He is doing good. He should be aware that nowadays such a solid hit on a smaller player is considered a 3rd degree murder in the NHL.
LD Grigory Dronov - Metallurg Magnitogorsk, KHL (2016 undrafted)
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He is doing good. He should be aware that nowadays such a solid hit on a smaller player is considered a 3rd degree murder in the NHL.
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The NHL has shown zero interest in him. Obviously because he had to battle injuries at the worst possible times. So it's pretty logical for him to secure his future in the KHL with a longer term contract.
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His current contract is until the end of 2020/21 season.
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EliteProspects is saying that Dronov recently signed an extension to keep him in Magnitogorsk through the 2021/22 season but the tweet from Metallurg (at least based on a translation which probably isn't very good) makes it seem more like the final year of his contract was re-negotiated and expires after the 2020/21 season. If anyone could clarify that would be appreciated.
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If Dronov comes over to the NHL, I think he'll be a more valuable asset than players such as Zub and Barabanov. He might not yet be as good as those guys, but he's a lot younger, and he's already pretty good with a lot of potential. If he could stay healthy, he might become really good.
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I think the chance he comes over to the NHL is similar to the chance he will retire. Which is moderate considering how often he is injured. He just couldn't handle the NHL, physically. Hell, he can hardly handle the KHL.
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Milstein is an NHL agent, he doesn't have KHL licence at all.
Not sure if we have the same definitions of "can hardly handle", he is a stable second pairing guy in Magnitka. Can agree about injury concerns though, giving his history and playing style.
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I think he is easily Magnitka's best D when he's healthy and overall a terrific player but I meant the overwhelming physical toll playing games evidently has on his body.
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Still in the previous season he didn't miss a single game I think, so maybe it's not that bad.
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That's still over 50% games missed over the last 4 seasons... I'd say that's as bad as it gets for a professional player his age. I really had big hopes for him this season, he started it playing 22 minutes per game, all situations.. But it just doesn't look his body can handle it. Hence I think he would be stupid to go to the AHL.
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I didn't have an impression that he can't handle big minutes, as before the injury in November, which kept him out for like two weeks, he was doing solid with those minutes, imo. And that injury was first in quite a while, which makes me hope that his previous injuries didn't leave a lot of consequences. But yeah, we'll see, although if talking about the NA-hockey potential, I'm more concerned about the footspeed - it is very solid for his size, but that might be not enough there.
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Nice pass. Will be interesting to see what he does at the end of this year. Wondering if he's the next gavrikov/zub...
