KASPERI KAPANEN - Right Winger - 23 - $3.20MM Cap Hit - RFA in 2022-2023
LAST UPDATED 8/22/19
Kasperi Kapanen had been a victim of the Leafs' incredible scoring depth in prior seasons, but this past season he finally got some real ice time with the departure of James Van Riemsdyk, and he made the most of it. Kapanen is a skilled winger with some good size and incredibly underrated defensive skill. He's a good shooter with a 20-30 goal range, and a smart and instinctual enough playmaker to help his linemates drive offensive play. He's one of the fastest skaters in the Atlantic, and he's also a very intelligent skater and knows how to find free pockets of ice to create time and space to make plays with the puck. He should grow into a 50-60 point scorer at his best, as long as he doesn't fall victim to Toronto's incredible wealth of scoring talent in the top-6. Defensively, Kapanen is pretty underrated. He has good size but he's not the most physical player. Instead, he uses his intelligence and defensive awareness to be in the right place at the right time in his own end. Kapanen can kill penalties really well, and be a foundational winger for a second penalty kill unit. Kapanen's defensive ability on the PK only further boosts his value, and his recent contract extension makes him an incredibly cost-efficient young winger. He's a second line scorer with penalty kill ability, costing only $3.2MM for the next few years. Great for the Leafs, bad for the rest of the Atlantic Division...
Kasperi Kapanen had been a victim of the Leafs' incredible scoring depth in prior seasons, but this past season he finally got some real ice time with the departure of James Van Riemsdyk, and he made the most of it. Kapanen is a skilled winger with some good size and incredibly underrated defensive skill. He's a good shooter with a 20-30 goal range, and a smart and instinctual enough playmaker to help his linemates drive offensive play. He's one of the fastest skaters in the Atlantic, and he's also a very intelligent skater and knows how to find free pockets of ice to create time and space to make plays with the puck. He should grow into a 50-60 point scorer at his best, as long as he doesn't fall victim to Toronto's incredible wealth of scoring talent in the top-6. Defensively, Kapanen is pretty underrated. He has good size but he's not the most physical player. Instead, he uses his intelligence and defensive awareness to be in the right place at the right time in his own end. Kapanen can kill penalties really well, and be a foundational winger for a second penalty kill unit. Kapanen's defensive ability on the PK only further boosts his value, and his recent contract extension makes him an incredibly cost-efficient young winger. He's a second line scorer with penalty kill ability, costing only $3.2MM for the next few years. Great for the Leafs, bad for the rest of the Atlantic Division...
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