Modifié 17 mars 2022 à 20 h 34
Quoting: Hii
Even then Marino is not really needed as we have Thompson and JBD comming up, that deal is terrible for Ottawa, also why would the Pens trade Marino?
Quoting: Claesson4Norris
A 5th doesn't clear the difference imo. Connor Brown is a much better player.
Kasperi Kapanen is not a player I would target at all for Ottawa.
As a separate point, I would be interested in John Marino if he's available.
Kappy’s younger, cheaper(his QO this offseason is 875K but has arbitration rights, probably will get 2.25M-3M per; he won’t get the 3.2M he’s getting now unless he picks it up and gets hot for acouple weeks).
Kappy super talented too. Undeniable on the ice. Fast as hell, great shot, good playmaker, good 200 foot player, good on PK, good on the PP, plays physical and “hits” more than enough(has 81 “hits” this season so far).
Is he in the doghouse and playing inconsistent.? Yes. But every shift he plays you still can’t miss him. Does he try and make too many behind the back passes and take stupid penalties that really bother Sully..? Yes.
But he’s still a .5 PPG player when playing poorly. That’s a good “floor”and a “floor” a lot of NHL wingers would kill for. Let him get hot for acouple weeks and he’s a 20 goal scorer again. And last season had 30 points in 40 games(.75PPG).
People think on capfriendly cause he’s in the doghouse; and was a healthy scratch one night. It makes him a bottom 6 or something.
Even though, the next night he was back on Carter line(3rd line) and still is. Sully just wanted to send a message and try to get him going. It’s not even an unusual thing to happen to young players. Doesn’t make him a bottom 6.
He was on the 2nd line all last season on a play-off team;30 points in 40 games(.75PPG). And just got moved to the 3rd line for E-Rod who’s having a great season and is gonna score 20 plus goals this yr.(17 goals so far). Kappy’s a mid-6 on a good, play-off team, at worst.