When the Rangers drafted Kaapo Kakko in June, not a lot of fans realized, but it marked the 4th consecutive year the Blueshirts drafted a player from TPS. The team from Turku, Finland, has produced some great players in recent years and with one of the Rangers scouts, Mikko Eloranta, having a history with the team, the connections were there.
Tarmo Reunanen was drafted in 2016 and the defenseman signed his entry level contract this year. The following years they picked Patrik Virta (2017) and Kaapo Kakko (2019) with Lauri Pajuniemi in 2018. Add Alexandar Georgiev to that list who came over from TPS as an undrafted free agent and the link between the 2 teams is clear.