Prospect Info: Avs draft D Mikhail Gulyayev (2023 #31 overall)

[The Merchant]

 

[henchman21]

They are huge Colorado Mammoth fans

But why?

 

[The Merchant]

 

[SoundwaveIsCharisma]

But why?

Who isn’t?

 

[henchman21]

Who isn’t?

 

[BrickNHL]

That Ryan Merkley comp goes hard

 

[The Merchant]

That Ryan Merkley comp goes hard

Gulyayev is a piece of shit?

 

[MarchessaultCantRead]

Yeah, hopefully he doesn’t have the same travel plans as Kovalenko.

I believe Kovalenko is planning to come over around 43 or 44 years of age.

Is Parshin going to show them around Denver when they get here?

 

[BrickNHL]

Gulyayev is a piece of shit?

A bust

 

[henchman21]

That Ryan Merkley comp goes hard

It really makes my bias hit hard.

 

[MaKarter]

 

[MaKarter]

 

[JLo217]

Stoked about this pick the more I read.

Wish he could come over sooner.

 

[SoundwaveIsCharisma]

That Ryan Merkley comp goes hard

Honestly, Merkley has always had the talent to make the NHL, his refusal to listen to people that can help him, and not addressing any of his weaknesses is what holds him back.

 

[MaKarter]

A lot of defense/ breakout video in this one.

 

[AllAboutAvs]

Yup this kid is coming over sooner rather than later.. He seems so happy to be an Avs.

 

[S E P H]

I love this pick, I think I like him a lot more than Behrens as he thinks the game at a higher level and is more consistent overall offensively. Obviously I am throwing a bone here, but I actually believe he has all the tools and talent to be a Zidlicky. Not a similar “type of player,” but I am talking about the same impact and career. Besides Willander, he was probably the second or third most improved prospect since the start of the season and those players tend to be great bangs for bucks (Landeskog and Rantanen were others that rose a ton during their draft years coming out of nowhere).

 

[BrickNHL]

His half untucked shirt, incorrectly-folded collar and no tie combo was INSANE. Plus he wears #84 as a defenseman… this dude is unhinged

 

[Avs_19]

His half untucked shirt, incorrectly-folded collar and no tie combo was INSANE. Plus he wears #84 as a defenseman… this dude is unhinged

Wrinkles in his shirt too! He doesn’t give a ****

 

[ViD]

He’s the Russian Cale Makar. Plain and simple.

 

[The Kingslayer]

His half untucked shirt, incorrectly-folded collar and no tie combo was INSANE. Plus he wears #84 as a defenseman… this dude is unhinged

100% booty sniffer. I like him.

 

[henchman21]

100% booty sniffer. I like him.

He’s more than sniffing

 

[Avs_19]

You guys didn’t tell me ESPN made a Fox comp and said he’d be top 5 if he was 6’1”.

I was stuck with the brutal SN draft feed.

 

[Tommy Shelby]

CMac said he was so proud before he made this pick.. did he say that about Calum?

Doubtful, since whoever he really wanted (Musty) was gone before 27

 

[S E P H]

You guys didn’t tell me ESPN made a Fox comp and said he’d be top 5 if he was 6’1”.

I was stuck with the brutal SN draft feed.

Bruvvvvvvvv, we were stuck with Brian “this team needs defence“ Boucher saying that the USNTDP somehow won “today” simply because his kid went to the program. It was bad, didn’t even mention how monumental Russia, Sweden, and WHL did today. 3-4 Russian players going in the 1st round after the geopolitical stuff is nuts (well to me), but this is one of the best Russian draft classes I think I have seen since maybe Kucherov’s draft.