Questions for NYR fans

eye test for each major prospect.
Laf: He has arrived and is ready to be the top line leader. last 4 games on top line have been amazing. holding puck, making plays, getting into the dirty area and scoring.
kakko: before injury, he was impossible to get off the puck. he could dangle and got unlucky with a few close goals and assists. he needs consistency like laf got and he will thrive again.
miller: top 4 dman and could be 1st pair in a year or 2. amazing player with some mistakes.
schneider: hes what we want from trouba. hes a potential top 4 or even top 2 defenseman and could just make our defense only better.
Nils: He is nhl ready. he needs a good partner not named nemeth. he can skate and create plays while being decent to good on defense.
jones: fox-esque. he could be amazing he just needs to play.
Kravtsov: i watch all the russian games. he can play and his only problem is with drury. he has value to any team and he will be a top 6 winger

Everyone expects a guy taken in the top 3 to become Mcdavid or Matthews, but that is not a common thing for most prospects. I consider both to moving along fine. Laf is showing sign that he has arrived playing on the 1st line of late. Kakko is currently injured, however when healthy he plays strong on the wall, the points will come ideally I see him as a perfect compliment to panarin, and before he got hurt they were playing together a bit.

The lack of points could be for a variety of reasons. Usage for one- Kakko and Laf have not really seen a great amount of top 6 minutes or PP1 time. The PP time though is hard to argue when the Rangers powerplay is clicking like it is as a top 5 unit. And the fact that both are still very young and this is truly their first full real NHL season. A positive sign for Laf is that he scores at 5v5 and has been improving this year looking like he is coming into his own.

The easy and lazy thing to do is to call them busts. To say that either are on the same level as Matthews or McDavid is delusional as well. I think they are both high quality young forwards that will be top 6 players for a their careers. Laf to this point has "shown" more in terms of recent success, but I really like Kakko's game personally.

I am more of a glass half full fan when it comes to both of them. There are quite a few Ranger fans that can be impatient and fatalistic when it comes to prospects. With these two I want to see where they are at by age 23. Give them until then to be comfortable and fully grown. Though this current team is in desperate need of depth at forward, and I will be curious to see what happens at the deadline. I would stay away from moving Laf or Kakko by any means necessary, and trade draft picks and other prospects to acquire the necessary firepower. Hope my ramblings helped.

barron. Future defensive middle 6 center whos amazing at faceoffs and smart responsible player

Also, Kakko and laf get no PP time which they thrive with so if they get more, they produce more

I completely agree with the takes already posted. Laf has been great for the past month, and Kakko has taken steps defensively and with possession. They were not used properly to start their careers with poor linemates and basically no PP time, which is why the point totals are distorted. We also have more prospects (Othmann, Berard) and great young defenseman (Nils, Jones, Schneider). All the D prospects are NHLers already. Let's say Nils was on the Devils, he'd be playing 20 minutes a game. Same with Laf/Kakko.