Confirmed with Link: Kravtsov requests trade

[Ail]

Sick goal. Miss u pal

 

[Inferno]

I'm happy he scored...but like none of his issues that he has will be helped by playing in Russia. He needs to play in north America on the smaller ice and against bigger stronger players who don't fall for that same move he does 10 times a season.

 

[NickyFotiu]

Just skated like McDavid to backcheck and took the puck away, then skated like McDavid back into the other teams zone. Looks like the best player on the ice, as should be expected. Way more dynamic than any of our other “top” prospects

Never expected to see McDavids name in this thread but alright then.

 

[vorky]

I'm happy he scored...but like none of his issues that he has will be helped by playing in Russia. He needs to play in north America on the smaller ice and against bigger stronger players who don't fall for that same move he does 10 times a season.

He is playing at smaller ice in the KHL. The clubs are using NHL or Finnish rink size.

 

[Gluten Free Breadman]

enjoy

LMAOOO DRURY IS A JOKE

 

[Levitate]

He is playing at smaller ice in the KHL. The clubs are using NHL or Finnish rink size.

It's not really about ice size it's about the pace and pressure that NHL teams play with compared to other leagues.
I'm sure there is still stuff he can learn and improve on in the KHL that will help him in the NHL but stuff like the pace of the game, the overall skill level of the players, and greatly reduced amount of space out on the ice because of positioning and style of play are the things that keep skilled players from easily transitioning to the NHL

He would have been better off going to the AHL, he would have got a chance pretty quick in the NHL again.

 

[EdJovanovski]

I'm happy he scored...but like none of his issues that he has will be helped by playing in Russia. He needs to play in north America on the smaller ice and against bigger stronger players who don't fall for that same move he does 10 times a season.

He’s pulled that move off several times in the NHL too

 

[FireGerardGallant]

Man that was a pretty sick goal, Why couldn’t he accept an AHL assignment for a week. Major Copium alert but by the end of the KHL season hopefully the two sides can make up

 

[Pawnee Rangers]

He’s pulled that move off several times in the NHL too

Which of his two career goals resulted from it?

 

[mas0764]

He didn’t earn it though. Let’s play Dryden Hunt and Ryan Reaves, they earned it.

 

[a tribe cq]

This boils down two issues here.

Number one, our management. Not in a sense of sending him down but the clarity and disclosure should have been the first thing mentioned with the send down. To then 5 days later after the issue say, ‘well it was only going to be for a couple days for conditioning’, isn’t productive after the fact. That needed to be upfront and frankly, the justification needed to be given simultaneously and relayed to his camp with the send down. From everything coming out of both camps, it was an after thought relayed once Krav was gone.

Number 2, his agent and camp need to help this kid out. He’s young, he’s going to be reactive. The job of his agent is knowing and doing what’s best for him. A short stint in HFD, with an early Kakko injury and an open spot on RW because neither Laf or Kreider can play it and he’d have been on this team since game 4.

This is reminding me of the Kristaps saga with the Knicks to a lesser extent.

I’m not staying the issue is exclusively his agents, but these kids need better life management.

 

[TominNC]

People keep choosing to ignore the point. He needed to work on conditioning. He would have been up by now. Let him have fun in the KHL

 

[duhmetreE]

He’s pulled that move off several times in the NHL too

I'm pretty sure I saw him do that in game7, the year he won the Conn Smythe.

 

[fm]

Get rid of him! Maybe for a winner like Paquette or Komarov

 

[cwede]

This boils down two issues here.
Number one, our management. Not in a sense of sending him down but the clarity and disclosure should have been the first thing mentioned with the send down....
Number 2, his agent and camp need to help this kid out. ...
This is reminding me of the Kristaps saga with the Knicks to a lesser extent.
I’m not staying the issue is exclusively his agents, but these kids need better life management.

TBH, and i have written this elsewhere once before,
maybe there is a 3rd contributing factor -
maybe the "leadership in the room" isn't what the players want us to believe, maybe isn't what they believe themselves.

Look at the recent (last ~3 years) 'issues' - Lias, Tony D, Krav most visibly -
could the leadership group have been more aware and engaged, and kept things handled better?

 

[mas0764]

Pretty sure no one ignored that Kravstov didn’t react appropriately and didn’t do what he should have done. There can be two causes of an incident though.

 

[bhamill]

Great. Hope he scores three points a game every game. Anyone rooting for him to fail is just petty. This is nothing but good for NYR.

 

[CLW]

He'll look good in a Kings or Knights uniform

Maybe the Ducks will pony up to have him play with Zegras, but some team out West seems like the best fit.

 

[a tribe cq]

TBH, and i have written this elsewhere once before,
maybe there is a 3rd contributing factor -
maybe the "leadership in the room" isn't what the players want us to believe, maybe isn't what they believe themselves.

Look at the recent (last ~3 years) 'issues' - Lias, Tony D, Krav most visibly -
could the leadership group have been more aware and engaged, and kept things handled better?

To an extent, but being reactive isn’t usually predictable, I don’t think Krav and Tony really reflect our leadership. Especially Tony…it’s not the first time he couldn’t figure it out and was moved on from.

Pretty sure no one ignored that Kravstov didn’t react appropriately and didn’t do what he should have done. There can be two causes of an incident though.

I think when we take a step back and remember he is a young kid, poor guidance comes into play majorly.

Maybe I’m wrong and they tried to guide him in the right direction and it is all on him, but I doubt he had people in his ear giving him the right direction, or so it seems.

 

[a tribe cq]

Great. Hope he scores three points a game every game. Anyone rooting for him to fail is just petty. This is nothing but good for NYR.

100% this.

Whether he comes back to the team or not, his skill is being built upon and his value to either us or another team is going up.

 

[nyr2k2]

Man this thread is going to be so much fun to follow.

 

[NickyFotiu]

Kid just took a piss all over Drurys face, lmao

LOL Chris Drury is the GM for a original 6 NHL team that is probably worth nearly 2 billion dollars.

The KHL probably averages 5000 spectators give or take 1000.

I think Drury will be okay.

 

[East Coast Bias]

It’s a great move. But I would like to see it somewhere outside a KHL all star game.

 

[Pawnee Rangers]

He didn’t earn it though. Let’s play Dryden Hunt and Ryan Reaves, they earned it.

And Georgiev too! He's definitely better than Georgiev and should have made the team over him.

 

[haveandare]

He didn’t earn it though. Let’s play Dryden Hunt and Ryan Reaves, they earned it.

Look up Hunts ppg then Kravstov’s. Hunt has proven a hell of a lot more in both the AHL and NHL.