As the 2024-2025 NHL regular season inches closer, it appears Kaapo Kakko’s fate with the Rangers is clear.
The winger who was signed to a one-year, $2.4 Million dollar deal, who was shopped during the beginning of the offseason, won’t be traded.
The market for the winger has appeared to have gone cold and will remain on the Rangers roster.
«The deal with Kakko now, after five pro seasons and 300 NHL games, is that he’s not a player other teams are coveting,» The Athletic’s Arthur Staple wrote. «Teams surely want him, and I’d guess Drury has received offers but nothing good – he’s a buy-low player now.»
The 23-year-old was coming off a lackluster 2023-2024 season, scoring 19 points( 6 G, 13 A) in 61 games with the Rangers.
It could prove to be wise for GM Chris Drury to see if Kakko can rebound next season and find his game again, despite a regression last season.
It wouldn’t be worth it for the Rangers to give up a former 1st round pick for a bag of pucks, and Kakko will now have another chance to prove himself in 2024-2025.
It’d be different if the Rangers couldn’t fit Kakko into the lineup, but he has a role in the bottom six and will play a defensive role with the team, as a two-way forward.
This could be Kakko’s last year in New York, should things go south.
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