This thread was brought to our attention by some of our readers. This is likely a slight oversight on the part of McKeen's Hockey, who usually deliver high quality, and well researched prospect content. These allegations for the scale of 60-70% are simply not true. Please read the explanation of our reasoning below.
Every year there are a few guys (one two or three) that come out and their DOB is questioned. The Russian players from the 2004 NHL Entry Draft are Viktor Alexandrov (3rd round pick) and Dmitri Shitikov (undrafted). Last year some questions surfaced regarding Kastytsin (Montreal Canadiens pick in the 1st round), but no one had any proof to back up these allegations, and by themselves all that the baseless allegations do is hurt the player and the sport.
No one really has any hard evidence to back these things up, as the players posess legal documents that are real and valid, and no one can really prove whether they were made when the player was born or three years ago.
Again, there are only a couple of cases of this occcurance every year, NOT even close to the 60-70% allegation.