If they decide that they want him in the AHL can they do it mid season or does it have to be right away? I'm not saying they will or want to I'm just curious.
Lindblom quote on him:
“Looks like a real Russian, with his hands. Probably fun to play with him.Ââ€
http://www.philly.com/philly/sports...re-with-the-flyers-mike-sielski-20170912.html
Maybe if they didn't have Vecchione, Vorobyev and Varone as the likely top 9 centers, plus Knight, Bardreau and Fazleev.
Imagine if Hextall had taken Nicholas Roy instead of Tomek at #90 in 2015. We'd have center prospects coming out of of ears.
The Phantoms only have one other Russian and he's a 4th line/13th forward type, so that will be tough.
He’s been a centerman his whole life,” Hextall said. “He goes to Chicoutimi last season, plays on the left side. He played very well. That type of flexibility with a player is important. We don’t have to sit right now with a guy like German and say, ‘He’s going to be a centerman.’ He can be a center or a left winger. That’s huge for us. We’ve got a lot of centermen, which most teams do. It can [accelerate] the time of period of when he’s ready and when we have a spot.
You're forgetting Pimp Daddy Vorobyev.
The Phantoms only have one other Russian and he's a 4th line/13th forward type, so that will be tough.
If they sign Kosorenkov (which I think they will if he plays decently in TC), you could have
Kosorenkov - Vorobyev - Fazleev
as an all Russian line.
Call 'em the "Killer V's"