The past two weeks seem like a dream for New York Rangers fans. Just 10 days after drafting a future franchise player in Kaapo Kakko, they signed elite winger Artemi Panarin to a seven-year, $11.6 million contract.
Up until signing the Breadman on July 1, it was tough for Ranger fans to talk about anything but Kakko. Who could blame them?
Kakko, the second highest ranked prospect of the draft, has great hands and a scoring touch with great size to go with it. He is also coming off an incredible performance at the IIHF World Championships and set an SM-Liiga record for goals scored by a player under 18 with 22.