G Yaroslav Askarov - SKA-Neva St.Petersburg, VHL (2020, 11th, NSH)

[Alex K]

Congratulations to Askarov with his first pro win!

 

[bagsw]

43 saves in his first VHL game, sounds good

 

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[Pavel Buchnevich]

Askarov is an incredible athlete for a player his size. While someone like Knight is a good athlete, he rarely needs to use it because he’s always in great position. Askarov isn’t bad positionally and with technical aspects of the game. I think he’s better at these aspects than most goalie prospects, but it’s not his forte. His forte is his athleticism. The comparisons to Vasilevskiy are not just because of the hype they had as prospects and being Russian. They play very similar.

 

[Ivan13]

He is exceptional and I would pick him in the top 5. The only guy I'm sure will be a bigger difference-maker is Alexis. But he needs to be more economic in his movements and work on positioning. He reminds me of Varlamov a bit, who was also exceptionally talented in terms of athletic ability, but over-reliance on that made him fragile as he overworked himself by needing to pull out all the stops making what would've been a routine save for a technically sound goalie because he wasn't the best at understanding angles and reading the play.

 

[BowDownToVasilevskiy]

Will Askarov play in the NHL immediately after being drafted?

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

Will Askarov play in the NHL immediately after being drafted?

Clearly not.

 

[BowDownToVasilevskiy]

Clearly not.

Though so, just wanted to double check. Doing some research for a dynasty draft.

 

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[ViD]

Looks like he’s getting a start in the KHL

17-летний вратарь СКА Аскаров дебютирует в КХЛ в матче с «Сочи»

 

[tony d]

He's going to be a good 1. I don't think he goes #1 but I doubt he lasts past the top 5 in the 2020 draft.

 

[Kshahdoo]

2nd youngest KHL keeper ever. Sorokin was 8 days younger in his 1st KHL game.

 

[Critical13]

Will Askarov play in the NHL immediately after being drafted?

How many 19 year old goalies have we seen? D+2/3 seems realistic, though.

 

[Newfoundland]

Will he get 9 games?

 

[MMC]

SKA wins 4-2 in Askarov's start, he makes 23 saves on 25 shots.

 

[TheBeastCoast]

Will he get 9 games?

I am pretty sure his contract in Russia runs through next year so he won't...I could be wrong on that. But even if it doesn't I would doubt you will see him in the NHL next year.

 

[16thOverallSaveUs]

Will Askarov play in the NHL immediately after being drafted?

I wouldn’t be surprised if he does in his d+2 season, but d+1 is pushing it

 

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[Halfy]

Does he actually just start for Russia at the WJC

 

[tfong]

Alot of these saves are desperate low ice saves, can someone give a quick rundown how he is with routine saves and high shots? Most of his highlights show him really low to the ice

 

[TopT]

Russia is really doing something right with goalies in the last few years

 

[Peter25]

Russia is really doing something right with goalies in the last few years

Lots of Finnish goalie coaches have been working in Russia in the last ten years or so.