Prospect Info: 100 OA - RW Alexander Rykov (Chelmet VHL)
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Nikishin Go Boom
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Alexander Rykov — 2023 NHL Draft Prospect Profile
For a first-year draft eligible prospect, Alexander Rykov possesses a polished two-way game for a player who doesn't turn 18 until July
thehockeywriters.com
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LastWordArmy
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A little info here
2023 NHL Draft Scouting Reports: Prospects 71-80
With the 2023 NHL Draft right around the corner, it's time to round out the top-80 prospects on LWOH's group big board!
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Looks like he was ranked 61 by Wheeler, continuing our tradition of often liking similar players to what he does.
Cardiac Jerks
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Agile and deceptive, Rykov can turn on a dime and contort his body to shift around opponents off the rush. He moves and passes with purpose; he draws defenders to him with lateral cuts and then drops the puck to teammates inside space. On top of his rush skills, he also possesses small-area abilities. He can shield the puck on the walls with a combination of edge and stickhandling work and slip the puck through defenders to teammates in the middle of the offensive zone before repositioning to support the next play. -EliteProspects 2023 NHL Draft Guide
Split time between 3 teams last year, only playing a total of 29 games.
Nikishin Go Boom
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polished defensive game, great forechecker. if he makes it, he is likely a 3rd liner. Not our typical pick as we go for an elite offensive trait but seems like a solid pick
Unsustainable
Seth Jarvis is Elite
Agile and deceptive, Rykov can turn on a dime and contort his body to shift around opponents off the rush. He moves and passes with purpose; he draws defenders to him with lateral cuts and then drops the puck to teammates inside space. On top of his rush skills, he also possesses small-area abilities. He can shield the puck on the walls with a combination of edge and stickhandling work and slip the puck through defenders to teammates in the middle of the offensive zone before repositioning to support the next play. -EliteProspects 2023 NHL Draft Guide
Split time between 3 teams last year, only playing a total of 29 games.
This is better than me trying to copy/paste. Thanks!
DaveG
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was ranked 28 by Hockeyprospect (Black Book). A bit of info there:
He is a finesse forward who can occasionally blend power forward elements into his game and when he’s aggressively attacking, and that’s the multi-dimensional offensive element that made him difficult to deal with.
Rykov will use beautiful angular dekes that are set up by an exaggerated postural fake before using an abrupt weight transfer and attacking aggressively on a different angle. He can manipulate the defense with his skating plays to a degree that few players can thanks to his athleticism, and he’s capable of driving both on his forehand and on his backhand.
He is a finesse forward who can occasionally blend power forward elements into his game and when he’s aggressively attacking, and that’s the multi-dimensional offensive element that made him difficult to deal with.
Rykov will use beautiful angular dekes that are set up by an exaggerated postural fake before using an abrupt weight transfer and attacking aggressively on a different angle. He can manipulate the defense with his skating plays to a degree that few players can thanks to his athleticism, and he’s capable of driving both on his forehand and on his backhand.
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MrazeksVengeance
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sheriff bart
Where are the white women at
Dundon found some old Zykov jersey name plates and ordered this pick so 80% of those letters could be reused
Cardiac Jerks
Asinine & immoral
Can probably cut the Z up and re-stitch it into the shape of an R.
Good thing, too, cause Dundon so cheap.
HisIceness
This is Hurricanes Hockey
I am intrigued by this draft choice. I am expecting him to become the next Nikita Kucherov.
If he doesn't well, you all know what will have to be done.
If he doesn't well, you all know what will have to be done.
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On a Hockey Prospect Radio segment on NHL Radio one guy said this was the best pick of the draft. Uber skilled but was injured in his draft year.. fwiw.
FlyingSquirrels
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Rykov and Perron are 2 of the '23 picks from the TDA trade. Plus Forsmark in '22. This trade tree might be epic considering all factors. And wait til we see how how high this '24 2nd might be.
Nikishin Go Boom
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starting out very strong on his VHL squad (the AHL esque Russian league).
2Gs and 4As in his first 4 games. He is only 18 years, 2 months as well.
His KHL squad isnt great so maybe he'll get a KHL shot in the later half of the season.
2Gs and 4As in his first 4 games. He is only 18 years, 2 months as well.
His KHL squad isnt great so maybe he'll get a KHL shot in the later half of the season.
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TheReelChuckFletcher
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I like these sort of Russia-stash picks. They don't take ELC slots, meaning that you can mass-draft them without any worries about a Wolves situation or getting contract-capped, and you just never know if you get a gem somewhere, especially with some teams being a bit fearful of drafting Russians at the moment due to geopolitics.
Boom Boom Apathy
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Someone (maybe @bleedgreen ) speculated back at the draft that by drafting a number of Russians and NCAA guys was partially for this reasoning as well.
In the last draft, it was:
NCAA: Nadeau (Maine), Perron (UND), Legault (Quin), Emerson (UND)
RUSSIA/KHL: Rykov, Yarovoi, Khazheyev, Mukhanov, Valmakin
SWE: Unger-Sorem (only one signed to an ELC).
bleedgreen
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Yeah I was thinking about that after processing the draft in the days after. Generally speaking for any team It’s a good plan for a few prospects….but ALL of them? That’s an intentional pattern imo and to me the team accepting/planning/creating their player development model. I get it for the short term plan and sure we can pat ourselves on the back for mining deep into Russia when everyone else is letting good potential prospects go but it’s still just throwing darts and intentionally throwing them at a smaller board.
I’m sure there were decent NA prospects we avoided doing this. Dovetails into my struggles with our our drafting in general. We need a steady flow of Lorentz types as much (maybe more) as we need an under sized euro to occasionally work out. This year felt like more of an intentional avoidance of players who aren’t from where we need them to be than in the past, though we’ve been leaning strong in similar directions pretty much the whole time under the current regime.
Navin R Slavin
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Why?
The whole point of this strategy is that replacement level players who play a strong possession/hustle game are relatively easy to acquire, and players with unique skill sets are relatively hard to acquire.
Because this org excels at getting better than replacement level play out of replacement level players, it stands to reason that none of the drafting focus should be spent on acquiring common assets, and all of the drafting focus should be spent on acquiring rare assets.
