Kirill Kaprizov - 26 points in his last 15 games

[ViD]

I feel like he’s been flying under radar this season after a pretty lackluster start, but he’s been destroying the league lately, now at 60 points in 50 games or 98 points pace over the 82 game season.

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[Nazzlind]

Damn that’s wild

 

[Oscar The Grouch]

I'd put him in Hart consideration. With McDavid, Kucherov and MacKinnon.

 

[Kerberos]

He's putting up a Gretzky-like season.

 

[EXTRAS]

Half the league on a 98 point pace. (He's 14th in points/game)

 

[MNRube]

He'd be pacing well over 100 pts if the Wild didnt keep him with Zuccarello & Hartman for so long.

Kaprizov-JEE-Boldy have been utterly dominant as a unit. JEE pacing for 40 and Boldy is 3rd in scoring for U23 forwards.

 

[llp]

Kaprizov's slow start can be blamed on Logan Stanley crumpling him like a lawn chair late last year. He hadn't been the same since, and I was starting to wonder if he would ever be able to pull the same kind of sneaky open-hip-movements that made him so elusive again.






Thankfully, he's looking much healthier lately. He's not the same kind of skater (yet hopefully) but he has modified his game to make himself just as effective, and playing with the most talent he has ever had helps. This top line with Eriksson Ek and Boldy has developed some chemistry, and is looking like it could be the most dangerous line the Wild have ever had.

 

[daver]

We need describe a player scoring at a 98 point pace as "Kaprizoving"

E.g. Since Jan. 1, Brendon Hagel has been "Kaprizoving" the league.

 

[Kshahdoo]

We need describe a player scoring at a 98 point pace as "Kaprizoving"

E.g. Since Jan. 1, Brendon Hagel has been "Kaprizoving" the league.

Since January, 1st, Hagel is 24 points in 20 games. If he's Kaprizov then he's a pretty poor man Kirill. But if he's Hagel then yeah, he's a very good Hagel.

 

[ffh]

To little too late

 

[MNRube]

To little too late

2 points out of a wildcard spot with 3 games against the team ahead of them in the next month.

While playing with $15M less cap than other teams. Go home

Since January, 1st, Hagel is 24 points in 20 games. If he's Kaprizov then he's a pretty poor man Kirill. But if he's Hagel then yeah, he's a very good Hagel.

Hagel isn’t worth the sweat in KK’s jock. He wouldn’t crack 60 if he had Zuccarello & Hartman as his linemates

 

[Raym11]

Half the league on a 98 point pace. (He's 14th in points/game)

and only one of them on a 75 goal pace

 

[rynryn]

He starts slow every year. I think he even talked about it his first year here--part of the deal. Extra slow this year because of lingering issues with the crushing incident. He's doing it very quietly though--OP is right. MIN fan and I didn't even realize he was on a tear. I'm too caught up in Boldy taking the next step and Ek growing.

 

[Garl]

Eriksson Ek has 25 points, 13 goals and is +9 in the same stretch

 

[57special]

Love him, but he still doesn't skate the way he used to pre Stanley. I hope it can heal up this summer.

Right now he is more of a setup man than a scorer, but that's ok, as JEE is a shoot first player, and Boldy can do both. When zuccarello and Kap were playing together they had great chemistry, but sometimes it seemed they would rather pass the puck to each other than pass it to the other team's net.

 

[Kshahdoo]

2+1 so far vs Seattle.

 

[ViD]

The Wild might just make it

 

[ThatGuy22]

The Wild might just make it

They have a bunch of games vs Nashville and ST Louis left...

But those are the two teams they seem to struggle with most.

 

[State of Hockey]

It's because he's good on the PP. To illustrate how his game has changed over the past couple years - and not for the better - is that his even strength production keeps declining. Compared to most other top scorers this year, he's heavily reliant on the high amount of PP opportunities he gets. A more pedestrian PP usage puts him more around a point per game. Obviously very good, but not in the conversation for stardom. I don't like the trend he is on for this career.

 

[BelovedIsles]

Jeez, I’m sorry to read that KK has lost a step due to an injury. He’s such an electrifying player, to lose his mobility hurts the league.

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

It's because he's good on the PP. To illustrate how his game has changed over the past couple years - and not for the better - is that his even strength production keeps declining. Compared to most other top scorers this year, he's heavily reliant on the high amount of PP opportunities he gets. A more pedestrian PP usage puts him more around a point per game. Obviously very good, but not in the conversation for stardom. I don't like the trend he is on for this career.

Meh. Ask any fan how frustrating it is when their power play sucks.

 

[16thOverallSaveUs]

I think he’s looked healthier skating wise the last month or so fwiw

 

[ThatGuy22]

I think he’s looked healthier skating wise the last month or so fwiw

I agree. He hasn't done the skate around the zone 2 or 3 times on the tomahawk edges, like he did a number of times his first 2 seasons.

But that's likely because D are adjusted to him and they game plan for it and he has better linemates.

He didn't do that much last year either.

 

[Nathaniel Skywalker]

98 points is nothing these days for a superstar in his prime

 

[Kshahdoo]

98 points is nothing these days for a superstar in his prime

Oh well, he's at 98 point pace with all his games played, but if we take his last 20 or so games he's on pace for about 115 points, and it's pretty superstar.