NHL Player - Kasperi Kapanen

[horner]

Really starting to see the growth in his game.
Exciting times ahead.
He is here to stay..

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[Willie Oree]

He's been fantastic since being promoted and still only 21? could be a real asset moving forward if he continues to progress

 

[rent free]

can't believe he's only 21. good and gonna get better. hopefully he gets a top-9 role next season. most likely imo with nylander probably moving to C

 

[sanfordn]

It’s exciting to see the rest of the shaniplan come together.

This year, Kap, Dermott.

I wonder who’s next, Aaltonen, lil?

How’s korshkov and Will doing?

 

[BertCorbeau]

He looks a lot stronger this season. Good development.

 

[HamiltonNHL]

Love his speed.
You can't acquire that.

 

[Apotheosis]

He's got legitimate 30-30 potential. His skill is evident. You can't teach McDavid level speed.

 

[member 147413]

Let’s temper our expectations a bit guys. He’s played really well in his checking 4th line role.

He has 6 points in 30 career games.

 

[CantLoseWithMatthews]

Let’s temper our expectations a bit guys. He’s played really well in his checking 4th line role.

He has 6 points in 30 career games.

he's better than his numbers. he's obviously not the type of player to drive a team, but he's exactly the kind of player you want as depth after your big scoring threats

 

[weems]

It’s exciting to see the rest of the shaniplan come together.

This year, Kap, Dermott.

I wonder who’s next, Aaltonen, lil?

How’s korshkov and Will doing?

Andreas Johnsson is the next one.

 

[Tall Morty]

Andreas Johnsson is the next one.

Very excited to see him as a Leaf.

 

[Battle Lin]

kappy has potential to be great or even elite on defense and the PK, its a fast league now and kapanen has no problem keeping up with anyone in the nhl...he has elite speed and actually has very good size...on top of that he can give you 40-60 points a year, he has a good shot and good skills

 

[Buds17]

Like Dermott, I think Kapanen is another player that Babcock might've been referring to with the "the right players always end up on the team, though sometimes they don't end up on the team right away" quote. Definitely look like they belong.

 

[Albus Dumbledore]

i really want nylander to center his own line, he gets to passive and reliant on matthews, we all know he can take over more and dictate play if hes a center.. kapanen would fit well on any top 9 line too imo

hyman-matthews -kapanen/marner
marleau-kadri-marner/kapanen
jvr/leivo-nylander-brown

 

[Martin Skoula]

i really want nylander to center his own line, he gets to passive and reliant on matthews, we all know he can take over more and dictate play if hes a center.. kapanen would fit well on any top 9 line too imo

hyman-matthews -kapanen/marner
marleau-kadri-marner/kapanen
jvr/leivo-nylander-brown

Marleau-Nylander-Kapanen might be the fastest line in the league if they get put together at some point.

 

[Alfie]

Martin is better.

 

[Albus Dumbledore]

Marleau-Nylander-Kapanen might be the fastest line in the league if they get put together at some point.

would be insanely fast but doubt it happens, marleau and kappy are two of our better two way wingers and nylander is still learning defence, as long as kadri is on the team he will likely get the defensive wingers on his line.

 

[Martin Skoula]

would be insanely fast but doubt it happens, marleau and kappy are two of our better two way wingers and nylander is still learning defence, as long as kadri is on the team he will likely get the defensive wingers on his line.

Kadri doesn't really play a speed game though, I feel like he does better when he has heavier wingers like Leivo/Komarov/Hyman to go on long cycles with.

 

[zeke]

scoring at a 25gl pace this year in 4th line minutes, and once his oish% regresses to the mean the assists will come up along with it.

 

[taurine330]

I've always liked Kappy. He will do great things for us.

 

[Joedoggy]

scoring at a 25gl pace this year in 4th line minutes, and once his oish% regresses to the mean the assists will come up along with it.

One off a defensemen foot and one knocked in by defence stick?.....as long as the app d-men keep scoring for him he will be fine.

 

[AppsSyl]

One off a defensemen foot and one knocked in by defence stick?.....as long as the app d-men keep scoring for him he will be fine.

It is obvious you don't like Kapanen for some reason. Just curious, what is our record since he has been in the line up?

 

[CantLoseWithMatthews]

scoring at a 25gl pace this year in 4th line minutes, and once his oish% regresses to the mean the assists will come up along with it.

I think he's a pretty underrated playmaker, but I don't see him getting too many assists from the 4th line unfortunately. I'd put him in Hyman's spot at 5v5 and Brown's spot on the pp

 

[MatthewNylander]

He is a good player very quick but I noticed at last night game against the sens he is smaller than Sosh and gets knocked off the puck and his feet lots .

 

[Alfie]

He is a good player very quick but I noticed at last night game against the sens he is smaller than Sosh and gets knocked off the puck and his feet lots .

What???