Prospect Info: 2020 1st Rd Selection - #15 OA - LW Rodion Amirov (RUS) - 6'0", 177lbs

[Warden of the North]

Lol

who tf is this dude.

Should have found a way to get Nashville’s pick to get Askarov. Why tf do we need another winger

We have Marner and Nylander as solidified wingers.

 

[Dangles McGavin]

People complaining "more of the same" when 1. What we have is pretty damn good, and 2. You hadn't heard of him 18 seconds ago and have never seen him play.

Kid won't make a difference for years. Relax!

 

[horner]

You should always draft BPA because then you convert excess BPAs to trade chips with better value than if you selected based on organizational need.

We can address the RD in free agency and, I mean, bottom 6 forwards are basically the candy corn in the pillowcase of free agents. You get tons of them and you have to sift through them to find the stuff you actually want.

Draft the best player but start trading some of our Hi skilled players for what we need young defensemen .

 

[Stephen]

Low Ceiling Dman. Glad we passed. At best he is gonna be a #4 Dman. We need a swing for the fences type pick.

I don’t think Schneider is a low ceiling defenseman at all, especially in the top 20. He wasn’t a top 5 pick, but look at his mobility, size, puck skills and there’s nothing particularly deficient. Just seems like he was a target of a bit of a smear campaign as a player whose strength isn’t primarily offensive production, late birthday, WHL product which seems to imply knuckle dragger.

 

[CantLoseWithMatthews]

I have completely lost faith in Dubas, what the F*#$ is this moron doing....

Dubas did the opposite of what you would have done? Perfect, I have gained even more faith in this pick

 

[phillipmike]

 

[Toronto makebeleifs]

And who is the BPA? That is a subjective answer by the way. You think skilled wingers on elc's isn't going to be a need for this club? You silly

Personally, rychel was probably bpa imho. We desperately need defenceman and centres in the pipeline though. If you want to defend it, go ahead, but I don't see this as anything more than a total reach and a poor one.

 

[ACC1224]

Skill is always good. They wouldn’t have been looking to trade it though if they absolutely loved the player.

 

[CanadasTeam]

Plays like Nikita Kucherov? Sign me up!

 

[Cleetus]

well this settles it he is a good pick, likes to find home for stray kitties, good in my books

 

[Throw More Waffles]

I know absolutely nothing about him. Worried about the whole Russian thing though...

 

[Hockey 4 Life]

Personally, rychel was probably bpa imho. We desperately need defenceman and centres in the pipeline though. If you want to defend it, go ahead, but I don't see this as anything more than a total reach and a poor one.

Amirov was not a reach at this pick. Hes also probably only two years away.

 

[Menzinger]

Personally, rychel was probably bpa imho. We desperately need defenceman and centres in the pipeline though. If you want to defend it, go ahead, but I don't see this as anything more than a total reach and a poor one.

He was ranked 19 on Bob's public list.

Seemed like he went exactly in the cluster where he was expected to be selected....

 

[The Podium]

Personally, rychel was probably bpa imho. We desperately need defenceman and centres in the pipeline though. If you want to defend it, go ahead, but I don't see this as anything more than a total reach and a poor one.

He was more or less a consensus 12-16 pick so I dont see how its a reach? Also this draft was known to be D and C weak...

 

[selltrade]

BPA.

 

[ErnieLeafs]

I still feel ‘meh’ about it. Like a Russian Andreas Johnsson, but not the 20 goal version

 

[Hockey 4 Life]

I still feel ‘meh’ about it. Like a Russian Andreas Johnsson, but not the 20 goal version

He's a a way better prospect then johnson ever was.

 

[Brewsky]

Damn I wanted Seth Jarvis so bad, sucks that he went before.

Askarov was the pipe dream, Jarvis was the realistic dream, but oh well - I don't know shit about this kid so I can't really be mad or happy.

 

[supermann_98]

Sportsnet compared him to Panarin.

If he’s half the player Kucherov is I’d be good with this pick

 

[indigobuffalo]

Draft the best player but start trading some of our Hi skilled players for what we need young defensemen .

We probably will see that happening at some point. Maybe we might trade a 3C for a top pairing RHD...

 

[ErnieLeafs]

He's a a way better prospect then johnson ever was.

He plays just like him, from all the video I’ve seen..

 

[Cor]

 

[RoadWarrior]

I still feel ‘meh’ about it. Like a Russian Andreas Johnsson, but not the 20 goal version

LOL. He's better than Johnsson.

 

[Anthrax442]

I know absolutely nothing about him. Worried about the whole Russian thing though...

What Russian thing

 

[dubplatepressure]

I know absolutely nothing about him. Worried about the whole Russian thing though...

You mean the Russian thing that Don Cherry used to complain about 20 years ago?