Breakthrough players in KHL in 2015-2016

[Peter25]

Who will break through this year in the KHL? This thread is for players who are up and coming young players in the KHL.

Right now I'm watching Lokomotiv-Riga and I have been impressed with Lokomotiv's defenseman Pavel Koledov. He is just 20 years old with decent size, good mobility and solid puck skills.

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[kulenova seka]

Edwin Hedberg (Medvescak)

 

[bishonen91]

Gilbert Brule

 

[SoundAndFury]

I think Koledov broke out and really made a name for himself last year playing for Sochi, Loko still have plethora of great young Ds (Gavrikov, Rafikov, Lyubushkin) and realistically room for one of them, at best, they should really loan some people out again.

One name that came to my head instantly was Anatoli Golyshev. It seems like he will easily score 35 points this season.

Others include:

Albert Yarullin - a case can be made he broke out last year in Atlant and move back to Ak Bars will only hurt him
Nikita Tryamkin - he's a prized prospect but never really was impressive at KHL level, will have so much more opportunities this year with Lepisto, Viklund and Metlyuk leaving the team
Ivan Telegin - looked very good in the pre-season, can really play if he gets any kind of minutes on stacked CSKA roster
Artur Gavrus - this one is kinda obvious, it's only a question of time
Denis Guryanov - again Cpt. Obvious here, even though I doubt it's actually going to happen for him this season already
Alexei Bereglazov - he has some real offensive flair and he will get minutes this season
Somebody on Kuznya's roster - because it's how world works
Vyacheslav Leshchenko - because again, he has the talent and he had strong rookie season it would be only natural if he broke out in sophomore year
Vasili Demchenko - I realize he's only gonna be a backup and in that light he broke out last year already but he's a real KHL goalie in the making, might be a real competition for Francouz

Some older guys too, like Vincour or Brule can score in the right situation obviously and have been duds so far in the KHL.

 

[Wooren]

Tomas Filippi

 

[cska78]

I would add Lyubimov/Blahievskiy/Ozhiganov as possibilities...Kuzmenko is going to be a decent player, but I think a year in VHL is a must for him. Mamin - I am not so sure on him, always thought his team-mate Sharov was way better, but sharov's development went to a screeching halt in Lada last year.

 

[SoundAndFury]

Well Ozhiganov played lights out last season so I doubt he can brake out any more than that in CSKA. Kinda same applies to Lyubimov too, he showed he's a legit KHL player last year but I can't see him getting anything more than that on this CSKA roster.

Meanwhile Filippi, from what I've seen, has A LOT of catching up to do with the KHL level and considering he was brought in as a 2C he is much more likely to disappoint than surpass those expectations. If I were Keenan I would go as far as letting Mozyakin and Zaripov carry Filippi for awhile, move Kovar with Osala and Wolski and split time between two lines more or less evenly while giving Kovar line tougher competition. That IMO would benefit everyone in the long run.

 

[Finnpin]

From Jokerit Brandon Kozun (25) and Philip Larsen (25)...hopefully Jere Sallinen (24) and Pekka Jormakka (24) too.

 

[cska78]

Nikita Lisov and Vladislav Lysenko two young d-men with Admiral will have plenty PT, especially Lisov. They also have Belyakov, but I don't know if I am sold on him and (G) Bobkov
Nikita Cherepanov a young stay at home d-man with Amur (loko - project)

 

[SoundAndFury]

Bobkov is horrible, I will be surprised if he ever becomes starting goalie in the KHL. Unless Nalimov has a great season Admiral will allow 3+ goals on average.

 

[cska78]

Bobkov is horrible, I will be surprised if he ever becomes starting goalie in the KHL. Unless Nalimov has a great season Admiral will allow 3+ goals on average.

Let's wait and see, he was pretty bad in NA, however he was pretty exceptional for the U20 NT

 

[Milos Krasic]

Bobkov and Pechursky, both goalies thought to have potential. Both banished to the Far East.

 

[Acallabeth]

Somebody on Kuznya's roster - because it's how world works.

We can hope likely candidates include:
- RW Kirill Kaprizov (1997), this year's Minnesota draft pick. I think he lacks raw talent to become great, but he's smart, determined and was taking matters in his own hands much more this preseason.
- LW Ilya Musin (1991), he was one of the few bright spots this pre-season too. They make for an interesting line with Kaprizov and Ryan Stoa that can make some noise during the season.
- RW Evgeny Orlov (1990), had 10+5 last season, hopefully he can bring more of these goals with a bigger role in Kuznya.
- G Andrei Kareyev (1994).

Or no one

Will we have a specific prospect watch thread or will we do it here? This is a hockey's future board in the end.

 

[Salavat Yulaev]

Russian expert Gimayev said that it is Pavel Buchnevich who will make a breakthrough this season

 

[SoundAndFury]

Russian expert Gimayev said that it is Pavel Buchnevich who will make a breakthrough this season

Wow what a sleeper pick

Buchnevich scored roughly 0.6 PPG last year. What's a "breakthrough" for a player like that? Scoring 1 PPG I guess and that's obviously not going to happen playing for Severstal. Gotta love this "expert" insight.

 

[Salavat Yulaev]

Wow what a sleeper pick

Buchnevich scored roughly 0.6 PPG last year. What's a "breakthrough" for a player like that? Scoring 1 PPG I guess and that's obviously not going to happen playing for Severstal. Gotta love this "expert" insight.

let's live and see

we recently had a chance to reread 3 years old predictions about Mike Keenan's career in KHL by some experts here

 

[Peter25]

Admiral dman #48 Glazkov very good play against Slovan so far. Big, strong and mobile.

 

[Milos Krasic]

Yevgeni Grigorenko is a possibility for Neftekhimik.

He will be playing on the top line with Taffe and Kennedy, so if they work out he could have a big year. Scored 2 goals today against Yugra.

 

[SoundAndFury]

Well he scored 14 points in 22 games for Neftekhimik last year, 10 of them goals, pretty sure that counts as a breakout. This year he obviously has a chance to prove it wasn't a fluke.

 

[Kshahdoo]

I hope Nikita Gusev will score a lot this year. Of course it's going to be a hard task playing in Yugra.

 

[SoundAndFury]

I guess I should say sorry to Filippi, his pucks skills are way better than it seemed to me in pre-season. Sure he has his flaws but his puck skills are way, way above average in the KHL.

 

[Acallabeth]

I hope Nikita Gusev will score a lot this year. Of course it's going to be a hard task playing in Yugra.

Me too, but after his 37 point season, nothing less is expected.

 

[Peter25]

Glazkov continues to impress. By far the most noticeable dman in today's game again.

 

[Milos Krasic]

Grigorenko 1+1 today against Barys.

 

[Peter25]

Maxim Shalunov (Sibir) 2+0 today against Slovan. He has 2+2=4 points in 3 games so far this season. He is quite big and good skater.