Prospect Info: The Second Overall Pick Thread: Part II (Kakko/Hughes Talk)
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I would call him quick, not fast. Hopefully he will be better than prime Nash, and an amazing playoff performer.
JESSEWENEEDTOCOOK
Twenty f*ckin years
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I think he’s someone who will be able to generate chances from his skating ability more so than Nash. I also think Kakko is a much better playmaker. I think he’ll end up being more of a low 30s goal scorer (generally, I could see 40+ seasons) but he’ll have 50 assists to go with it.
Kakko's speed is okay, but his agility is really really good for his age. He frequently generates chances with his agility, which is more than can be said for just about any Finnish forward prospect before him.
EdJovanovski
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Kakko is a very good skater, there are a few things contributing to this myth
1) He’s being compared to Hughes, who’s greatest attribute is his skating AINEC
2) He’s big so he can cover more ice without looking like he’s skating his butt off like a smaller player
3) He’s playing against grown men, if you watch highlights of him against peers he is blowing by guys
4) He’s a very complete & mature player and there’s no real weaknesses or red flags in his game, so people say he doesn’t skate like Hughes so that must be his weakness.
He has great acceleration and he is phenomenally agile, he has this move where he’ll circle the perimeter getting a player to chase him and then stop/turn on a dime, while the players stumbling to get back up he’s already skated several feet the other direction.
Machinehead
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I watched some highlights from Finland's game against Denmark today. This was the senior team.
Kakko was throwing men around on the cycle.
Kakko was throwing men around on the cycle.
He's probably around where Nash was before retirement, maybe a tick slower.
Keep in mind that hes not even close to maxed out physically. He's naturally pretty strong (clearly) but he has a ton of work to do off the ice, he should get faster.
I get the Nash comps to some extent, though I don't agree with them. Nash leaned on guys but his reach and ability to handle the puck so far away from his body made him tough to deal with. Kakko straight up goes through people.
Vinny DeAngelo
Jimmy Easy to defend
After watching highlights all week, I put his comp at Barkov meets Jagr. He is a puck control monster.
Foppa.
The Reverse hits, the puck control, the uncanny ability to some how score on wrap arounds on a semi regular basis, the hands...
Machinehead
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Thirty One
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This sounds like Frolov tbh.
Still hasn't hit me that we're guaranteed one of Hughes or Kakko.
Jaromir Jagr
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2Leetch_94
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Nash was deceptively fast and made skating look easy, unlike, say, Kreider, whose stride is explosive and violent.
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I feel like people are under projecting how good Kakko will be honestly. Nash? Career high of like 69 points?
I think he’s gonna be Nash and a half at least. And I liked Nash.
I think he’s gonna be Nash and a half at least. And I liked Nash.
GeorgeKaplan
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Vinny DeAngelo
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Inferno
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Rick Nash is in the top 70 goal scorers in the history of the game.... Nash and a half would put kakko in the same territory as Selanne, ovechkin, Robitaille, shanahan , etc
No pressure.
as a prospect he's better than rantanen. rantanen who's like 190 points in his last two seasons. his ceiling should be at least similar to rantanen's. and who knows what that is? should be 100p
I think people forget just how good Nash was in Columbus. He just never had any semblance of a team around him. If Kakko winds up as good as Nash we've got one hell of a player on our hands.
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