Injury Report Kaapo Kakko Out with UBI; Considered "Weak, Too Weak"

[Phil]

 

[siddious]

Both have contracted “not living up to

the Hype”

[Ozzy]

What a fucking pansy!  They mentioned the other night that he just skated the day of the AZ game!

[Valriera]

This should hopefully be good for him to work on the mental part of his game which is what is missing. 
 

Or not, if he doesn’t care about sucking 

[josh]

Just now, Valriera said:

This should hopefully be good for him to work on the mental part of his game which is what is missing. 
 

Or not, if he doesn’t care about sucking 

not if he's out with a concussion.

[LindG1000]

This is shady as hell. 

 

First, he's just playing poorly. Then, he gets benched. Then, he gets mysteriously scratched over a "thing he's been dealing with for a while now". Now, he's "week to week"?

 

This feels like a coverup for something.

[Ozzy]

4 minutes ago, G1000 said:

This is shady as hell. 

 

First, he's just playing poorly. Then, he gets benched. Then, he gets mysteriously scratched over a "thing he's been dealing with for a while now". Now, he's "week to week"?

 

This feels like a coverup for something.

 

I ain't buyin' this line of shit either, G Man.  Something's cookin', and it ain't "The Rock"! 

[LindG1000]

2 minutes ago, Ozzy said:

 

I ain't buyin' this line of shit either, G Man.  Something's cookin', and it ain't "The Rock"! 

 

This smells worse than Finnish dinner. And, man, herring is some stinky ass shit, right @Jules?

[RJWantsTheCup]

He’s playing in the Olympics under an alias. 

[LindG1000]

13 minutes ago, RJWantsTheCup said:

He’s playing in the Olympics under an alias. 

man this Opaak Okkak for Finland is really cleaning house against these nobodies.

[josh]

22 minutes ago, G1000 said:

This is shady as hell. 

 

First, he's just playing poorly. Then, he gets benched. Then, he gets mysteriously scratched over a "thing he's been dealing with for a while now". Now, he's "week to week"?

 

This feels like a coverup for something.

 

He took a hard hit right in front of the benches in one of the last few games. It look like it jarred him pretty well. Maybe it was the Toronto game? Not that he was playing well prior, but he really fell off after that hit, like no skating.

 

What's your guess?

[siddious]

Kakko for Kessel 

[Phil]

Just now, siddious said:

Kakko for Kessel 

Gross.

[Karan]

53 minutes ago, Ozzy said:

What a fucking pansy!  They mentioned the other night that he just skated the day of the AZ game!

 

Savage Ozzy! Wasn't that you just a couple nights ago saying you were taking your boy Kakko under your wing!? 

[siddious]

Just now, Phil said:

Gross.

I dunno celiac disease for competitive hot dog eating contestant seems like a sweet deal to me 

[Ozzy]

1 minute ago, Karan said:

 

Savage Ozzy! Wasn't that you just a couple nights ago saying you were taking your boy Kakko under your wing!? 

 

Yeah!  Then he quits on me?!?!?!?!   LOL

 

I still love the kid, but he needs to play.  I don't buy this injury thing, and why is he skating on Saturday before the game if he's "injured"....especially if it's a concussion kind of thing.  I think @G1000 is right, something's up....I guess we'll find out soon!

[BlairBettsBlocksEverything]

32 minutes ago, G1000 said:

This is shady as hell. 

 

First, he's just playing poorly. Then, he gets benched. Then, he gets mysteriously scratched over a "thing he's been dealing with for a while now". Now, he's "week to week"?

 

This feels like a coverup for something.

He also has actual health problems with diabetes and celiac disease. who knows if there is just something lingering that needs to be addressed.

 

Unless there is some insanely huge return coming back, I have a hard time believe the team would let him go. The ceiling is way too high for him and Laf as well, for them to really be looking to move them.

[LindG1000]

17 minutes ago, josh said:

 

He took a hard hit right in front of the benches in one of the last few games. It look like it jarred him pretty well. Maybe it was the Toronto game? Not that he was playing well prior, but he really fell off after that hit, like no skating.

 

What's your guess?

 

Might have missed that hit, but the whole line of things is just...weird.

 

 

[Pete]

Keeping him healthy for a trade?

[BlairBettsBlocksEverything]

I could definitely see a lot of teams looking to make their 'deadline' moves before the winter/olympic time break. Giving guys time to get acclimated and settled in with a new team and such, so, in a general sense, I could see guys getting sat in anticipation of moves.

 

With that said, I have a hard time believing they are really looking to move him.  And if they are, designating him as 'week to week' only hurts his value. Much more likely that there's just been some lingering things and they are giving him some extra rest. 

[Karan]

19 minutes ago, Pete said:

Keeping him healthy for a trade?

 

If it's not a health issue that's bothering him or a niggling injury, then this was my first thought as well. 

[LindG1000]

 

[Scott]

I doubt it's a huge conspiracy probably has a bruise and more importantly they too realize he stinks and there's nothing to lose by having him sit in the pressbox and learn from above. Rolling him out there and expecting different results hasn't worked over a long period of time so they decided it was time to try something different. The bruise will heal and he'll be back doing the same lack of production shit in a week or two.  Technically I'm sure he has an injury.

 

I don't see them moving him primarily because he's cheap now and most likely for the next few years. The expectations and his role will diminish as the years roll on.

Edited January 24, 2022 by jsrangers

[Albatrosss]

Hopefully Drury will slip Reevo few hundred bucks to smack Kakko into an NHL hockey player.  

[BlairBettsBlocksEverything]

Certainly hope there's no move in the works for him

I also wish the Rangers made a good effort to bring in another finnish player to help him along. Jagr struggled (relatively) early in his career but being linked up with Marty Straka was pivotal for him.