Speculation: Kalinin/Medvedev/Nikitin/Tikhonov

[48g90a138pts]

I always thought Nikitin was talented but he never played up to what I think his potential was.

There was an injury towards the end of Nikitin's time in Columbus I think, lower body, that I think must have made it hard for him to train that off-season. He came into camp out of shape and was in the dog house with management for it. Especially with Eakins being such a fitness nut it looked like he was lazy in the coaches eye. Right from the start of the season he had another injury (ankle) which probably had something to do with the injury from the end of his time in Columbus. IIRC it was a high ankle sprain. It wasn't long after his return he got injured again, this time his back. That pretty much cemented his down slide the rest of his time in Edmonton and really looked out of sync after that.

 

[Jumptheshark]

Anyone getting another NHL deal?

Thought Nikitin was already in russia

 

[Flynn84]

lol, Nikitin still in the NHL.

https://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/players/4138/

 

[crobro]

Shirikov

 

[SEALBound]

lol, Nikitin still in the NHL.

https://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/players/4138/

You bumped a 6 month cold thread to post a picture of Letestu's limited career stats?

Impressive.

 

[uncleben]

You bumped a 6 month cold thread to post a picture of Letestu's limited career stats?

Impressive.

The player page is Letestu, but the picture is Nikitin, so the joke was "Nikitin is actually still in the NHL"

 

[LordNeverLose]

Since we're here, is Kalinin likely to stay in the NHL long-term, or will he struggle to find a deal and go back to Russia?

 

[AfroThunder396]

Kalinin struggles to do anything but play the PK. He's very limited, almost no offensive presence to speak of. I'm not sure if the Devils will keep him next year.