Bryanbryoil
Pray For Ukraine
- Sep 13, 2004
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Ostap Safin is the last prospect standing with 1 game to go at the Memorial Cup.
From the last thread:
From the last thread:
Safin the broken outlasted Bouchard, McLeod and Samorukov while doing absolutely nothing all playoffs. Watch him score the Mem cup winner for the throne.
Why a Finnish team? Safin is a Czech and was developed in the Czech system even playing 8 games in the top Czech league before coming to the Q last season. I think sending him back home for a year or two might be a good option for him to try to rediscover his game. He's not looking healthy or like the same player that we drafted. He is normally a fast skater with great hands and a wicked (albeit sometimes inaccurate) shot, and right now he's not showing any of those attributes.
I like the Finnish teams as a know quantity for player development that is a bit less competitive than SHL or AHL but well above the ECHL. I would say Czech Extraliga is a definite step below Finnish Liiga because most of the best Czech players end up in the better paying leagues so if he could catch on with a Finn team it is a better development path. You are right about the way he looks. If its not a correctable medical thing he is going nowhere. Once the season is over maybe they will be more forthcoming about his situation. A 19 year old can have an off year statistically but the skills don't just disappear.