KHL (Kontinental Hockey League) 2012-2013 General Discussion part III

[Jussi]

Yeah, it's still funny to me, though, seeing NHL get spurned for the KHL. I'll probably never see it happen, but although NHL is the league I follow closest, I yearn for the day when another league, say, KHL will be on equal footing, like you see in football.

Equal footing in football? Good one.

 

[jaco]

The only players who will play on are Kovalchuk & S. Kostitsyn (maybe their last games today), the all others gone or already left their teams.

Andrei Markov is playing for Vityaz

 

[SoundAndFury]

First full game in KHL by Vasilevsky and his first shutout. Aaaand his first assist.

That kid's gooood. And all the other Salavat goalies stink very very bad lately, good for him.

 

[kajoo]

On the other hand, that's understandable. As it stands now, they wasted ~35 draft pick on absolutely nothing while you can get a player like Jaskin, Rask, Collberg, Oullet and etc.

Only 1/4 of 2nd rounders become regular NHLers.

 

[LOFIN]

Equal footing in football? Good one.

I'd say EPL, La Liga, Serie A and Bundesliga are pretty equally footed atm. Ofcourse, This has more to do with Champions League these days, which is the nr.1 dream for any footballer, aside from the WC and EURO naturally.

 

[cska78]

lockout is over, times are tough for CSKA, barely conquered Avto in SO....

hoping, that Fedorov was ready and has some tentative agreement with potential reinforcements. I can see O. Petrov, Panarin, Korolyuk (renta players), Kagarlitskiy (can be bought out as it looks like Kuznya is finishing it's run in the KHL sooner than later), and if somehow we can manage to pry Zherdev - that would be great. D is pretty good, but offensive power is less than scary.

 

[malkinfan]

lockout is over, times are tough for CSKA, barely conquered Avto in SO....

hoping, that Fedorov was ready and has some tentative agreement with potential reinforcements. I can see O. Petrov, Panarin, Korolyuk (renta players), Kagarlitskiy (can be bought out as it looks like Kuznya is finishing it's run in the KHL sooner than later), and if somehow we can manage to pry Zherdev - that would be great. D is pretty good, but offensive power is less than scary.

Can they call back Gusev?

 

[Holden Caulfield]

Minsk, Torpedo, Donbass fall in regulation. Minsk and Donbass are a couple my well liked teams, but I really want Slovan in playoffs so... Severstal wins in regulation though

A Slovan win (most important) and a Lev loss against Magnitogorsk and it will be a pretty solid day all around...

 

[SoundAndFury]

Only 1/4 of 2nd rounders become regular NHLers.

That's true but first of all, we are not talking about just a 2nd round pick but about very high 2nd round pick where you can still go with safe pick which you pretty much know will turn into a NHL player of some kind or go with high risk - high reward pick (a lot of teams do that and that's why ratio is 1/4) who may not pan out but also might become a star. You never know when you are getting Duncan Keith, Shea Weber or Loui Eriksson

Can they call back Gusev?

No, they traded him for good.

 

[ALF AmericanLionsFan]

So Radulov was a healthy scratch today...what problem now is he having with the coach?

 

[SoundAndFury]

So Radulov was a healthy scratch today...what problem now is he having with the coach?

Maybe he was too upset to play after Datsyuk and Grabo left

 

[Ryker]

Equal footing in football? Good one.

OK, so the English Premier League might be a notch above the closest followers, but that's all it is, a notch. Like LOFIN mentioned, there are other leagues very close to it, and the gap isn't nearly as great as it is in hockey right now. You also don't see one-way traffic towards a single league like you do with the NHL, and there's plenty of excellent players that have left the EPL to play elsewhere instead. But yeah, be my guest and focus on that iota of difference in the footing to devalue my point.

 

[ebis]

OK, so the English Premier League might be a notch above the closest followers, but that's all it is, a notch. Like LOFIN mentioned, there are other leagues very close to it, and the gap isn't nearly as great as it is in hockey right now. You also don't see one-way traffic towards a single league like you do with the NHL, and there's plenty of excellent players that have left the EPL to play elsewhere instead. But yeah, be my guest and focus on that iota of difference in the footing to devalue my point.

I know it's off topic, but IMO Bundesliga is already better than PL.

 

[ebis]

Damn, another injured D from Slovan, that's 9 injured players now.

At least Miklik punished the hit with a PP snipe.

 

[cska78]

So Radulov was a healthy scratch today...what problem now is he having with the coach?

that's one thing I respect about Butsaev, he don't ...k around, if Radulov thinкs he's special - he can be special riding the pine.

 

[ebis]

Janus with assist

 

[ALF AmericanLionsFan]

that's one thing I respect about Butsaev, he don't ...k around, if Radulov things he's special - he can be special riding the pine.

Good for him As much as I enjoy watch Radulov play the s(*t he pulls sometimes drives me nuts.

 

[Fulcrum]

so Nichushkin with his first KHL goal? NICE!

 

[Jussi]

I'd say EPL, La Liga, Serie A and Bundesliga are pretty equally footed atm. Ofcourse, This has more to do with Champions League these days, which is the nr.1 dream for any footballer, aside from the WC and EURO naturally.

Not financially. The ones with money will always grab the most sought after players, thus driving up the prices even more and bridging the gap between the big and small clubs even further.

 

[Bojovnik]

Sersen .

Don't rate him at all.

 

[MrGeno101]

so Nichushkin with his first KHL goal? NICE!

Congrats to him

 

[cska78]

Radulov is practicing with the MHL squad for now. Based on his salary, very few teams can afford him and just a week left to sort it out.

 

[Faterson]

Janus with assist

Looks like they took it away from him later on. Was a bit of a stretch to call it an "assist".

 

[malkinfan]

Radulov is practicing with the MHL squad for now. Based on his salary, very few teams can afford him and just a week left to sort it out.

I've been out of the loop, whats going on with him?

 

[Mathradio]

What about Andrei Kostitsyn? Has he found his game yet?