With a hat trick in the second game of the World Championships, projected second overall pick Kaapo Kakko now has five goals in three games for Finland. When the Rangers moved up to second overall via the draft lottery a few weeks ago, many expected that American center Jack Hughes would be the first overall pick to the rivals across the Hudson, and the Rangers would end up with the Finnish winger, Kakko.
Hughes has been the consensus number one overall projected pick for nearly three years now, even though some do think Kakko is deserving of that honor.