2015 #63 - Kyle Capobianco D

[slv]

I hope this kid makes the team someday because with a name like Capobianco, how can you not nickname him "The Godfather," the capo di tutti capi?

Or "Capablanka", like world chess champion

 

[The Feckless Puck]

Or "Capablanka", like world chess champion

Here's looking at you, kid.

 

[dantheleaffan]

Extremely jealous you picked up this kid, so underrated due to playing on a poor team. Was hoping the Leafs would have taken a flyer on him

 

[XX]

I like the pick almost solely for the creativity it demonstrates. It would be easy to pick a D from a successful program and hope for the best. Here, it feels like there was some genuine scouting going on. That's a new feeling.

 

[The Feckless Puck]

I like the pick almost solely for the creativity it demonstrates. It would be easy to pick a D from a successful program and hope for the best. Here, it feels like there was some genuine scouting going on. That's a new feeling.

It's a testament to my PTSD from the Gretzky era that the very first thing I thought of with this pick was, "Is his relationship with Exelby and BTM important to Maloney in that it reduces the likelihood that he'll bolt instead of sign an ELC?"

I never realized just how damaged I was as a fan until that moment.

 

[XX]

Even if that is a factor, it's not a bad thing to mitigate risk, so long as you aren't passing up a better player because of it. I don't really think it's a coincidence that Fischer and Capo have spent time in Arizona, or that they're friends with other Coyote prospects in some cases.

 

[Llamamoto]

I just saw his stats and they seemed very impressive. Is he any good?

 

[RABBIT]

I just saw his stats and they seemed very impressive. Is he any good?

He looks promising, pretty low profile but we are cautiously optimistic