Kaapo Kakko — an 18-year-old who played an absurd amount of hockey in his pre-draft and draft year before joining the New York Rangers, had to adjust to living in a new country away from his family, and adjust to the rigors of an NHL schedule while being a type-1 diabetic with celiac disease — had one of the worst regular season performances in recent history in his rookie season.
We ran our GAR model last night and Kaapo Kakko ended up as the worst player in the NHL so far this season.