When it comes to Kasperi Kapanen, former Toronto Marlies video coach Justin Bourne, now with Sportsnet, has a lot of unique insight on the growth and transformation of a young player.
“He was probably the most interesting personality and player that I was around in my two years in the [Toronto Marlies] organization,” Bourne told the Pensburgh podcast. “He had the most asked of him, of any of the young players.”
Bourne would go onto tell the podcast about the changes that Kapanen needed to make with his game. Kapanen, Pittsburgh’s first round pick in 2014, was then 19-years old when he joined Toronto in the summer of 2015 in the fateful trade that sent Phil Kessel to the Penguins.