4 goals and 7 points on 18 shots on goal in the last 5 games including an OT winner. Seems to be finding his groove.
Prospect Info: Kirill Kaprizov II: (LW) - CSKA Moscow - 135th Overall, 2015
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1980's beer commercial in America , you find the party. in Russia , the party finds YOU! hey great to see hemi is back on track.
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i might be his biggest fan and i never said he was going to tear up the nhl the second he gets here. he'll probably need a year or 2 to adjust. year 3 i will have very high expectations.
Well you could look at Tolvanen who came over with very high expectations and has struggled. But his highlights were ones you never see in the NHL. He played a slow game, used a lot of open ice and picked his shots. Not things that translate well to the smaller, faster ice. Kaprizov's highlights involve a lot of one timers, quick plays and finding space closer in to the net. Plus he'll be 22-23 when he does come over. My expectation is around 60+ points in his first full season, but 50-70 wouldn't surprise me.
I'm not a fan of Russian players in general, but Kaprizov is one of the exceptions... And not only an exception, He seems to have a brilliant personality that could light up this team. Sometimes it's not just about the points a player scores.
Well it all depends how good you think he is. Tarasenko came over in the middle of his 21 year old season, played 38 games and scored 18 points. His 22 year old season, first full in the NHL, he scored 43 points in 64 games. Then he scored 37 goals next season.
Kaprizov turns 22 at the end of this season and looks like he's coming over about one year after that, making him almost 23 years old at that point. So he'll be 23 in his first full NHL season in 20-21. That's when Tarasenko was already at his best. If you think he's going to be a gamebreaker like that, you should expect him to start producing pretty quickly.
It would help a lot if you had a stud like Barkov you could plant him with (if you look at someone like Dadonov). Not just in terms of play, but language too which is probably going to be an issue.
Kaprizov turns 22 at the end of this season and looks like he's coming over about one year after that, making him almost 23 years old at that point. So he'll be 23 in his first full NHL season in 20-21. That's when Tarasenko was already at his best. If you think he's going to be a gamebreaker like that, you should expect him to start producing pretty quickly.
It would help a lot if you had a stud like Barkov you could plant him with (if you look at someone like Dadonov). Not just in terms of play, but language too which is probably going to be an issue.
In terms of play, him and Granlund could be magic together if he's really the goal scorer everyone thinks he could be... just find a big center to play between them.
Time will tell though if he can find the same success in the tighter confines of an NHL rink.
Time will tell though if he can find the same success in the tighter confines of an NHL rink.
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That either means they hold an extremely low opinion of the Wild or truly believe that KK is that good. I imagine it's a mix.
Why does this sound like a high school conversation of: he's likes you, and he even "likes you" likes you?
I'll grab the low hanging fruit since no one else chose to. Barkov is not Russian, he's Finnish.
He's from a Russian family that lived in Finland and speaks Russian, thus the point was valid.
I did not know that. I stand corrected. The low hanging fruit tastes very bitter.
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