C Alexander Khovanov - Metallurg Zhlobin, Belarus (2018, 86th, MIN released)
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Moncton is one of the top CHL markets in the country, but were absolutely atrocious last season
tigervixxxen
Optimism=Delusional
Moncton pulled the plug at the deadline and did the tankasaurus last year. They are getting some good talent in, I wouldn't classify them as terrible moving forward. It's also known that Moncton has money to get imports in.
Well they just blew it on one of the bigger name imports they could get. Pelletier will be a good add but they don't have a whole lot else cooking in the oven so to speak. Might be good in a few years but not likely next year.
Moncton is one of the richest teams in the CHL and have been very successful. It's junior hockey teams suck sometimes. Halifax was AWFUL for a few years and now everyone is in love with them. Moncton has been a better franchise than Halifax overall and the majority of the QMJHL. Halifax got two really good players and it turned them around, Moncton is rebuilding now too and should be much better than last year (although it's impossible to be worse than the second half of last season).
They had one really bad season and no one bothers to look past one season. Do some research
How can he remind Kucherov? Kucherov is a sniping winger and Khovanov is a playmaking center.
Fixed to Ruin
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Or Halifax, Kelowna, Portland.. really any of the teams with money and decent attendance figures.
Even Halifax hasn't been great in recent times. They were sellers at last year's deadline trading Meier and finished 2nd last in the QMJHL.
London and Portland seem to generally be exempt from being near the bottom. Windsor and Kitchener in the OHL are almost always playoff teams, although Windsor did bottom out for a bit after they got sanctioned.
Yeah with Halifax it seems to be the last few years. Savy moves to get good picks but also probably a few other under the table things to get top imports to come over.
TheBeastCoast
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Halifax has been getting top imports for years and years now. Always seemed to prefer the route of Swiss or Czech. The current teams core is formed almost entirely from just bottoming out and gaining high picks. I mean even with Nico and Zadina they were both high euro picks that the Moose got from a bad season.
SergeConstantin74
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According to Moncton's GM, Khovanov caught an illness during a trip to the Caribbean this summer and could be out for 6 months. 
https://www.acadienouvelle.com/spor...ois-mauvaises-nouvelles-chez-wildcats/?pgnc=1
https://www.acadienouvelle.com/spor...ois-mauvaises-nouvelles-chez-wildcats/?pgnc=1
SergeConstantin74
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Why would he need the excuse? He already signed with a KHL club. Moncton doesn't own him.
Vatican Roulette
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According to Moncton's GM, Khovanov caught an illness during a trip to the Caribbean this summer and could be out for 6 months.
https://www.acadienouvelle.com/spor...ois-mauvaises-nouvelles-chez-wildcats/?pgnc=1
6 months? What did catch?( I can't read French)
SergeConstantin74
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Then some team can get a happy ticket out of this lottery. Or not. I mean, the main thing for any young player isn't his draft position, but a proper development. If Khovanov plays good, he will become an NHLer no matter what draft position he's picked.
True but they are leaving other things on the table. Signing bonus' and money. Won't matter for Khovanov as much given he just signed a KHL contract.
Id like a nice "injury slip" and the nyr could nab him. Doubt he falls past 15 but hey, its early
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