Name: Rasmus Kupari
Team: Karpat (Liiga)
Stats: 6 goals, 8 assists, 14 points
Position: Center
NHL Central Scouting Ranking: 11th (European Skaters)
Every draft, there are players that leave scouts and observers confused. Sometimes there are bad reasons for this, like Eeli Tolvanen — most likely because of his grades — and other times there are good reasons.
In Rasmus Kupari’s case, he played for one of the best teams in Finland in a man’s league, and thus didn’t get as much ice time (averaging 12 minutes a game) as he would have had in a lower league.