About that observation from David Quinn following Friday night’s 5-2 defeat to the Capitals in Washington in which the coach said that Kaapo Kakko would have to adjust his game:
“He’s 18 years old. Twenty-year-old’s go through it,” the coach said before Sunday’s 3-2 defeat to the Canucks at the Garden. “The only way guys measure themselves is by points. One of the things every 18-year-old has to do, and he’s no different, is to understand that he has responsibility in all three zones and, you know, scoring goals [are no more] important as preventing them.