2013-14 KHL prospect preview

[HF Article]

 

The sixth KHL season is underway and, as usual, the past summer was very busy on all fronts. There were quite a few bold moves, with of course the biggest of them all being the sensational return to Russia of Ilya Kovalchuk, who signed a 4-year deal with SKA St. Petersburg.



There has been several players returning to Russia, including the likes of Alexei Ponikarovsky, Ruslan Fedotenko, Nik Antropov, Anton Babchuk, and Sergei Kostitsyn.

It should be a very interesting year for prospects, too; with the number of non-Russian players in the KHL having dropped compared to the last few seasons, it should mean that more spots will most likely be awarded to young players.… read more



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[obskyr]

*There has been several players returning to Russia, including the likes of Alexei Ponikarovsky, Ruslan Fedotenko, Nik Antropov, Anton Babchuk, and Sergei Kostitsyn.

KHL is like the USSR now, no matter how much North Americans read about the topic they continue to call it Russia.

 

[LIOVA]

СКА once again does not become the champion!

 

[Pominville Knows]

Does anyone know if any of these talents plans on spending large parts of their career in the KHL? I think the league would gain great prestige if it manages to keep at least some 1B talents for the forseeable future, and that same prestige also would make it more attractive for other players as well such as for example Artem Anisimov and Anton Volchenkov.

 

[ozo]

KHL is like the USSR now, no matter how much North Americans read about the topic they continue to call it Russia.

Good catch.

 

[obskyr]

Does anyone know if any of these talents plans on spending large parts of their career in the KHL? I think the league would gain great prestige if it manages to keep at least some 1B talents for the forseeable future, and that same prestige also would make it more attractive for other players as well such as for example Artem Anisimov and Anton Volchenkov.

Well, Galimov admitted that he didn't really have any plans for the NHL and was rather surprised to get picked.

Still, even though most of those guys are more likely to play in the KHL, it would be silly of them to abandon the NHL opportunity right away. Quite naturally if their agents weren't sure about their plans for North America no teams would even bother picking them.

There are also talented players who were never drafted. Shipachyov, one of the best centers in the league, hasn't expressed any interest in the NHL period, he never even followed it.

 

[cska78]

very shallow article, interesting only for a NA casual draft junkie.

 

[Jussi]

very shallow article, interesting only for a NA casual draft junkie.

You do know what board you're on?

 

[cska78]

You do know what board you're on?

yes, lol