Nyora kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Kunyangwe akaverengerwa seye 10th, 13th uye 18th-yakanakisa tarisiro yezvose zvikwata zveNHL, Kapanen akazosarudzwa 22nd yakazara nePittsburgh Penguins, gore rechipiri rakateedzana Pittsburgh yakasarudza Finn mumutambo wekutanga weNHL Entry Draft, mushure meOlli Määttä muna 2012. Jim Rutherford, maneja mukuru wePenguins panguva iyoyo, akanga adonhedzerawo baba vaKasperi paakanga ari maneja mukuru weHartford Whalers muna 1995
. Musi wa11 Chikunguru 2014, Kapanen akasaina kondirakiti yemakore matatu, yekupinda-chikamu nePenguins.