One goal in his first six NHL games, a four-game losing streak, an average of 15:21 ice time, a four-game losing streak and linemates who haven’t lit the world on fire have combined to pour cold water on the start of rookie Kaapo Kakko’s first NHL season, the 18-year-old told a New York-based Finnish reporter.
“Hockey isn’t very much fun for me right now,’’ Kakko said, per a translation by the blog 4Ever Blueshirts, to writer Pasi Tuominen of Eastside Media. “Things haven’t been working out, and sometimes I feel like I could be on the ice a bit more.