GDT: 2023 IIHF World Championships starts May 12-May 28

[Kaapo Hollweg]

Now that Kakko has had a breakthrough against Hungary, no NHL team will be able to contain him next season.

 

[Leonardo87]

congrats on global mod!!!

Thanks appreciate it.

 

[Leonardo87]

I still see a 2way Rantanen... Rantanen REALLY took off this year with 42 even strength goals.

we are just dog poo at developing

I’ve said this over and over again have more hope for Kakko than Laf. I know Laf is still young but I just don’t see it yet. With Kakko have seen the potential but he just can’t get the points to show for it.

 

[I Eat Crow]

Kakko should be stapled to the right half boards on PP1. Trochek in the bumper.

Zib in his office. Demote Panarin to PP2. Lafreniere as the net front guy on PP2. Miller at the top of the umbrella.

That's the ticket.

 

[EdJovanovski]

I still see a 2way Rantanen... Rantanen REALLY took off this year with 42 even strength goals.

we are just dog poo at developing

Really took off this year? Rantanen got 84pts his second season, it took Kakko until late in his 4th season to even have 84 career points combining the 4 seasons lol. Not remotely comparable. Same with when people compare him & Laf to other “late bloomers” like MacKinnon who got 63pts his rookie season

 

[duhmetreE]

Really took off this year? Rantanen got 84pts his second season, it took Kakko until late in his 4th season to even have 84 career points combining the 4 seasons lol. Not remotely comparable. Same with when people compare him & Laf to other “late bloomers” like MacKinnon who got 63pts his rookie season

how many at even strength? Kakko had more even strength goals playing on the 3rd line, age 21 seasons. Points will never be close comparing them. 1 of them gets top PP time and plays with the best players in the world.

Scoring 42 even strength goals is 'taking off'. It's over double whatever he's done in the previous 6 seasons.

 

[LOFIN]

f*** that, haven't seen something like this since Simon on Ruutu. Niederreiter is very lucky here.

 

[The Crypto Guy]

f*** that, haven't seen something like this since Simon on Ruutu. Niederreiter is very lucky here.

He'll be suspended for sure. f***ing dirty as hell. That could have been really bad.

 

[bl02]

f*** that, haven't seen something like this since Simon on Ruutu. Niederreiter is very lucky here.

p***y cheap move. Should have gotten a cross check to the head for that. Garbage.

 

[NYRFANMANI]

p***y cheap move. Should have gotten a cross check to the head for that. Garbage.

Nino did dish out a Cross check later. Maybe the old knob to the ribs.

 

[The Crypto Guy]

Kakko with an assist so far halfway through todays game vs Denmark.

 

[UAGoalieGuy]

Kakko with 6pts in 7 games.

 

[The Crypto Guy]

Kakko finished with another assist for 2 points. He's heating up with 5 points in the last 3 games to end the preliminary round.

He is 3rd on the team in points with 6.
Rantanen is first with 8, and Rantanen's linemate has 7. Both those players average 3 more minutes a game than Kakko.

Where is the "Oh he looks good but doesn't put up points" crowd now?

They play Canada in the quarter-final on Thursday.

 

[Synergy27]

Kakko finished with another assist for 2 points. He's heating up with 5 points in the last 3 games to end the preliminary round.

He is 3rd on the team in points with 6.
Rantanen is first with 8, and Rantanen's linemate has 7. Both those players average 3 more minutes a game than Kakko.

Where is the "Oh he looks good but doesn't put up points" crowd now?

They play Canada on Thursday then the tournament starts.

Quiet because he put up points? This isn’t that weird. He wasn’t doing anything. Now he did. Happy times.

 

[The Crypto Guy]

Quiet because he put up points? This isn’t that weird. He wasn’t doing anything. Now he did. Happy times.

Huh?

I don't think you quite understood. There were a few posters who were all active in the thread, bashing Kakko when he wasn't putting up points. Now they are gone when he is putting up points.

edit - to be fair it's more in the Kakko thread not this one.

 

[Synergy27]

Huh?

I don't think you quite understood. There were a few posters who were all active in the thread, bashing Kakko when he wasn't putting up points. Now they are gone when he is putting up points.

edit - to be fair it's more in the Kakko thread not this one.

Yes. They were rightfully/justifiably bashing him for once again not getting any results. He got some results so they are quiet now. That makes sense to me.

He is still significantly underperforming against the production he put up as an underager at a stronger tournament four years ago.

 

[The Crypto Guy]

Yes. They were rightfully/justifiably bashing him for once again not getting any results. He got some results so they are quiet now. That makes sense to me.

He is still significantly underperforming against the production he put up as an underager at a stronger tournament four years ago.

That was a different time, with different players, and he didn't even know how to play defense then. Rantanen for crying out loud, a 100 point NHL scorer only has 2 more points than him, that should say something, by your logic he should be completely dominating this tournament, but he isn't because it's not that easy. Did you expect Kakko to put up 3-4 point games every night or something?

 

[Synergy27]

That was a different time, with different players, and he didn't even know how to play defense then. Rantanen for crying out loud, a 100 point NHL scorer only has 2 more points than him, that should say something, by your logic he should be completely dominating this tournament, but he isn't because it's not that easy. Did you expect Kakko to put up 3-4 point games every night or something?

I didn’t expect much from Kakko at all honestly. This performance is good but nothing to flex about.

 

[Mike in Houston]

I haven't been paying attention to the Worlds but watching DAL/VGK Sean McDonough mentioned Team USA is 7-0 through the preliminary round. Good for David Quinn and Co.

 

[The Crypto Guy]

I didn’t expect much from Kakko at all honestly. This performance is good but nothing to flex about.

Nobody is flexing and saying he is lighting the world on fire at the tournament, but it appears he’s playing as well as we could have hoped so far and also appears to be getting better as the tournament continues.

 

[leetch99]

Kakko for Blais.......LOL.

 

[EdJovanovski]

Kakko for Blais.......LOL.

huh?

 

[The Crypto Guy]

Finland down 2-0 after 2 vs Canada. Put kakko with Rantanten!! Kakko’s looked good. Some nice passes.

 

[LOFIN]

Shitty tournament from Finland. Kakko looked decent in a team that overall was a huge disappointment.

 

[haohmaru]

Kakko for Blais.......LOL.

Kakko goes on to have a 60 point season and Blais doesn't score a goal all year. Brilliant!