Forward Kaapo Kakko signed a three-year contract with the Seattle Kraken on Tuesday with an average annual value of $4.525 ...

Kaapo Kakko signed a three-year, $13.575 million contract with the Seattle Kraken on Tuesday. It has an average annual value ...

The Seattle Kraken are still trying to develop their squad by adding players who fit into their long-term plans.

Former New York Rangers forward Kaapo Kakko has signed a three-year, $14.25 million contract extension with the Seattle ...

The Seattle Kraken liked what they saw in the 49 games that right winger Kaapo Kakko played for them last season.

The Seattle Kraken have brought back Kaapo Kakko on a three-year contract, in a deal that grades well for all parties ...

Kakko was selected with the No. 2 overall pick in the 2019 NHL Draft by the New York Rangers, but he never broke out to become the superstar executives thought he would become. During his Rangers ...

Kaapo Kakko #24 and Filip Chytil #72 celebrate after Will Cuylle #50 scores a goal. Corey Sipkin for the NY POST As a line, they’ve combined for 28 shots. Puck luck has just not been on their side.

Kakko said he's looking forward to getting started with the Kraken, seeing the trade to Seattle as a second chapter for his NHL career. In 330 NHL games, he has 61 goals and 70 assists (131 points).

Kakko signed a no-fuss, no-muss, one-year deal for his qualifier at $2.4 million. The Rangers made it clear that he was not an untouchable, but GM Chris Drury refused to sell low on the Finn.

Kakko knows he has to be a part of it to stay a part of it. That's the prove-it part; prove that he can do it consistently, prove that there is, as Laviolette said, more there.

Kakko did little to earn extra minutes last season, when he averaged a career-worst 0.31 points per game, but he got off to a much better start this fall.