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Forum: Armchair-GMMar. 25 at 4:55 p.m.
Thread: Can the Bolts check Stammer and work around the cap
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Logicalicesports</b></div><div>When would you be ready to call a player a bust?

Yakapov's Numbers through 4 seasons:

2012–13 Edmonton Oilers NHL 48 17 14 31
2013–14 Edmonton Oilers NHL 63 11 13 24
2014–15 Edmonton Oilers NHL 81 14 19 33
2015–16 Edmonton Oilers NHL 60 8 15 23

Total Points through 4 seasons: 111

Compared to Kakkos:
2019–20 New York Rangers NHL 66 10 13 23
2020–21 New York Rangers NHL 48 9 8 17
2021–22 New York Rangers NHL 43 7 11 18
2022–23 New York Rangers NHL 82 18 22 40

Total Points through 4 seasons: 98

Edit: Lets not forget to mention he has 14 points this year... on pace for his worst season yet</div></div>

This kind of stat watching is part of what makes it so difficult to have a real conversation about Kakko’s contribution at the NHL level. You are comparing him to Yakupov on point production alone when Kakko’s freshman and sophomore seasons were cut short due to Covid, on top of that Yakupov had zero positional awareness and was always chasing the play, whereas Kakko has established himself as being very defensively responsible.

Yakupov’s rookie season was cut short due to the lockout, but he was able to remain conditioned by playing in the KHL.
Forum: Armchair-GMMar. 22 at 4:19 p.m.
Thread: Hawks should take a gamble on Kaapo
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>ChiHawk</b></div><div>Why are you getting aggressive, do you find I personally insulted you? Do you really think you know better by challenging what other's are saying on this post without providing historical basis or backing logic yourself to support your OPINION? Try looking in a mirror before responding to people's opinions aggressively.

Let's spell out the obvious...

From a offensive production standpoint...
He's a .38ppg career player after 5 seasons after 1 okay season last year boosting his offensive production to .48ppg
This season he's down to a .28ppg player, which is his worst offensive production in 5 seasons.
The arrow is trending the wrong way offensively. Beyond not finding a way to product offensively, another issue is his skating isn't the best at the pro level.

Defensively he's pretty good, not great, but pretty good which is his best quality in the NHL.

All signs point to him being a bottom 6 player, after 5 seasons, on a playoff team. Those types of players at most garner late 1sts and usually 2nds and 3rds. However, given his age and draft spot, there's a little left to predraft qualities that can boost him potentially to getting a late 1st...potentially.

So no, it's not a made-up valuation; take it down a notch guy.</div></div>

Lmao if you consider my one sentence response refuting your claim aggressive then idk what to tell you. There’s an ignore function you are free to use.
Forum: Armchair-GMMar. 22 at 3:58 p.m.
Thread: Hawks should take a gamble on Kaapo
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>ChiHawk</b></div><div>There's not 1 player on the Hawks roster outside of Bedard that would be in the Rangers top 6, let alone top 9. The point is, a rebuilding team has the flexibility to take a flyer and not loose much if they can't extract more value from Kaapo and if not, they overpaid slightly. The Rangers on the other hand need help now and a 1st round pick gives them an asset to help them get help now that arguably is better than they would get for KK. At this point, he's probably worth a 2nd, so Hawks slightly overpay and Rangers get that asset to make a play for someone else.

Trades don't always happen in vacuums.</div></div>

What do you base Kakko being worth a 2nd on? If the Rangers wanted to make a move to improve the team, why wouldn’t they just trade Kakko for an NHL player instead of making a trade that would necessitate another move?
Forum: Armchair-GMMar. 20 at 12:38 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMMar. 20 at 7:07 a.m.
Thread: Sens Fans
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Andy_Dick</b></div><div>Norris had surgery on the same shoulder as last time, his value isnt much of anything until he can pull through a whole season with productivity. There's legitimate concern there.



What is Kakko's value?
I dont know too many fanbases that want anything to do with him. Doesnt have the pace. This price of a 1st and top4 RHD prospect seems more in line with what it will cost to get a Lundell out of Florida if they can sign guys like Montour/Reinhart, Lundell is a productive center and can play a 200 foot game.
One dimensional guys like Holtz/Kakko if traded will be done at their lowest value, you'd think.</div></div>

Barron was acquired by Montreal as a top-4 RHD prospect, but he has not developed to be one and is closer to being lost on waivers than making the Habs in a top-4 role.