Prospect Info: 158 OA - G Ruslan Khazheyev (Chelyabinsk KHL)

[DaveG]

6'4 / 201 goalie

2 picks in the same draft from the Chelyabinsk org.

goalie that became the starter for their MHL side this past season. 8-8-7 in 23 games and a .923 save % at that level.

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[A Star is Burns]

I will consider this a successful pick if he plays games next year, unlike Naumov of a couple of years ago.

 

[Francis10]

Carolina Red Machine.

 

[Navin R Slavin]

Can't teach size. Always love a gamble on a big goalie.

 

[Cardiac Jerks]

Can't teach size. Always love a gamble on a big goalie.

I like it when we draft goalies with size who have also exhibited success at lower levels. We’ve drafted some big goalies that never put up even decent numbers at any level. That, to me, makes no sense.

 

[Nikishin Go Boom]

Is this guy real or will he disappear too?

 

[Navin R Slavin]

I like it when we draft goalies with size who have also exhibited success at lower levels. We’ve drafted some big goalies that never put up even decent numbers at any level. That, to me, makes no sense.

.923 seems pretty good to me. We also have the benefit of a defensive system.

Is this guy real or will he disappear too?

Every Russian might disappear at some point.

 

[AhosDatsyukian]

3 Ruskies already, I like it

 

[Cardiac Jerks]

.923 seems pretty good to me. We also have the benefit of a defensive system.


Every Russian might disappear at some point.

Yes, his stats are obviously good. My point was we have drafted other big goalies in the past who never demonstrated a strong ability to stop pucks at any level so I don’t agree with drafting just for size.

 

[Navin R Slavin]

Yes, his stats are obviously good. My point was we have drafted other big goalies in the past who never demonstrated a strong ability to stop pucks at any level so I don’t agree with drafting just for size.

I'm sure they're not drafting just for size, but all things being equal, you should absolutely draft the bigger goalie. Almost nothing about a goalie is projectable into the future except his size. If you're throwing darts anyway, all other factors being equally unpredictable, why not take the goalie with size?

 

[Chrispy]

I'm sure they're not drafting just for size, but all things being equal, you should absolutely draft the bigger goalie. Almost nothing about a goalie is projectable into the future except his size. If you're throwing darts anyway, all other factors being equally unpredictable, why not take the goalie with size?

Exactly. All goalies are voodoo, so if you have to cut off a finger from a goalie to make them effective, you want the other 9 to be large enough to make up for it.

...what?

 

[CandyCanes]

 

[Cardiac Jerks]

I'm sure they're not drafting just for size, but all things being equal, you should absolutely draft the bigger goalie. Almost nothing about a goalie is projectable into the future except his size. If you're throwing darts anyway, all other factors being equally unpredictable, why not take the goalie with size?

I’d sooner not draft a goalie at all than take one just because he’s big. Like I said, we’ve taken some goalies in the past who never showed an ability at any level to stop pucks effectively. As much as goalies are a crapshoot, I feel like you should generally be competitive at your age level as you progress up the ranks.

 

[the halleJOKEL]

all i got from this is this guy is a checkmark to be the next dominik hasek

 

[A Star is Burns]

all i got from this is this guy is a checkmark to be the next dominik hasek

Ha, funny Hasek was actually on there. I saw this guy saying he was good and in my head I was like, "cool, next Dominik Hasek".

 

[Cardiac Jerks]

Man, I sure can’t wait to reap the rewards of winning all these drafts

 

[Navin R Slavin]

I’d sooner not draft a goalie at all than take one just because he’s big. Like I said, we’ve taken some goalies in the past who never showed an ability at any level to stop pucks effectively. As much as goalies are a crapshoot, I feel like you should generally be competitive at your age level as you progress up the ranks.

I'm sure they're not taking that goalie "just because he's big," which was implicit in the statement "all things being equal". This org drafts based on their mathematical models. Size is an important factor in those models, I'm sure.

 

[MrazeksVengeance]

Pass. KHL.

 

[Svechhammer]

If I read that profile correctly, he projects to be a better goalie prospect than Kooch?

That could be interesting

 

[Caser]

 

[Negan4Coach]

.923 seems pretty good to me. We also have the benefit of a defensive system.


Every Russian might disappear at some point.

They've got 15 times zones of meat to feed in the grinder and as we discovered in Afghanistan- every spring when the snow melts there is a whole nother generation of 17 year olds to hand out AKs to. They'll probably never get down to goalies, but then again, you never know..

 

[Navin R Slavin]

They've got 15 times zones of meat to feed in the grinder and as we discovered in Afghanistan- every spring when the snow melts there is a whole nother generation of 17 year olds to hand out AKs to. They'll probably never get down to goalies, but then again, you never know..

I hope the Borg did due diligence to make sure that none of these draftees have family members in Wagner.

 

[Unsustainable]

 

[the halleJOKEL]

i guess he is the next dominik hasek after all

 

[Nikishin Go Boom]

Hopefully he’ll get a few more starts in the youth league and then get a bunch in the VHL