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Prospect Info: The Second Overall Pick Thread: Part I (Kakko/Hughes Talk)
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Amazing Kreiderman
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Dude, your first post on these boards and this is how you decide to finish it? Just go back to discussing hockey on Facebook
Tawnos
A guy with a bass
Amazing Kreiderman
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It's the only excuse they have for not selling out home games during the stanley cup finals.
JESSEWENEEDTOCOOK
Twenty f*ckin years
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Tawnos
A guy with a bass
Listening to Finnish broadcasters, that's going to be close enough. Kakko is pronounced interestingly where the emphasis is almost not on a vowel, but on the kk in the middle. Tough for English speaking mouths to replicate consistently.
Amazing Kreiderman
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JESSEWENEEDTOCOOK
Twenty f*ckin years
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Yeah that looks better than mine but yeah thats about how I’ve been saying it, good, thanks
Amazing Kreiderman
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I work in Helsinki from time to time and have asked them several times how to pronounce certain names.
PS: Eliteprospects.com has a speaker-button next to player names to hear how it's pronounced if you don't have any Finnish contacts to ask like I do haha
Yes if G. Clarke read this - I will bridge jump and quit hockey. I will not wait another 30 years for next wonderkid.
Matt Rentfree
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Depends on whether he's referencing the thing you put on a guitar to raise the pitch or the head of a crime organization i.e.: Capo di cappi tutti.
I just like to mention it here since so many none Rangers like to compare him to Hughes or Andrei - it does not really matter since they are not on the same team, and if they meet eachother in NHL in regular season or playoffs - well it is more about the whole team strength and who have the good bounces in hockey.
- I know it`s popular to compare players, but it create unnecessary emotional discussions that is not positive.
My brief point is can`t we just accept there are many great players in NHL in all positions on the ice, and it`s the same in soccer and avoid the player comparison topics. I always regret I get involved in such topics, but it sometimes hard to resist talking about it and it ususally end up one person dont get in good mood, because he/she really like Andrei on Canes and that is normal. I always regret it.
- I know it`s popular to compare players, but it create unnecessary emotional discussions that is not positive.
My brief point is can`t we just accept there are many great players in NHL in all positions on the ice, and it`s the same in soccer and avoid the player comparison topics. I always regret I get involved in such topics, but it sometimes hard to resist talking about it and it ususally end up one person dont get in good mood, because he/she really like Andrei on Canes and that is normal. I always regret it.
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it's okay cause it's all just the way it should be
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Button saying that Kaapo is closer to Podkolzin than Hughes
I must have missed Podkolzin logging meaningful minutes and production in a men’s league
Stay woke, Craigery
Button is known for basing his rankings on international tournaments.
Button saying that Kaapo is closer to Podkolzin than Hughes
I must have missed Podkolzin logging meaningful minutes and production in a men’s league
Stay woke, Craigery
Maybe he meant playing style? Didn’t hear the interview.
He doesn’t have much in common style wise with Hughes.
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He will more likely be used as center said coach Quinn in the end of season interview, but maybe not next season something like that if I remember correctly.
Yes player style for sure. I cant really comment on it either - I did not read or watch the interview.
Obviously he loves Podkolzin. I like Podkolzin and his motor but Kaapo is on a different level than Podkolzin sorry.Button saying that Kaapo is closer to Podkolzin than Hughes
I must have missed Podkolzin logging meaningful minutes and production in a men’s league
Stay woke, Craigery
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They're the same sounds, one is just twice as long. As far as Finnish names go it's pretty easy lol. The confusing part for me (before we won the lottery) was remembering which name was his first and which his last.
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You 'Orns!
I speak Finnish: you put a stress on the first syllable in any word, and then stress any double letters.
Therefore: KAA-po KAK-KO.
(The A is pronounced like an American might pronounce the o in "hot" (not like "hat", which would be ä)).
The ironic thing about Finnish names seeming hard to pronounce, is that the language is written completely phonetically. There is no combination of letters to produce a different sound, and double letters give you the cadence. If you can speak Finnish, you can read it, and vice-versa -- and there are not many languages where that is true.
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BenedictGomez
Corsi is GROSSLY overrated
Devils' fans are going to have to deal with.......Finnish keyboard warriors for a long time
It started approximately 12.4 seconds after the #1 placard was turned over on draft night.
Random Finn posters coming out-of-the-blue telling us all the scouts are wrong.
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