It's Year 3 for Jack Hughes in the NHL, and his improvement will continue with Dougie Hamilton helping to create offense on the back end. Greg Wyshynski, senior NHL reporter: Yegor Sharangovich, New Jersey Devils. If the first line assignment holds for Kakko into the regular season, he is being put in a terrific position to produce and have his breakout moment, with one of the most exciting players in the league baking bread beside him. Of course, people will point to 2020 #1 overall pick Alexis Lafreniere as the one to pick as a "breakout" player for the Rangers this season, but to me both players having a great season (as well as solid goaltending from Igor Shesterkin) will significantly propel the Rangers postseason hopes. Kakko has seen some time with Artemi Panarin and Ryan Strome on the top line this preseason. With Pavel Buchnevich gone, the opportunity is there for a player to step up.
After being drafted #2 overall in 2019, Kakko hasn't produced what Rangers fans would have hoped thus far, but last season saw a marked improvement in the defensive portion of Kakko's game. Regardless of the role given to the 38-year-old Mark Giordano with the Kraken, there is opportunity for a lot more scoring from Dunn this season.Īrda Öcal, NHL on ESPN host: Kaapo Kakko, RW, New York Rangers. You can do the same exercise with his shot total and get the same general result. Dunn averaged a lowly 17:27, easily the lowest among all the league leaders. But what's more impressive: the 20 others players all either tied with or better than Dunn's total have skated an average of between 21 and 25 minutes per game in that time. Louis Blues are more than Drew Doughty, John Klingberg or Seth Jones scored in that time. If you look at goal scoring by defensemen during the past three NHL seasons, Dunn appears at a surprising 19th. Sean Allen, fantasy analyst: Vince Dunn, D, Seattle Kraken. In sync with that upward trend, the 25-year-old will take his next productive step this year. After averaging 0.38 points/game his rookie season, and 0.57 his sophomore stretch, Garland netted 0.79 this past campaign. Minutes on the Canucks' top power play will only help.
Following his escape from the desert, the fourth-year forward is going to erupt alongside either center Elias Pettersson or Bo Horvat in Vancouver. Victoria Matiash, fantasy analyst: Conor Garland, F, Vancouver Canucks. Which player are you expecting to have a breakout season? Additionally for ESPN+ members, join an exclusive league, and be entered for your chance to win prizes. There's still plenty of time to gather your friends, or to join one of our public leagues, and draft today. 12, we reached out to our experts here at ESPN Fantasy Hockey and the NHL on ESPN to get their takes on who are the breakout players they have their eyes on and which rookies will make the biggest fantasy impact. With the 2021-22 NHL regular season set to drop the puck on Oct.
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