The Rangers have signed second overall pick Kaapo Kakko to an entry-level deal, the team announced Thursday.
Kakko scored 22 goals in 45 games this season for TPS, a Finnish league record for draft-eligible players. He was the top-rated European skater in the NHL’s Central Scouting list of prospects and was tabbed as the second-best player available, behind Jack Hughes, who had 112 points in 50 games for the U.S. National Team Development Program.
But Kakko made people take notice when he scored the winning goal for Finland in the gold-medal game at the World Juniors — against a U.