchment --> Mason
Andrew McBain --> Jack
Dale McTavish --> Mason
Gord Murphy --> Connor
Evgeny Namestnikov --> Vladislav
Dwayne Norris --> Josh
Mikael Nylander --> William (Alex also played in the NHL)
Timo Parssinen --> Juuso
Patrick Poulin --> Sam
Keith Primeau - Cayden
Paul Reinhart --> Sam (Griffin and Max also played in the NHL)
Kjell Samuelsson --> Mattias
Geoff Sanderson --> Jake
Mike Sillinger --> Cole
Brent Thompson --> Tage
Mark Tinordi --> Jarred (it's his first year not in the NHL)
Keith Tkachuk --> Brady and Matthew
Alfie Turcotte --> Alex
Randy Wood --> Miles

Then there are some guys whose Grandfathers were NHLers

Lou Jankowski --> Mark
Andre Provost --> Anthony Mantha
Pat Stapleton --> Mark Kastelic

And then guys whose uncles were NHLers

Todd Bertuzzi --> Tyler
Scott Bjugstad --> Nick
Billy Carroll --> Boone Jenner
Dave Christian --> Brock Nelson
Billy Dea --> James Wisniewski
Steve Jensen --> Nick
Slava Kozlov & Ivan Novoseltev --> Vladislav Namestnikov
Mikael Lindholm --> Calle Jarnkrok
Luke Richardson --> Jakob Chychrun
Mike Stapleton --> Mark Kastelic
Gary Suter --> Ryan
Dennis Vial --> Drake Batherson

Then more obscure...

Red Kelly is Mark Jankowski's great uncle
Peter Mahovlich is Josh Anderson's great uncle
Sean Monahan and Casey Cizikas are brothers-in-law (their wives are sisters)
Mark Stone and Cody Ceci are brothers-in-law (their wives are sisters)
Adam Henrique is Steve Thomas's son-in-law

And just f***ing weird...

Slava Kozlov is both the uncle and brother-in-law to Vladislav Namestnikov (Slava married Vladislav
s aunt, then Vladislav married Slava's sister... so it's not as weird/creepy as it initially sounds)

Also fun fact, the 2 Mike Peluso's were first cousins.

Very well put together!

 

[Lunatik]

Very well put together!

I stared at this wiki page for so long I went cross-eyed

 

[Night Shift]

There was Cal and Adam Foote

 

[Linkens Mastery]

Hopefully this means more playing time for Bolduc

 

[Vitto79]

He’s fast still ?
Cheap . Claimed imo

 

[PocketNines]

Current Sons of NHLers (regular NHLers or top prospects) and their fathers

Len Barrie --> Tyson
Shawn Byram --> Bowen
Jeff Chychrun --> Jakob
Sylvain Couturier --> Sean
Louie DeBrusk --> Jake
Shane Doan --> Josh
Tie Domi --> Max
Ted Donato --> Ryan
Mike Foligno --> Marcus and Nick
Sean Gauthier --> Cutter
Mark Greig --> Ridly
Sami Helenius --> Samuel
Bruce Holloway --> Dylan
Jarome Iginla --> Tij (and soon to be Joe)
Ed Kastelik --> Mark
Andrei Kovalenko --> Andrei
Mikael Lindholm --> Elias
Dave Lowry --> Adam
Dave Manson --> Josh
Bryan Marchment --> Mason
Andrew McBain --> Jack
Dale McTavish --> Mason
Gord Murphy --> Connor
Evgeny Namestnikov --> Vladislav
Dwayne Norris --> Josh
Mikael Nylander --> William (Alex also played in the NHL)
Timo Parssinen --> Juuso
Patrick Poulin --> Sam
Keith Primeau - Cayden
Paul Reinhart --> Sam (Griffin and Max also played in the NHL)
Kjell Samuelsson --> Mattias
Geoff Sanderson --> Jake
Mike Sillinger --> Cole
Brent Thompson --> Tage
Mark Tinordi --> Jarred (it's his first year not in the NHL)
Keith Tkachuk --> Brady and Matthew
Alfie Turcotte --> Alex
Randy Wood --> Miles

Then there are some guys whose Grandfathers were NHLers

Lou Jankowski --> Mark
Andre Provost --> Anthony Mantha
Pat Stapleton --> Mark Kastelic

And then guys whose uncles were NHLers

Todd Bertuzzi --> Tyler
Scott Bjugstad --> Nick
Billy Carroll --> Boone Jenner
Dave Christian --> Brock Nelson
Billy Dea --> James Wisniewski
Steve Jensen --> Nick
Slava Kozlov & Ivan Novoseltev --> Vladislav Namestnikov
Mikael Lindholm --> Calle Jarnkrok
Luke Richardson --> Jakob Chychrun
Mike Stapleton --> Mark Kastelic
Gary Suter --> Ryan
Dennis Vial --> Drake Batherson

Then more obscure...

Red Kelly is Mark Jankowski's great uncle
Peter Mahovlich is Josh Anderson's great uncle
Sean Monahan and Casey Cizikas are brothers-in-law (their wives are sisters)
Mark Stone and Cody Ceci are brothers-in-law (their wives are sisters)
Adam Henrique is Steve Thomas's son-in-law

And just f***ing weird...

Slava Kozlov is both the uncle and brother-in-law to Vladislav Namestnikov (Slava married Vladislav
s aunt, then Vladislav married Slava's sister... so it's not as weird/creepy as it initially sounds)

Also fun fact, the 2 Mike Peluso's were first cousins.

Frank Pietrangelo's nephew Alex

 

[1865]

Promising player for the Leafs once upon a long time. Just didn’t think the work ethic was there to carve out a role as a depth scorer who can be a top notch PK guy as well and a staple on your third line. Think he was afraid of the grind.

His Dad was all about the effort. Such a surprise.

 

[mattihp]

His Dad was all about the effort. Such a surprise.

His dad became all about the effort when the canes started playing Jeff O'Neill ahead of him. Until then he relied on his incredible speed and offensive skills. One of the fastest players ever.

 

[Hobnobs]

His dad became all about the effort when the canes started playing Jeff O'Neill ahead of him. Until then he relied on his incredible speed and offensive skills. One of the fastest players ever.

Sami always put in effort. And i dont think O'Neil ever played ahead of Kapanen on any meaningfull basis.