Confirmed with Link: Penguins sign Sergei Plotnikov (1 year, $925k)

[Valarukar]

What do you guys think will be the hardest part of the game for him to adapt to?

 

[Honour Over Glory]

What do you guys think will be the hardest part of the game for him to adapt to?

Growing a sicker flow than Letang.

 

[systemsgo]

Who needs the Russian connection when you've got Crosby?

 

[JTG]

I just get the feeling this guy is either going to be a folk hero in Pittsburgh or a complete bust.

 

[Ogrezilla]

I just get the feeling this guy is either going to be a folk hero in Pittsburgh or a complete bust.

we could use a new folk hero around here

 

[Dipsy Doodle]

I just get the feeling this guy is either going to be a folk hero in Pittsburgh or a complete bust.

Can't he be both?

 

[Beauner]

Maybe he'll be our Matthew Dellavedova. Except better at his game...

 

[JTG]

Can't he be both?

My hope for him is he turns into a Russian Hornqvist, and we have 2 instead of 1.

 

[Deutschland Dangler]

I just get the feeling this guy is either going to be a folk hero in Pittsburgh or a complete bust.

I'm sure that he'll struggle a little bit to adapt to the new league and immediately be labeled a bust. If he can escape that narrative once it exists remains to be seen.

 

[xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Honestly, even if he's not a legitimate top six winger, he should be given a long look on the 2nd line with Geno and Kessel. All we really need is for him to be a big body, go after loose pucks and get the puck to Geno or Kessel. It doesn't even really matter who the other guy is on that line, so long as it's not like MacIntyre or Adams.

 

[cygnus47]

Does he count as 925k or the amount plus bonuses against the cap?

 

[Zen Arcade]

I'm hoping for a Leo Komarov that fights rather than another Hornqvist, I think the former is fairly realistic.

 

[shureshot66]

Does he count as 925k or the amount plus bonuses against the cap?

$925k is the base salary/cap hit. If he were to hit every single one of his bonuses, he would actually cost roughly $3.8M.

Very unlikely to happen, but if he somehow had a huge year, the Pens could be hit with a hefty bonus overage against their cap for 2016-17.

 

[cygnus47]

$925k is the base salary/cap hit. If he were to hit every single one of his bonuses, he would actually cost roughly $3.8M.

Very unlikely to happen, but if he somehow had a huge year, the Pens could be hit with a hefty bonus overage against their cap for 2016-17.

Has it changed in the latest cba? I swear rookies used to count as the maximum including bonuses...

 

[Ogrezilla]

Has it changed in the latest cba? I swear rookies used to count as the maximum including bonuses...

I remember Toews getting an extra bonus for winning the Conn Smythe and it hurt their cap the next year

 

[Darth Vitale]

I'm hoping for a Leo Komarov that fights rather than another Hornqvist, I think the former is fairly realistic.

All things considered he's more likely to be an analog of Komarov than Hornqvist but he's pretty much an unknown until he starts playing here / trying to mesh into our system. He won't be the same player he was in the KHL (more of a go-to guy there I'm guessing) because he won't be asked to perform the same roles most likely. So it will be interesting.

I for one will give him every chance to make me a Platinumski... I mean Platonicovksi fan.

 

[Randy Butternubs]

I hear he drinks Fiji.

 

[mpp9]

Komarov, Kulemin, Hornqvist blend.

 

[bingobangobongo]

Found his Lokomotiv 12-13 goals video buried on youtube.

 

[Contender]

Forget about Geno. Crosby loves his Russians.

 

[shureshot66]

Has it changed in the latest cba? I swear rookies used to count as the maximum including bonuses...

There were a few seasons where that was true, yes. That's how it worked in the final year of a CBA or if the sides had an option to opt out of the CBA the following year. It basically just closed a loophole so teams couldn't abuse bonuses in case the rules changed in a new agreement.

 

[Big McLargehuge]

There were a few seasons where that was true, yes. That's how it worked in the final year of a CBA or if the sides had an option to opt out of the CBA the following year. It basically just closed a loophole so teams couldn't abuse bonuses in case the rules changed in a new agreement.

Yeah. An example of this in usual practice is Boston having a ton of dead cap space last year from giving Jarome Iginla an incentive-laden contract in 2013-14.

 

[Dipsy Doodle]

My hope for him is he turns into a Russian Hornqvist, and we have 2 instead of 1.

That'd be incredible, but I'd be satisfied with a Kulemin clone.

 

[mpp9]

That'd be incredible, but I'd be satisfied with a Kulemin clone.

Hes not very fast so hes going to have to be a guy whos in your face and awesome in battle areas.

 

[bingobangobongo]

His best stuff is buried. I found some good ****.

Circle out


PP Net front goal


Rush


WC Rush goal


Fake shot


Breakaway


Since there are no recent compilations, and I don't know how to make them, you can do what I do. I compiled the dates of his goal scoring games and multiple assist games from the last two years

Go to youtube, search the date of the game and the Russian word for Lokomotiv. I did 2 random games and they are there.

Локомотив
Lokomotiv

Плотников
Plotnikov

Date G-A
12.09.2013 1-1
03.10.2013 1-0
09.10.2013 0-2
28.10.2013 1-1
14.11.2013 1-0
16.11.2013 1-0
18.11.2013 1-0
27.11.2013 1-0
06.12.2013 1-0
08.12.2013 1-0
29.12.2013 1-1
23.01.2014 1-0
29.01.2014 1-0
26.02.2014 0-2
28.02.2014 2-2
02.03.2014 1-0
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07.03.2014 1-0
15.03.2014 1-2
23.03.2014 1-1
08.04.2014 1-0

06.09.2014 1-0
21.10.2014 1-0
27.10.2014 1-0
29.10.2014 1-0
06.11.2014 2-1
20.11.2014 1-1
22.11.2014 1-0
10.12.2014 1-0
12.12.2014 1-1
14.12.2014 1-1
25.12.2014 1-1
30.12.2014 1-1
07.01.2015 0-2
20.01.2015 1-0
22.01.2015 1-0
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28.02.2015 1-0

Check this example out "28.02.2014 Локомотив"

Plotnikov kills a guy on the forecheck, walks in front and sets up a near goal with a deft backhand pass.



I don't know what he is, but I'll take another Kulemin. He also looks like a RW.