Player Discussion: Nikita Kucherov

[Sempiternal]

Thinking about going after Kucherov in fantasy hockey but I'm only interested in him if he's wearing a Lightning uniform. Is it a safe assumption that he will be a Lightning for the next several years?

 

[Hoek]

Not entirely? I still give it better odds he will stay than leave but there's potential cracks... I'm feeling like 65-35?

 

[Stammertime91]

Honestly if we get Karlsson and Kucherov leaves then I won't be upset. If he wants to leave a team with these guys then bye. I'd be really surprised if he leaves though.

 

[Todd1a]

I’d be really surprised if Kucherov is not playing for the lightning next season

 

[The Gongshow]

I'd be surprised if Kuch didn't sign with Tampa. If Karlsson joins the team then the money issue becomes very interesting...

Will he take a Stammer/Hedman discount? Will E.K?

Too many variables right now but I can't see Kuch leaving

 

[DFC]

Honestly if we get Karlsson and Kucherov leaves then I won't be upset. If he wants to leave a team with these guys then bye. I'd be really surprised if he leaves though.

I only wouldn't be upset if he didn't want to stay and left. If we get rid of him while he wants to stay... I think that's just crazy media clickbait smoke, but so many people are caught up in it now.

 

[More 2004]

LOL no.. do you know who Steve Yzerman is? Cold blooded. He likely get 9.5-10. Just watch.

I'm so proud of myself! lol..

 

[The Gongshow]

Thinking about going after Kucherov in fantasy hockey but I'm only interested in him if he's wearing a Lightning uniform. Is it a safe assumption that he will be a Lightning for the next several years?

He's locked up now you're good to go.

 

[Lord Stan 2020]

kuch signed that is all i said as soon as offered he would sign just like hedman lifer guys now at least this is put to bed think is very fair think he woulda went for 9 str8 so the .5 is on yzerman but he has earned it i guess

lets gooooooo bolts now add EK to make me happy stevie o

 

[Sempiternal]

He's locked up now you're good to go.

Haha yup. Great signing.

 

[TheDaysOf 04]

“I definitely didn’t feel I played my best hockey I could play,” Kucherov told The Athletic. “It just happened to be that period of time. Sometimes things go well for you, sometimes you’re not feeling right. Something is off. And I don’t want it to happen again. I’m going to make sure to work on it and make sure I’m hungry every game. Looking back, I would have done some things differently, preparation and stuff, little things before games."

 

[Stormbreaker]

Kuch looked like a lost puppy out there.

 

[These Are The Days]

That damn Cooper is at it again

 

[CupsOverCash]

Kuch looked like a lost puppy out there.

He definitely did. I wonder how much of it is due to what he is saying above vs what Washington was doing. Probably a combo of both.

 

[Stormbreaker]

 

[Bonzo111]

What numbers is Kuch looking at putting up this season?

 

[The Macho King]

What numbers is Kuch looking at putting up this season?

He's Kucherov. So whatever he wants to put up. He's a known quantity.

 

[Stormbreaker]

 

[CupsOverCash]

What numbers is Kuch looking at putting up this season?

If healthy for a full season you can probably put him down anywhere from 85 to possibly 100 like last year. I will say somewhere around that. Dont think he surpasses what he did last year although if he would have kept the pedal to the medal he probably would have well surpassed that.

 

[Flat Ronnie]

Depends how much time he wants to "take off."

 

[ViD]

Does Kuch have the best English of all Russian players who didn’t grow up in US/Canada?

 

[DistantThunderRep]

Does Kuch have the best English of all Russian players who didn’t grow up in US/Canada?

Bure and Federov have really good English. Kovalchuk and Vasy have good English too.

 

[ViD]

Bure and Federov have really good English. Kovalchuk and Vasy have good English too.

Kovalchuk is not close to Kuch, he has a much thicker accent

 

[DFC]

Does Kuch have the best English of all Russian players who didn’t grow up in US/Canada?

Of today's players maybe. I don't really know. But it feels like a lot of Russian players in the 90s and early 2000s had pretty much perfected the language. Valerie Bure probably has an even better grasp than Pavel.

But for 25 year-olds, yeah, Kuch seems to be way ahead of the curve.

 

[JoVel]

Does Kuch have the best English of all Russian players who didn’t grow up in US/Canada?

Malkin easily.