2018 NHL Draft: Russian Prospects

[MaxV]

These first year guys never stick, right?

 

[Atas2000]

I had a lot of headache about him recently, as I had to review my opinion about him. So currently my opinion about him being subpar and not too reliable in the D zone still stays, but looks like there might be some offensive upside due to skating, shot and physicality.

Exactly. Does that sound like a top half 2nd rounder?

I think it is slightly different: they picked almost everyone who had some attacking upside, but if you're a two-way guy or a shutdown D - well, sorry, the Russian factor for you got even worse.


With that being said it is hard for me to understand how do you pick Semykin over Galenyuk/Malyshev/Dronov and Manukyan over Polodyan.

That's what I mean. There are those annual wtf picks by NHL scouts that makes me believe they have very limited knowledge on Russians. Dronov's omission being outright laughable.

 

[cgf]

These first year guys never stick, right?

Kotkov should have a good chance at getting a contract to join Shvyryov, Boikov (and hopefully Smirnov) on the Avs' AHL affiliate just 45 min up the road from the senior club. They might try to get him to take an AHL deal if his skating doesn't improve enough, but it wouldn't be a surprise if he won an ELC.

 

[Caser]

These first year guys never stick, right?

It worked for Dmitri Sergeyev back in the days, also Tkachyov almost signed, but was ruled ineligible... oh, forgot about Tolchinsky, he also was signed after his camp performances.

 

[Caser]

Some more dev camps invitation announcements:

Kosorenkov to Isles camp
Gogolev to Detroit camp
Poddubnyi and Rotenberg to Toronto camp

 

[Flynn84]

Georgiy Ivanov is actually 1 year overage

 

[Caser]

Georgiy Ivanov is actually 1 year overage

Yep, my bad, I had put it there automatically, fixed now.

 

[thestonedkoala]

Minnesota is getting really smart with their Russian picks. Sokolov and Khovanov were considered at one point 1st round talents. Kaprizov is one of the top prospects in the world and was picked 5th. Interested to see how they develop.

 

[Fantomas]

Minnesota is getting really smart with their Russian picks. Sokolov and Khovanov were considered at one point 1st round talents. Kaprizov is one of the top prospects in the world and was picked 5th. Interested to see how they develop.

I guess they didn't listen to Michael Russo's conspiracies about Putin holding Kaprizov in Russia at gunpoint.

 

[Flynn84]

What about this guy? Is he a real prospect?
Yegor Postnov at eliteprospects.com

 

[SnowblindNYR]

Input on Romanov ?

I hear he's revolutionary.

 

[Caser]

What about this guy? Is he a real prospect?
Yegor Postnov at eliteprospects.com

If by 'real' you mean if he really exists then yes. I didn't look at him enough to tell if he got some upside or not, so can't really tell.

 

[Caser]

Sharks invited Kotkov to the dev camp and as soon it has started, they signed him. Talking about 7 rounds not being enough for teams.

 

[MaxV]

Does that mean he’ll play in AHL?

 

[wings5]

Does that mean he’ll play in AHL?

No it just means San Jose owns his rights, still NHL or junior for him.

 

[cgf]

Sharks invited Kotkov to the dev camp and as soon it has started, they signed him. Talking about 7 rounds not being enough for teams.

Wonder if the avs sniffing around him made the Sharks feel like they needed to get him signed ASAP or if they just really liked him, despite the work he needs on his skating.

 

[Caser]

Wonder if the avs sniffing around him made the Sharks feel like they needed to get him signed ASAP or if they just really liked him, despite the work he needs on his skating.

Actually that's what I also thought of, as Sharks signed Kotkov surprisingly fast, I think dev camp wasn't even over at that point. I mean, usually you would expect most signings to be complete around the end of the main camp with dev camp being just an intro.