Wait. Wut? There is NO ONE ahead of him in U23 years, Kaprizov has the two best seasons for U23 players in the KHL. 3 of the top 10 seasons. Nobody comes even close in the goal scoring numbers....and would you really classify Tarasenko, Kuznetsov and Panarin as "hardly impressive"?
Not only that, but in his final 2 seasons in the KHL, he led the entire league in goal scoring. Might want to recheck your list.
KHL U23 All Time Single Season Scoring Top 10
Player | Season | Team | GP | G | A | TP |
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Kirill Kaprizov | 2019-2020 | CSKA Moscow | 57 | 33 | 29 | 62 |
Kirill Kaprizov | 2018-2019 | CSKA Moscow | 57 | 30 | 21 | 51 |
Alexander Radulov | 2008-2009 | Salavat Yulaev Ufa | 52 | 22 | 26 | 48 |
Vladimir Tarasenko | 2011-2012 | Sibir Novosibirsk/SKA | 54 | 23 | 24 | 47 |
Anatoli Golyshev | 2015-2016 | Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg | 56 | 25 | 19 | 44 |
Evgeny Kuznetsov | 2012-2013 | Traktor Chelyabinsk | 51 | 19 | 25 | 44 |
Vadim Shipachyov | 2009-2010 | Severstal Cherepovets | 55 | 14 | 30 | 44 |
Kirill Kaprizov | 2016-2017 | Salavat Yulaev Ufa | 49 | 20 | 22 | 42 |
Evgeny Kuznetsov | 2011-2012 | Traktor Chelyabinsk | 49 | 19 | 22 | 41 |
Artemi Panarin | 2013-2014 | SKA St. Petersburg | 51 | 20 | 20 | 40 |
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And like Panarin, he was banging them in mostly with his ridiculous wicked wrist shot. It’s not rocket science here. He’s basically a finished product so, yes, he is clearly capable of continuing his current production. That’s worth 7-8m. The question is if he can figure out how to get more production in NHL. And the answer to that is very like yes. He should benefit from a normal season with full day practice. It wouldn’t surprise me if he shot even better next season, not sure why people think elite snipers can’t be relied on. The only reason he would shoot badly is injury. So he could work his way up to being worth more the 9m very quickly. I was probably more down on this deal than I should have been, but getting sucked into this because the one poster’s dumb intransigent arguments because weirdly fascinated me has caused me to think about it more. I’ve got over my knee jerk hostility to the holdout and have warmed up to it.
Panarin is ridiculously productive, he’s underpaid right now at 11.6m but the top elite producers are always underpaid, no teams can afford to what they’re worth (especially when they’re paying Truba 8m). So reaching Panarin’s production isn’t actually necessary here either for it to be ok.
As a side note, I was impressed by how he improved his English in the off-season. It’s not about “learn to speak good American buddy!”. It shows a dedication to his job, he really had to apply himself, you can improve with immersion and then easily slide when you go back to your home country and stop speaking that second language.
That and having plans to come to US without a contract in order to get a vaccine and quarantine also shows how hilariously much the BS KHL “offer” was the most idle of threats. And considering the Devils signed Jesper Bratt in January 10th last off-season (negotiations for his mammoth 2 year/2.75m apparently hit some snags) and he didn’t hit the ice until January 28th, it definitely was a helpful move.
Not at all. Zuccarello played great last year when he was healthy.
Ok, I’m glad Zuc played better then I thought he did, I don’t really care that much and Wild fans can stop chastising me about this.
I do stand by point that time comes for all men but it comes particularly hard for NHL wingers between the age of 34-36 so his remaining 3 year/6m isn’t good.
It’s really the only bad contract the Wild have. (No one deal is meaningful bad deal to me unless you’re a contender.) The Spurgeon and Brodin deals aren’t particularly good, but them seem ok in comparison to all of the long term defensemen deals that pretty much all GM subject themselves too.
The Wild seem mostly in danger of continuing their cursed existence as a team that’s forever just good. They still look like a bubble team who’s probably making the playoffs in that division. Maybe they should’ve dumped Talbot, signed Holtby and took a swing at being bad but there’s a lot competition for the bottom right now.
Only the bottom 11 teams qualify for the top pick under the new lottery rules. Minnesota would have qualified in 2019-20 (11th), 2018-19 (11th), 2011-12 (7th), 2010-11 (10th), 2009-10 (9th), 2005-06 (9th), 2001-02 (8th) and 2000-01 (6th).
I know this is not going to be news to Wild fans but I just that looked it up. Damn. Well I guess those 2003 and 2005 draft parties in Minnesota were pretty lit tho.