He scored a lot, but never scored big goals.
Game tying goal in Quarterfinals of the 2013 WJCHe scored a lot, but never scored big goals.
Yeah, but I mean besides all of those, right?
Ha yeah, I don't really understand.
Statistically he's produced in almost all Quarterfinal, Semifinal, and medal games in those 2 iihf tournaments. Even in the QMJHL playoffs he was 7th in scoring and had some big games. He had an OT winner in the first round against Drummondville on the road and then what would be the deciding goal the next game to end the series. He lit up his old Quebec team in the next round including a hattrick in Game 5 to eliminate them too. He only slowed down when the Huskies went up against the power house and Memorial cup winners Halifax. But even then he had 2 goals and 4 assists in 4 games.
He looks like a player who does just fine in big games. He looked great to me this past World Juniors. There's really no bigger stage than that for a prospect his age, especially when you're the host country.
I think what Kshahdoo is trying to say, is that he doens't really know what he's talking about.
What, no official Nikita Kucherov thread?
Discuss...
We should snag another Russian in order to make the Red Army line. Nobody wants to take em, more for us?
?-Namestnikov-Kucherov
A quick look at top two high tier Russians near the back of the 1st round in the draft.
Ivan Barbashev(top russian LW playmaker)
Nikita Scherbak(stock quickly rising, LW sniper with good work ethic)
Plenty of others but these guys should be available if we are picking late in the 1st. Some very interesting Russians in the mix in the second round, the Russian factor doesn't seem like much of an issue any more though
Good ol' Dmitry.
I'm still not sure how Namestnikov makes this team in the near-future. I don't see him leap-frogging Johnson. And since we can't hold him in the minors forever, at some point I think he's going to become trade bait.
I think if that was the case, Filppula wouldn't have been signed to such a long 5 year deal. However, both he and TJ have shown that they can play the wing as well, which was a big reason why Valteri was signed. That isn't to say that Namestnikov won't be dealt, but he won't be dealt just because he is a center.
There are definitely interesting moves on the horizon.
Why Cooper doesn't see that he's basically one of the only people who can finish on this team and give him more ice time is beyond me.
He's been good, but I'd shelter him in the A or against weaker pairings until he puts on more muscle, last thing we need is him taking a major injury then becoming a perimeter player.