Major Turnaround on waivers: Kent Hughes and the Canadiens have the opportunity to acquire forward Kasperi Kapanen for free
We just learned that Penguins forward Kasperi Kapanen has been placed on waivers!
The talented Kasperi Kapanen will be available for free! Wow!
We don't mean this in a bad way, but Kapanen has a lot more potential than Chris Tierney, not to mention that his cousin, Oliver, is a Montreal Canadiens prospect.
This is a great opportunity for Kent Hughes to get his hands on a good player, with solid potential, and still relatively young.
Kapanen, 26, drafted 22nd overall in 2014 (first round) has interesting production:
- 20 points in 43 games this season
- 32 points in 79 games in 2021-22
- 30 points in 40 games in 2020-21
- 36 points in 69 games in 2019-20
- 44 points in 78 games in 2018-19
He has 70 goals in 364 career games and his greatest strength is definitely his skating stroke.
He's possibly the best player to get waived in a long time.
In August 2020, the Penguins paid a lot of money to acquire him:
- David Warsofsky
- Evan Rodrigues
- A former 2nd round pick (Hallander)
- A first round pick in 2020.
And now he's available for free! He earns 3.2 million per season until 2024.
More details to follow.
| POLL | ||
Would you claim him? | ||
| Yes | 213 | 83.5 % |
| No | 42 | 16.5 % |
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