Kakko has worst +/- of all NHL rookies

[illpucks]

Dead last among rookies at -11. What to make of this? Rangers have Ryan Strome who is +4 so it's not like whole team is this way.

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[iMissKovy]

Remember a week ago when people were shitting on Hughes cause he didnt have a goal in his first week and now he has 7. lol

 

[The New Russian Five]

Dead last among rookies at -11. What to make of this? Rangers have Ryan Strome who is +4 so it's not like whole team is this way.

He struggled out of the gate. He looked slow and his line kept getting hemmed into their zone. He has adjusted the last few games and now looks like one of the better players on the ice. The kid has a steep learning curve. I imagine the +/- situation to be rectified as the season progresses.

 

[Esko6]

He has been good lately and starting to get points too.

 

[aufheben]

One day people will stop looking at plus/minus, one day...

 

[stonec]

Rookies at least have an excuse for poor +/-. Players getting paid $10 million like Brent Burns and Erik Karlsson are currently on the same number as Kakko, so I don't think there's too much to make out of that number.

 

[Uncle Scrooge]

Remember a week ago when people were ****ting on Hughes cause he didnt have a goal in his first week and now he has 7. lol

Too lazy to look it up but there’s no way Hughes has 7 goals.

Anyway, Kakko has 3 pts and is +1 in the last 4 games. Not a single minus game in there. Obviously there’s progress.

 

[tenken00]

One day people will stop looking at plus/minus, one day...

But not today!

 

[Poppy Whoa Sonnet]

Remember a week ago when people were ****ting on Hughes cause he didnt have a goal in his first week and now he has 7. lol

Hughes has 3 G, 4 A = 7 points, and all three of his goals are PP goals.

Kakko has 3 G, 2 A = 5 points, with 1 PP goal.

I'd be careful gloating right now. Hughes is showing obvious skill but he's very much a WIP still.

 

[CantLoseWithMatthews]

31 xgf% looks pretty bad. I thought he'd be way more ready than he's been

 

[Anzi]

31 xgf% looks pretty bad. I thought he'd be way more ready than he's been

The Rangers as a whole are pretty much bottom of the league in that stat. For comparison, Kreider is at 33%, Zibanejad is at 37%. I wouldn't read into it too much.

 

[LuckyBoeser]

The Rangers as a whole are pretty much bottom of the league in that stat. For comparison, Kreider is at 33%, Zibanejad is at 37%. I wouldn't read into it too much.

Kakko's isolated xg impact is the worst in the league by rapm. This takes in account teammates, competition, deployment and more.

 

[Anzi]

Kakko's isolated xg impact is the worst in the league by rapm. This takes in account teammates, competition, deployment and more.

Is this the stat that has 3 Rangers in the bottom 4 or a different one?

 

[holy]

Who cares, Rangers rebuild is over. Fastest I’ve ever seen.

 

[iMissKovy]

Too lazy to look it up but there’s no way Hughes has 7 goals.

Anyway, Kakko has 3 pts and is +1 in the last 4 games. Not a single minus game in there. Obviously there’s progress.

meant to say points lol

 

[CanadienShark]

Remember a week ago when people were ****ting on Hughes cause he didnt have a goal in his first week and now he has 7. lol

7 points, not goals.

 

[LuckyBoeser]

Is this the stat that has 3 Rangers in the bottom 4 or a different one?

Bottom four in xG+/60 is:
Kaapo Kakko -0.443
Nikita Gusev -0.377
Libor Hajek -0.36
Chris Kreider -0.356

So yes 3/4 of the bottom 4 is made up of Rangers. He certainly have struggled this season. Kakko shown flashes of being a very skill player but he just haven't found his groove yet. Kakko is also currently last for GAR.

 

[Vman]

Remember a week ago when people were ****ting on Hughes cause he didnt have a goal in his first week and now he has 7. lol

J. Hughes does not have 7 goals.

 

[Whoot Whoot]

I remember when Malik was like a +23 while being the worst dman in the league. stopped paying attention to it after that

 

[Claypool]

Playing in the NHL is hard.

 

[The Pale King]

Crosby was -4 over his first 12 games.
Sakic was -5 over his first 12.
Heatley was -6 over his first 12.
Rick Nash and Vinny Lecavalier were -7 over their first 12.
Ziggy Palffy was -8 over his first 12.
Joe Thornton was -8 in his first 21 games, recording 0 points.

Can you imagine HFBoards today if a number 1 pick took 21 games to record their first point? For an O6 franchise, no less?

I think Kakko is going to be just fine.

 

[The Pale King]

I remember when Malik was like a +23 while being the worst dman in the league. stopped paying attention to it after that

Jeff Schultz led the NHL in +/- in the not so distant past.

+50 in 09-10.

 

[SoundAndFury]

One day people will stop looking at plus/minus, one day...

It's not like +/-, especially in comparison to teammates, doesn't mean anything. Sure it depends on player's usage as well as his ability but it's not like the stat can't tell us something.

 

[Bounces R Way]

Trade him while you still can

 

[kthx]

Trade him for Puljujärvi. He was +5 on his rookie year.