MHL General Discussion - Part III

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Any information on him would be appreciated. I might check out some Russian hockey threads for more insight.

I will quote my last year's post from Dmitri Nikolayev thread:

Nikita Lysenkov or Nikita Bogdanov are career VHL goalies and they had some spectacular seasons (we are talking .95+ Sv%) in the SKA system because their lower-level teams are that dominant (also VHL is THAT low-scoring). So almost any stat-related argument regarding SKA carries almost no value.

This applies to their MHL goalies as well and now one can add Nikolayev himself to the list of goalies who were hyped based on the stats that meant nothing. Examples are countless, be it MHL or the VHL.

Even within the system, Saranchuk seems to be rated more highly as he is the one getting VHL games and all their goalies have spectacular numbers. His lack of VHL games, for a 20-year-old, is a bit of a red flag.