With the 2025 NHL draft in the rear view, scouts' eyes will now turn to a new class of prospects highlighted by Gavin McKenna ...

There are precious few guarantees in the world of sports. But we can very nearly guarantee that the forward corps of the Vancouver Canucks are going to look different in a couple weeks’ time.

Grouping every player on the Blueshirts' roster based on their likelihood of being traded – from the untouchables to those ...

Rangers coach Gerard Gallant had yet to move Kakko down in the lineup, which represented a different approach than he'd taken with 2020 No. 1 overall pick Alexis Lafrenière.

Lafreniere, since the Rangers traded Kakko, is generating about 1.4 additional high-danger chances per hour than he was before the trade. The goals, however, have not come.

New York Rangers right wing Kaapo Kakko (24) is congratulated by Alexis Lafrenière (13) after the third period of an NHL hockey game against the Montreal Canadiens Saturday, Nov. 30, 2024, in New ...

At the time Lafrenière inked a two-year, $2.325 AAV extension with the Rangers last summer, he was playing third-line minutes on New York's "kid line" alongside Kaapo Kakko and Filip Chytil.

Neither Kaapo Kakko, taken second overall in 2019, nor Alexis Lafreniere, the following year’s top pick, were immediate stars for the Rangers ...

Here's what we've learned about the crop of New York Rangers' prospects who are participating in rookie camp this week.

Or else! "Kakko's got to know that this season will define his NHL career," Hoffman concludes. "He has to show he can be productive and worth getting the playing time."Yeah, like Lafreniere.

Alexis Lafreniere and Kaapo Kakko underwent the same initial struggles upon reaching the NHL and dealt with the same lack of opportunity in the top six. They were together on the Kid Line two ...