Kasperi Kapanen is probably one of the most confounding members of the Pittsburgh Penguins.
The Penguins paid a steep price to acquire him two years ago, sending a first-round pick, Filip Hallander, and Evan Rodrigues to Toronto (among others) to acquire him. Hilariously enough, the Penguins actually re-acquired two of the players that they sent to Toronto (Hallander and Rodrigues). But even with that, they still sent a first-round pick and took on a $3-plus million salary cap hit to acquire him.
The price — both in terms of assets and salary — naturally creates a high level of expectation.