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New York Rangers signed Kaapo Kakko (2 Years / $2,100,000 AAV)

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Jul. 28, 2022 at 10:08 a.m.
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Kaapo Kakko has signed a new contract with the New York Rangers.
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SIGNED BY: Chris Drury
Length: 2 years
Value: $4,200,000
Expiry Status: RFA (Arb)
Cap % Tooltip: 2.55
Signing Team: Logo of the New York RangersNew York Rangers
Signing Date: Jul. 28, 2022
Source: CapFriendly

Kaapo Kakko signed a 2 year, $4,200,000 contract with the New York Rangers on Jul. 28, 2022. The contract has a cap hit of $2,100,000.

SEASONClauseCap HitTooltipAAV TooltipP. BonusesTooltipS. BonusesTooltipBase SalaryTooltipTotal SalaryTooltipMinors SalTooltip
2022-23$2,100,000$2,100,000$0$0$1,800,000$1,800,000$1,800,000
2023-24$2,100,000$2,100,000$0$0$2,400,000$2,400,000$2,400,000
TOTAL$4,200,000$4,200,000$0$0$4,200,000$4,200,000$4,200,000
Qualifying OfferTooltip: $2,400,000
Jul. 28, 2022 at 10:10 a.m.
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Jeuck75
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Jul. 28, 2022 at 10:12 a.m.
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bust
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Jul. 28, 2022 at 10:14 a.m.
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Paying for future production is better than paying for past production
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Jul. 28, 2022 at 10:15 a.m.
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yikes
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Jul. 28, 2022 at 10:15 a.m.
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Hell yeah, low cap for two years to give him some time to develop. I hope we dont just give up on him
I'm a happy Rangers fan today
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Jul. 28, 2022 at 10:15 a.m.
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Did you guys know he played against men⁉️⁉️
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Jul. 28, 2022 at 10:16 a.m.
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hope Kakko goes off and demands to be traded
Jul. 28, 2022 at 10:17 a.m.
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Good deal, makes one wonder if he’ll ever be anything special though
Jul. 28, 2022 at 10:18 a.m.
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Better than Hughes
Jul. 28, 2022 at 10:19 a.m.
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Jul. 28, 2022 at 10:22 a.m.
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This is the pure definition of a bridge contract, everybody's fine with that.
Jul. 28, 2022 at 10:25 a.m.
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Kakko is good. He's defensively strong and takes fewer penalties than expected. He's the type of player I would expect to call good with a bunch of pushback on this board. However, he was picked highly, so I guess people will hold out for another year or two, then realize his production isn't great, and start to hate him while I continue to believe he's a solid 2nd-line type player.
Jul. 28, 2022 at 10:39 a.m.
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Quoting: MelonVK
Kakko is good. He's defensively strong and takes fewer penalties than expected. He's the type of player I would expect to call good with a bunch of pushback on this board. However, he was picked highly, so I guess people will hold out for another year or two, then realize his production isn't great, and start to hate him while I continue to believe he's a solid 2nd-line type player.


He is very strong defensively for sure, but will he ever be a second line player if he can't get more than 50 points? Kakko reminds me of a Vatrano type player. Lets hope he can start scoring and end up better than Vatrano, I personally don't see why Kakko couldn't end up scoring 70 and being a solid defensive winger.
Jul. 28, 2022 at 10:47 a.m.
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bust


Still too soon to say. A lot of people don't enter the NHL until 21-23 so guys who enter early are somewhat unfairly compared.

But it is time to put up or shut up
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Jul. 28, 2022 at 11:18 a.m.
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I really hope they keep he kid line of Kaapo, alex and Filip. They at times were the most effective line in the postseason. With that said, next offseason is looking like a difficult one for the rangers with their limited cap, need to find a way to re-up K'andre
Jul. 28, 2022 at 11:21 a.m.
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Good prove yourself deal
Jul. 28, 2022 at 12:14 p.m.
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Can’t really complain about a prove it deal
Jul. 28, 2022 at 12:19 p.m.
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Still too soon to say. A lot of people don't enter the NHL until 21-23 so guys who enter early are somewhat unfairly compared.

But it is time to put up or shut up


completely expecting him to put up like 60 points next season or the season after and have like four different people reply to my post
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Jul. 28, 2022 at 12:21 p.m.
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Quoting: BuFfaLOFaN
He is very strong defensively for sure, but will he ever be a second line player if he can't get more than 50 points? Kakko reminds me of a Vatrano type player. Lets hope he can start scoring and end up better than Vatrano, I personally don't see why Kakko couldn't end up scoring 70 and being a solid defensive winger.

Would Lehkonen be a fair comparison? (Let's remember he wasn't an elite defender at the start of his career)
Jul. 28, 2022 at 12:50 p.m.
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completely expecting him to put up like 60 points next season or the season after and have like four different people reply to my post


Bahahaha
Jul. 28, 2022 at 1:02 p.m.
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Quoting: BuFfaLOFaN
He is very strong defensively for sure, but will he ever be a second line player if he can't get more than 50 points? Kakko reminds me of a Vatrano type player. Lets hope he can start scoring and end up better than Vatrano, I personally don't see why Kakko couldn't end up scoring 70 and being a solid defensive winger.


If you play on the 2nd line vs top competition, you don't have to score more than 50 points as long as your opponents score 45 points or w/e
Jul. 28, 2022 at 1:13 p.m.
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Playing against men: $4 million
Playing against boys: $64 million
Jul. 28, 2022 at 1:19 p.m.
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Better than Hughes


Quiet, Ranger fan.
Jul. 28, 2022 at 1:42 p.m.
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Great deal for the Rangers. He certainly has the potential to be 1/4 as good as Hughes.
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