Thank you for the analysis on Kakko. This is exactly what I also been talking about, for quite some time. What ever the point totals is he is putting up. Every time he is on the ice, he is a + player to his line/team. And in this league that is a lot! One thing I still have to disagree on. At this level a 22 year old rarely has passed up his best developmental years. I actually think he is in the middle of them. Although the league has gotten younger, outside the "star" status players, most players come to their prime at around 25.ish. I think at that point we will really see what (for example) Kakko will be as a player. And also think that with a right fit Kakko could easily be a 60-80 point player in this league. In the Rangers I think that the right fit would have been the old Kid line with giving more ice time and more PP also.
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Thank you for the analysis on Kakko. This is exactly what I also been talking about, for quite some time. What ever the point totals is he is putting up. Every time he is on the ice, he is a + player to his line/team. And in this league that is a lot! One thing I still have to disagree on. At this level a 22 year old rarely has passed up his best developmental years. I actually think he is in the middle of them. Although the league has gotten younger, outside the "star" status players, most players come to their prime at around 25.ish. I think at that point we will really see what (for example) Kakko will be as a player. And also think that with a right fit Kakko could easily be a 60-80 point player in this league. In the Rangers I think that the right fit would have been the old Kid line with giving more ice time and more PP also.