Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'agbanyeghi na e debere ya dị ka 10th, 13th- na 18th-kacha mma n'ozuzu atụmanya site na ọtụtụ ndị otu NHL, Kapanen mechara họrọ 22nd n'ozuzu site na Pittsburgh Penguins, afọ nke abụọ na-aga n'ihu Pittsburgh ahọrọla Finn na agba nke mbụ nke NHL Entry Draft, mgbe Olli Määttä na 2012. Jim Rutherford, onye isi njikwa ndị Penguins n'oge ahụ, kpọpụtakwara nna Kasperi mgbe ọ bụ onye isi njikwa ndị Hartford Whalers na
Ọ bụ n'afọ 1995. Na 11 Julaị 2014, Kapanen bịanyere aka na afọ atọ, nkwekọrịta ntinye na Penguins.