2019 Draft: 3rd Pick: Ilya Konovalov

[jukon]

Konovalov is 7th in khl save percentage with a .930 % but Pasquale leads the league at .964, just rediculous

edit: the khl app is actually nice to use

It's nice to see him putting up decent stats, but the KHL is a very defensive league.

 

[Canovin]

this is why I take KHL goalie stats with a grain of salt

Vasilevsky at age 20 .923SV%
Konovalev at age 20 .933SV%

 

[CantHaveTkachev]

Vasilevsky at age 20 .923SV%
Konovalev at age 20 .933SV%

we can only hope

where did Vasilievsky place with that save%?

 

[Canovin]

we can only hope

where did Vasilievsky place with that save%?

At age 20, Vasilevsky ranked 25th. He played 28 games. (2013-14)
At age 20, Konovalev ranked around 10th. He only played 7 games. (2017-18)
That same year, Franoucz lead the league with .946 SV% and Koskinen ranked 5th with .937 SV%

 

[Staghorn]

What is with the insane save percentages??? Seems weird.

 

[Tobias Kahun]

What is with the insane save percentages??? Seems weird.

Lots of shots from farther out.

it’s why bigger ice surfaces don’t increase scoring

 

[bucks_oil]

Lots of shots from farther out.

it’s why bigger ice surfaces don’t increase scoring

agree and why it’s so hard to find goalies for 3v3 sized rinks

 

[MessierII]

What is with the insane save percentages??? Seems weird.

Khl baby

 

[jukon]

 

[FanOfSadTeam]

At age 20, Vasilevsky ranked 25th. He played 28 games. (2013-14)
At age 20, Konovalev ranked around 10th. He only played 7 games. (2017-18)
That same year, Franoucz lead the league with .946 SV% and Koskinen ranked 5th with .937 SV%

And we saw during these playoffs that Francouz is not good enough to be a starter. Seems like KHL goalie stats hardly correlate to NHL success. Moreso with young prospects.

 

[backhandsauce]

Hopefully this guy is our true #1 guy down the line. Anyone have any decent scouting reports on him? I hear his KHL deal is over after this season.

If you Hockey DB him, his numbers are unreal.

I understand that a lot of goalies have great KHL numbers that don't translate to the NHL level though.

 

[ImmuneEH]

Hopefully this guy is our true #1 guy down the line. Anyone have any decent scouting reports on him? I hear his KHL deal is over after this season.

If you Hockey DB him, his numbers are unreal.

I understand that a lot of goalies have great KHL numbers that don't translate to the NHL level though.

I'd expect him to compete for a back-up job next season, and likely end up being the AHL starter with Rodrigue being the AHL back-up.

 

[lakai17]

I'd expect him to compete for a back-up job next season, and likely end up being the AHL starter with Rodrigue being the AHL back-up.

Real goaltending depth on the way hopefully

 

[Dazed and Confused]

I'd expect him to compete for a back-up job next season, and likely end up being the AHL starter with Rodrigue being the AHL back-up.

Him vs. Rodrigue will be a fun battle to watch.

I like Konovalov more, but as we all know goalies (especially smaller ones) are voodoo...

Hopefully those they turn out better than Skinner and Wells (and Starrett, but he at least has the career-altering-injury excuse)

 

[Tobias Kahun]

Hopefully this guy is our true #1 guy down the line. Anyone have any decent scouting reports on him? I hear his KHL deal is over after this season.

If you Hockey DB him, his numbers are unreal.

I understand that a lot of goalies have great KHL numbers that don't translate to the NHL level though.

His numbers the last 2 years, are definitely not unreal.

 

[LTIR]

Should be #3 goalie for us next season. He is ahead of Skinner

 

[oilynutz]

His numbers the last 2 years, are definitely not unreal.

They look pretty great to me. Some people are a little tougher to please i guess....

 

[Senor Catface]

They look pretty great to me. Some people are a little tougher to please i guess....

I think he's referring more to the broader context of GAA and SV% in the KHL.

There's some pretty juiced goalie numbers in the KHL, and Ilya is behind average goaltender numbers in that league at the moment.

 

[Tobias Kahun]

They look pretty great to me. Some people are a little tougher to please i guess....

.912 in the KHL is not the same as .912 in the NHL.

 

[Bring Back Bucky]

Haha. Love that. Made my day.

 

[Ritchie Valens]

I don't follow the KHL much, but I see Konovalov only played 19 games this year and Eddie Pasquale has started both their playoff games against Jokerit (shut them out both games). Did he regress a bit this year or was he injured why he lost the starters job? He played 40 games last year for them and looked to be their starter but Pasquale clearly became the #1 joining Lokomotiv this season and started 41 games.

 

[North]

I don't follow the KHL much, but I see Konovalov only played 19 games this year and Eddie Pasquale has started both their playoff games against Jokerit (shut them out both games). Did he regress a bit this year or was he injured why he lost the starters job? He played 40 games last year for them and looked to be their starter but Pasquale clearly became the #1 joining Lokomotiv this season and started 41 games.

Pasquale is some sort of KHL whisperer. He’s been stupid good there.

It isn’t that Konovalov has been bad it’s just been that Pasquale has been crazy good.

 

[Ritchie Valens]

Pasquale is some sort of KHL whisperer. He’s been stupid good there.

It isn’t that Konovalov has been bad it’s just been that Pasquale has been crazy good.

I noticed his numbers...GAA below 2 and high s% but KHL sized ice. Konovalov is just 22 so maybe it's a good thing. I was just surprised he was relegated to #2 after winning rookie of the year two seasons ago.

 

[CycloneSweep]

I noticed his numbers...GAA below 2 and high s% but KHL sized ice. Konovalov is just 22 so maybe it's a good thing. I was just surprised he was relegated to #2 after winning rookie of the year two seasons ago.

Last year he started really really bad with McTavish as a coach.

Last year he was 36th in the league in s% and Pasquale was 8th. They massively upgraded on goal there, although Konovalov seems to have bounced back with less work this year.

I havent seen him play much this year but until he comes over to NA we will have no idea if he is good or bad.

The fact that Pasquale has great numbers over there and sucked in NA should say a lot.

 

[Tobias Kahun]

Last year he started really really bad with McTavish as a coach.

Last year he was 36th in the league in s% and Pasquale was 8th. They massively upgraded on goal there, although Konovalov seems to have bounced back with less work this year.

I havent seen him play much this year but until he comes over to NA we will have no idea if he is good or bad.

The fact that Pasquale has great numbers over there and sucked in NA should say a lot.

Or Koskinen, or the guy in Colorado. It’s hard to judge until they get here.