I'd love someone who whatched him play KHL games to tell me why the kid is still pointless in 28 KHL games (out of what,40?) this season.
He seems so to be on the low-end of the +/- stat compared to other CSKA defencemen and I have trouble getting TOI easily.
Haven't seen him play other than highlights really. I understand from you folks that he is not "driving" the offence in WJC but I get the feeling that the share of points he gets is fair to his play. This is a genuine question. How come this kid goes pointless in 28/40 KHL games and lead his WJC team and all defencemen in points?
I'd like a wrap-up of his line-pairing-mates/missions in KHL/WJC... If someone can sum this up. Thanks.
I thought the same thing and from what I could find he is three years younger than the next youngest player on his team. The fact that he is even playing is insane in the first place. He is playing around 10 minutes per game with no power play time and in mostly defensive match-ups. When you see him come back and play with his age group he is the best defencemen of this tournament.
He's +12 in plus/minus leading all players.
Leading all D in points. 8 Points total.
Has made several big hits and is extremely physical for his size and weight.
Romanov clears front of net vs canada:
He looks very promising and has a lot of confidence for a player his age (KHL). Maybe now that he has done well at the WJC his KHL team may start to increase his TOI and give him a bit of power-play time. All things considered you have to temper expectations for him as he is three years younger. They (his KHL team) see and recognize his skillset. They just have a bunch of strong players with much more experience. He is on
CSKA which is the best team in the KHL. They have a pile of high end talent to put out on the ice. Back to Romanov; his father and Grand father both played professional hockey. Hockey is in his blood.