Alexis Lafreniere vs Kaapo Kakko
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Kakko. I feel like his offense will start coming at some point and even if it what was expected of him when he was a prospect and it's like 50-60 pts that's still really good with his defensive impact.
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Laf will be the better offensive player.
Kakko will be the more complete player with a strong defensive skillset.
Kakko will be the more complete player with a strong defensive skillset.
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Based on what? Kakko has a much better impact on possession and has had several streaks where he's visibly dominating the game.
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And you don't trust Kakko's? Dude was a pretty unreal prospect and is showing signs that he's starting to put it together.
If cocko is only gonna be a 55 point player and Lafreniere is worse than that, the Rangers are screwed...god help us
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I think they'll both be good in different ways. Right now, I do think Kakko is closer to putting it all together.
I'd expect Lafreniere to be the better offensive player. He's had flashes where he makes some great moves to get himself into the right spots or makes some very nice passes.
Kakko plays much more of a 2-way game, and when he's on the line with Panarin and Strome, he almost plays like a center as Strome tends to skate down to the goal line.
I'd expect Lafreniere to be the better offensive player. He's had flashes where he makes some great moves to get himself into the right spots or makes some very nice passes.
Kakko plays much more of a 2-way game, and when he's on the line with Panarin and Strome, he almost plays like a center as Strome tends to skate down to the goal line.
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Nah I know Kakko is a great young player. I just dont see as many elite skills in him than Lafrenière. But its just my take on this pool ! Feel free to have your!
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Kakko, he is still bit timid out there and might even still be bit scared to try making plays and always looking to make the safest choice. Once he gets comfortable and starts to believe in his ability and strength, he can bully defenders.
Crazy high potential, only thing that worries me is that he ends up being only bit better Armia. They have quite alot in common, both are big wingers who like to hold on to the puck, are good in tight and were drafted for their offense but have so far mostly impressed with their two-way play.
Lafreniere’s best asset was supposed to be his hockey brain, but so far there have been very little flashes of that. Really doesn’t have the elite tools that some other prospects have. His skating, physical play, hands, shot are all good, but not one of them is elite. If he can’t process the NHL style of hockey like he did junior, he is not going to be a elite NHL player.
Crazy high potential, only thing that worries me is that he ends up being only bit better Armia. They have quite alot in common, both are big wingers who like to hold on to the puck, are good in tight and were drafted for their offense but have so far mostly impressed with their two-way play.
Lafreniere’s best asset was supposed to be his hockey brain, but so far there have been very little flashes of that. Really doesn’t have the elite tools that some other prospects have. His skating, physical play, hands, shot are all good, but not one of them is elite. If he can’t process the NHL style of hockey like he did junior, he is not going to be a elite NHL player.
I think Kakko has been the one who has shown atleast some flashes about something. Laf not so much.
Hard to say which one will be better because both are missing so much from their game at the moment and both have great potential.
No 20 year old is a bust yet. Also he’s much better than Laf so if Kakko’s a bust then the other has to be to
He will bust. Is that better for you?
Maybe Laf will too, But I’m not fully convinced yet.
Hard to say. I`d say Laf has a lot more offensive upside. He is either a star or bust. Kakko will be a good NHLer and theres less chance he will bust, when he already is defensively responsible and good at it. Hard to say if he will be a star though. Kakko is the sure bet, but Lafreniere has potential to be better.
Kakko's rookie year was let's just say less than ideal. He was analytically the worst player the league had seen since the numbers started being tracked since 07-08 and it wasn't close either. There was a big turnaround to his sophomore year. He was a bit of analytical darling especially defensively. The production still of course wasn't there.
Laf's offensive playdriving looks pretty good. He's bad defensively. His overall WAR value here is propped up heavily by his finishing. His finishing is propped up by his crazy high SH% which is a result of him not really taking shots unless they're great chances
Laf was far better as a rookie because Kakko was unfathomably bad but Kakko saw some crazy progression to his sophomore year and was better than Laf's been this year.
Kakko has been Rangers best player for two seasons now if we look advanced stats. His xG is 4th in the team at the moment and his 1st in CF%.
Rangers as a team is pretty interesting because Kakko's CF% is 49,3. Still Rangers are doing great.
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