It’s been impossible for Kaapo Kakko to escape the limelight.

Though it comes with the territory of being selected as the No. 2 overall pick in the NHL draft and playing for a team in New York, Kakko was seemingly deafened by the noise at the start of the season. For an 18-year-old in a foreign country with the expectations of one of the most unforgiving cities weighing on his shoulders, an adjustment period was needed.

Luckily for the Rangers, the coaching staff is beginning to figure out what approach is most effective with the young Finn and how to bring the best out of him.

“About 2 ¹/₂ weeks ago, I told him I wasn’t going to talk to him anymore,” coach David Quinn said following practice Wednesday. “I’m not joking when I say that. I literally felt that as a staff we really wanted him to be good so fast and all of us were spending a lot of time with him. You could just see it in his face. Finally, I told our whole staff [to lay off of him]. I said to him, ‘The only thing I’m going to say to you is hello.’

“The one thing I will say [to Kakko], I’ll talk about effort and being physical, those are the only two things we’ll talk about. I said, ‘But we’ve got to let you play.’ I think that might’ve helped him a little bit, but I also think adapting to the NHL is hard for any 18-year-old. Sometimes the best coaching is no coaching and I think this is an example.”

Quinn wouldn’t say if that was a direct cause of Kakko’s recent success, but it’s hard to ignore the difference it’s made. At first, the second-year coach experimented with Kakko on the top two lines. But after posting just three points and a collective minus-12 rating through the season’s first 10 games, Kakko was demoted — something that probably seemed more detrimental to him in his first NHL season.

Quinn also said the coaching staff has been “kicking around” the idea of moving Kakko back into the top-6, admitting he almost made the switch in the middle of the second period against the Penguins Tuesday. But Quinn is hesitant because of the subsequent moves he would have to make to the rest of the lines.

Kakko opened up to a reporter from Finland following a five-game losing streak last month, saying, “Hockey isn’t very much fun for me right now.” He expressed how he wasn’t thrilled with the way he had been playing and noted his frustrations with the amount of ice time he’d received.

The Rangers were clearly at a crossroads in navigating how to pull Kakko out of his shell, how to help him acclimate to a new country and a new team. They even shipped Finnish development coach Tuomo Ruutu out to their practice facility in Tarrytown to spend time with Kakko roughly two weeks ago, and the two spent five days working together.

But lately team personnel has taken a step back from Kakko, which has allowed him to find his own way. Maybe that was all that needed to happen, as the 6-foot-3 winger has collected five points in the past five games — including two multi-point performances.

“In the first maybe 10 games, I didn’t play so good, but now I’m getting better the last five games,” Kakko told The Post. “Of course, I’m a forward and want to score goals and I think so many fans and my team expects the goals [from me]. Of course, me, too. It feels better and I think I can score a couple more goals next game.”

Though Quinn’s decision to give Kakko some breathing room seemingly has paid off, the winger said he also has benefited from Quinn’s hands-on coaching style. Quinn makes a point to meet with each player one-on-one, and Kakko has enjoyed that approach, mentioning that it’s helped him better analyze his own game.

Kakko has now found a comfortable home on the third line with Brett Howden and Brendan Lemieux. He’s repeatedly expressed that his comfort level has exponentially increased in recent weeks, and Quinn has noticed, saying Kakko has a sort of “swagger” about him now that he didn’t have at the start of the season.

“It’s because of the way he’s approaching the game and the things that he’s been doing away from the puck that has put him in a situation to be productive offensively,” Quinn said. “Those are the things that we’re going to continue to harp on. The great thing for all of us is that he’s eager to do it and willing to do it.”