No. He's been shooting down Boeser to the Wild rumors for years.
He has done 3 or 4 features on Boeser(His dad one, one during the Van/Wild playoff series, one during Boesers debut which was against the Wild).
Wild fans keep mentioning him, other reporters keep mentioning it(probably Hankenson laundering).
But you can probably find 4 dozen of these tweets in the last two to three years
And yet it keeps coming up, with his name attached. I must be misremembering though, as you're right, I'm only finding shoot down pieces from some years ago. Maybe I'm associating his continual referencing of the rumours as some kind of tacit condoning of it or something, despite the literal message.
Features are one thing, I wouldn't count that as hounding after a player.
That's fair. I'm not specifically pushing for his inclusion, more pointing out that the opinion of him being top 50 isn't universal. If he keeps trending that well, awesome, these lists aren't to be taken as gospel anyway. Hell, they have three Canucks prospects listed, Rathbone, Lekkerimaki and Karlsson, and I'd think most of our fans would maybe have Rathbone on a top 100 list, league wide.Khusnutdinov is having one of the best seasons for a 20 year old in the KHL and plays center. He's been underrated most of his career.