There were a lot of eyes on Kasperi Kapanen coming into the 2020-21 season.
Some of this was the function of last year, where Kapanen scored 30 points in 40 games in his first shortened season as a Penguin. He was identified as a potential regression target after shooting 16.2% in 2020-21, after only shooting a more repeatable 10.2% in the Toronto portion of his career.
There was also the matter of circumstance, with the Penguins losing Jared McCann and Brandon Tanev from the forward group in the offseason and not having Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin available due to surgeries.