Sportsnet: Let’s hear your scouting reports on each other.

Kasperi Kapanen: I’ve known “Leiper” for a year and a half now. Right away you could see that he’s the clown of the team. He likes to joke around.

Brendan Leipsic: I like to keep it light.

KK I like playing with him, he’s small and he’s shifty and he gives me the puck, and I like to score, so it’s been fun. About his hair, he’s got the curls going on. Not the best look in the world but, you know, can’t do anything about it.

BL Thanks, “Kappy.” When he first got here, Kappy was really quiet, he liked sticking with his Euro friends. He’s come out of his shell a lot this year, his second year now with the Marlies, and he’s a lot more comfortable.

KK At first I didn’t want to be that guy who comes on the team and just starts…

BL Rubbing everyone the wrong way.

KK Yeah and shouting stuff and you’re like, ‘Who is this guy!?’

BL On the ice, obviously his speed’s the one thing that sticks out. He’s got a good shot. He’s a shifty guy. One of the things I like about him is we play cards a lot on the bus, and if something doesn’t go Kappy’s way, he starts shouting all sorts of things in Finnish

Like what?

KK Oh, it’s not for print.

BL Wakes up the whole bus at all hours on road trips, at three in the morning.