Finland’s Kaapo Kakko excited his Olympic chance has arrived after injury scare

Source: New York Post

MILAN — When Kaapo Kakko suffered his second injury of the NHL season in mid-November, the Finn had genuine concern it would interfere with his Olympic dreams.   “The first [injury] I got pretty early, and I knew I still had time,” said Kakko, who missed the first 10 games of the Kraken’s 2025-26 season due to a hand fracture before sustaining a lower-body injury later in the campaign. “But when the second one happened, I mean, I didn’t feel too good.