Redder Winger
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- May 4, 2017
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Between 2004 and 2011 the Red Wings didn't draft a single Russian.
I think the aversion to Russians was costly. Instead of Kuznetsov, we got Sheahan, for example.
It was a strange aversion for an organization whose renaissance owed so much to Russians.
But anyway, I wanted to do a test.
From 2006 to 2015, I'm going to replace the Red Wings first, second and third round picks with the highest Russians left on the Central Scouting Euro rankings
Let's see what happens
2006
Emmerton for Anisimov
Matthias for Vasyunov
Axelsson for Popov
Larsson for Zharkov
2007
Smith for Mayorov
Andersson for Goncharov
2008
McCollum for Petrov
Nicastro for Voynov
2009
Ferraro for Orlov
Tatar for AVTSYN
Nestrasil for BURDASOV
Fournier for ANDRONOV
2010
Sheahan for Kuznetsov
Jarnkrok for Kitsyn
Aubry for Zaitsev
2011
Jurco for Kucherov
Ouellet for ARZAMASTSEV
Sproul for MARCHENKO
Quine for S BARBASHEV
2012
Frk for Prokhorkin
Paterson for Slepyshev
2013
Mantha for Buchnevich
Nastasiuk for Yakimov
Bertuzzi for Andrei Mironov
Janmark-Nylen for Anton Slepyshev
2014
Larkin for Kamenev
Turgeon for Gavrikov
2015
Svechnikov for DERGACHYOV
Saarijarvi for Volkov
In the beginning, you get better picks simply by taking the top ranked Russian still on the board.
It's more complicated from about 2011 on, when more and more top Russians come over to the CHL.
I think the aversion to Russians was costly. Instead of Kuznetsov, we got Sheahan, for example.
It was a strange aversion for an organization whose renaissance owed so much to Russians.
But anyway, I wanted to do a test.
From 2006 to 2015, I'm going to replace the Red Wings first, second and third round picks with the highest Russians left on the Central Scouting Euro rankings
Let's see what happens
2006
Emmerton for Anisimov
Matthias for Vasyunov
Axelsson for Popov
Larsson for Zharkov
2007
Smith for Mayorov
Andersson for Goncharov
2008
McCollum for Petrov
Nicastro for Voynov
2009
Ferraro for Orlov
Tatar for AVTSYN
Nestrasil for BURDASOV
Fournier for ANDRONOV
2010
Sheahan for Kuznetsov
Jarnkrok for Kitsyn
Aubry for Zaitsev
2011
Jurco for Kucherov
Ouellet for ARZAMASTSEV
Sproul for MARCHENKO
Quine for S BARBASHEV
2012
Frk for Prokhorkin
Paterson for Slepyshev
2013
Mantha for Buchnevich
Nastasiuk for Yakimov
Bertuzzi for Andrei Mironov
Janmark-Nylen for Anton Slepyshev
2014
Larkin for Kamenev
Turgeon for Gavrikov
2015
Svechnikov for DERGACHYOV
Saarijarvi for Volkov
In the beginning, you get better picks simply by taking the top ranked Russian still on the board.
It's more complicated from about 2011 on, when more and more top Russians come over to the CHL.