G Vsevolod Skotnikov - Zvezda Moscow, VHL (2020 undrafted)

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Vsevolod Skotnikov is quite an intriguing goalie prospect, as despite not having great size, he got good reflexes, mobility, technique and is also a pretty consistent performer. With that being said, he isn't found in draft rankings too often, so lets at least start a thread.

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[Dirtyf1ghter]

181th in my board.

Yaroslav Askarov, Yegor Guskov, Yegor Gorshkov, Amir Miftakhov, Gleb Nosov and him... I predict 5 maybe 6 Russian GK this year.

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

I think he’s going to be a huge steal. In five years, teams will be wondering why they drafted endless busts above him.

 

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Stopped 60 out of 62 shots in a 2OT win in the MHL playoffs today.

 

[Killerjas]

Mindblowing why there is no buzz about him. Been dominant in the MHL for the last 2 seasons and did really well this season in the 5 games he played in the VHL (Russian's 2nd men league). The same league as Askarov! People are sleeping on him because he is "just" 6 feet high, but this kid is great and is not listed by the top scouting teams. He is doing quite well in the new season, playing in the VHL.

I would throw a late round pick at him, maybe a 5th round pick at the earliest.

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

Mindblowing why there is no buzz about him. Been dominant in the MHL for the last 2 seasons and did really well this season in the 5 games he played in the VHL (Russian's 2nd men league). The same league as Askarov! People are sleeping on him because he is "just" 6 feet high, but this kid is great and is not listed by the top scouting teams. He is doing quite well in the new season, playing in the VHL.

I would throw a late round pick at him, maybe a 5th round pick at the earliest.

He was on the bench yesterday for CSKA Moscow. I think he’s their third goalie this season.

 

[Atas2000]

Mindblowing why there is no buzz about him. Been dominant in the MHL for the last 2 seasons and did really well this season in the 5 games he played in the VHL (Russian's 2nd men league). The same league as Askarov! People are sleeping on him because he is "just" 6 feet high, but this kid is great and is not listed by the top scouting teams. He is doing quite well in the new season, playing in the VHL.

I would throw a late round pick at him, maybe a 5th round pick at the earliest.

The problem is just 6 feet nowadays sounds like a guy who will stay in the KHL as NHL teams are obsessed with supertall goalies.

 

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Debuted in the KHL, stopped 20 out of 21 shots.

 

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Extended with CSKA until the end of 2023/24.

 

[Caser]

As usually size matters - went undrafted.

 

[Atas2000]

The problem is just 6 feet nowadays sounds like a guy who will stay in the KHL as NHL teams are obsessed with supertall goalies.

Believe it or not

only one goalie under 6'1" was drafted and that was a Canadian.

On the other side of the spectrum two 6'8" guys with mediocre stats were drafted in late rounds.

And Khudobin's success won't change that anytime soon. Skotnikov is doing the right thing extending in the KHL.

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

Should've been drafted. I suspect he'll be drafted next year or the one after.

 

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Went 255:47 without letting a goal against in the VHL, which is the fourth result in league's history.

 

[SoundAndFury]

which is the fourth result in league's history

Good [not so] 'ol VHL, in the NHL he would be 2nd goalie to do this since the 1940s.

 

[Jersey Fan 12]

Great numbers. Any reason he is still in VHL and not getting a KHL opportunity?

 

[SoundAndFury]

Great numbers. Any reason he is still in VHL and not getting a KHL opportunity?

Keep in mind with those kind of numbers he is one of five goalies with .94+ and 1/13 with .93+ Sv%. Numbers in the VHL are mostly meaningless.

Case in point, he still remains the 4th goalie in the system with Gamzin getting both the bigger share of VHL games, and KHL opportunities, where he has .949 Sv% while posting "just" .922 in the VHL. Hard to pass opportunities to Skotnikov when he plays like that.

 

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Extended in the CSKA system until the end of 2025/26.