Romanov

[actuallynotPJStock]

I agree, when you watch him play, you don't think rookie. To gain Julien's trust so early in his career speaks volumes. Very impressed.

I think you hit the nail on the head, so to speak. For a rookie to gain the trust of Julien so quickly, that’s special.

 

[Pyrophorus]

wow the kid is impressive allready, playing big minutes ,
he's quick , really good vision for the first pass out of the zone and good offensive flair.

Could he be in course for the Calder this year ?
Also to whom can we compare him ?

Got walked by Sutter last night.

 

[GermanSpitfire]

Got walked by Sutter last night.

Yikes

 

[Junohockeyfan]

Got walked by Sutter last night.

That was Evgeni Sutter. He walks every dman in the league.

 

[TheImpatientPanther]

Is there hope he can become Provorov lite?
What would his offensive ceiling be in another couple years?

 

[Walrus26]

Nah he sucks, he got dangled by Brandon Sutter last night



But seriously, the goal was threadworthy imo.

Even us Habs fans can honestly say "what a goal" by Sutter.

 

[W5K]

Going to flop in the NHL. Most Europeans are pretty bad at hockey and he’s no different. He doesn’t have the strength or physicality to be a great European like Nikita Zadorov

 

[Kuznetsnow]

what a steal.... 38th overall in 2018

part of the infamous Danault+2nd for Weise and Fleischmann deal with Chicago

Bergevin not looking so bad now on top of the Pacioretty for Suzuki, Tatar, 2nd trade.... but we'll take Sergachev back

Also Galchenyuk for Domi for Anderson, Armia for free, Petry for a 2nd, Allen to form a premier goaltending tandem

He's not perfect but overall he's a premier trading GM in a very hard to operate in market and Habs fans give him far too much crap. Pearls before swine.

 

[Junohockeyfan]

Is there hope he can become Provorov lite?
What would his offensive ceiling be in another couple years?

He would be Provorov-heavy

Provorov 2.0.

 

[Natey]

Is there hope he can become Provorov lite?
What would his offensive ceiling be in another couple years?

50 points? 60 points?

Dude gets the puck on net, can walk the blueline like nobody else, and has great vision.

 

[Jack Skellington]

Also Galchenyuk for Domi for Anderson, Armia for free, Petry for a 2nd, Allen to form a premier goaltending tandem

He's not perfect but overall he's a premier trading GM in a very hard to operate in market and Habs fans give him far too much crap. Pearls before swine.

Tatar Suzuki 2nd (Norlinder) for Pacioretty

 

[TheImpatientPanther]

50 points? 60 points?

Dude gets the puck on net, can walk the blueline like nobody else, and has great vision.

Wow.
Was thinking 40ish depending on PP time.
I've heard he has a clapper.
Only seen the MON-TOR game and liked what I saw in that small sample size.

 

[Scuba-Steve]

Tatar Suzuki 2nd (Norlinder) for Pacioretty

That 2nd end up being Mattias Norlinder and Jacob Leguerrier.

 

[Natey]

Wow.
Was thinking 40ish depending on PP time.
I've heard he has a clapper.
Only seen the MON-TOR game and liked what I saw in that small sample size.

That's a ceiling. I think 40 points is more realistic in a year or two. I would be happy with 25-30 this year.

 

[Walrus26]

Going to flop in the NHL. Most Europeans are pretty bad at hockey and he’s no different. He doesn’t have the strength or physicality to be a great European like Nikita Zadorov

You've seen him play, right? You clearly haven't.....or you're just stirring some bizarre pot of stereotypes.

He plays like a T-34. The 1943 variant with the 85mm gun, too.

 

[Riddum]

Yikes

To be fair, he's not playing on his natural side. So for him to do well while playing on his off side speaks volume. Of course he makes mistakes but the dude has 5 NHL games under his belt.

 

[Sparty]

You've seen him play, right? You clearly haven't.....or you're just stirring some bizarre pot of stereotypes.

He plays like a T-34. The 1943 variant with the 85mm gun, too.

I could be wrong, but that clearly looked like he was being sarcastic there. Either that or he has a really high opinion of Nakita Zadorov.

 

[Bee Holder]

I don't know if he will become a #1, 2, r or 4 D but he's so calm out there for a rookie D. He's a nice addition to the team.

He sure does look good out there for a

 

[HabsQC]

He sure does look good out there for a
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Wow is that a Pokémon ? I stopped caring after the 2nd gen

 

[Gamimenos]

Nice to see a full squad able to clear the crease of trash.

 

[Bee Holder]

Wow is that a Pokémon ? I stopped caring after the 2nd gen

It is hahah! It's from gen 8, released late 2019

 

[W5K]

You've seen him play, right? You clearly haven't.....or you're just stirring some bizarre pot of stereotypes.

He plays like a T-34. The 1943 variant with the 85mm gun, too.

T-34 sounds like a Star Wars weapon. Maybe Romanov should stop focusing on childish movies and more on hockey and he would be a better player

 

[Brownies]

He sure does look good out there for a
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I'm too old, I only know the first 300 or something haha. Soon enough I'm sure I'll know the new ones with my kids.

 

[AD1066]

Timmins said that the reason he was ranked so far in the draft was that he wasn't getting good minutes playing in Russia for what it felt like ''political decisions'' that prevented Romanov to play on the PP and play a good amount of minutes every games.

I wonder if this is a cultural thing, it seems like a number of talented young Russian players end up on the fourth lines or bottom pairings of MHL/KHL teams. Is this imagined on my part, or could a Russian poster comment on this?

 

[Brownies]

I wonder if this is a cultural thing, it seems like a number of talented young Russian players end up on the fourth lines or bottom pairings of MHL/KHL teams. Is this imagined on my part, or could a Russian poster comment on this?

I read an article on such corruption in Slovakia and remember a poster here discussing it, but yeah it would be interesting to know the situation in Russia.