Filip Chytil at Rangers training camp on July 14, 2020. Credit: Nick Homler/NY Rangers/Nick Homler
GREENBURGH, N.Y. – Kaapo Kakko has played well at Rangers Training Camp 2.0 this summer. Although he impressed this past weekend when he filled in for Pavel Buchnevich on the first line, coach David Quinn immediately put the 19-year-old Kakko back on the third line Tuesday when Buchnevich returned to practice.
Buchnevich had played too well before the NHL paused on March 12 to lose his spot because he missed one scrimmage, Quinn said. But the coach also explained why having Kakko on the third line makes sense.