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Not sure if anyone has rectified that already, but there are more and more NHL size rinks in the KHL, no ?
Yes, this season 6 NHL size (60x26), 11 Finnish size (60x28) and 7 IIHF size (60x30). The league plans to use one rink-size in the future, they have been making analysis right now. I expect the first recommendations at KHL Board in December.Not sure if anyone has rectified that already, but there are more and more NHL size rinks in the KHL, no ?
I know he had an unimpressive...5 games? But from what I've seen of him I believe he has a high end around rantanen if he hits his upside. (Despite what people are taking from a silly 5 game stint)
It’s even between NHL & Olympic sheets, with a plurality being Liiga size.Not sure if anyone has rectified that already, but there are more and more NHL size rinks in the KHL, no ?
He'll be a good player. Poor man's Marner.
Rantanen has 10kg on KravtsovRantanen?
He'll be a good player. Poor man's Marner.
He plays nothing like Marner.
Rantanen?
Elite Prospects shows that he's now played a game in the VHL, any idea why? Did he get demoted, or did that game happen before he played in the KHL?
Exactly. There was the international break (Euro Hockey Tour), so the KHL had a break. Hence, he moved to the farm team in the VHL to play a game.No demotion, I think the KHL had a 10 day layoff so just to get Krav some reps
No demotion, I think the KHL had a 10 day layoff so just to get Krav some reps
I was at the All-Star Game last year and talked to him a little bit, and we actually played Traktor right before the break and I talked to him about it quickly because it was the first or second game back. I think it’s definitely comfort level; he’s going to play a lot here, and he’s been here for a while—not sure if [Chelyabinsk] is his hometown or not (Kravtsov was born in Vladivostok). It’s tough, I mean—a lot of European players coming over, from what I’ve been seeing and hearing, are getting these clauses in their contract. You can’t blame him. He’s going to make probably ten times as much money here as he would be in the minors. It’s a comfort thing, but he’s also getting ahead financially at this point.
Lol are you just throwing names out to see what sticks?
Kravstov looks cautiously to me like Radulov sans the puck protection but he has the frame to be like Rads. Stronger north/south players than traditional puckhandlers.
I think he plays a lot like Kuznetsov. Just on the wing.
I think he plays a lot like Kuznetsov. Just on the wing.
Yeah I can see that too.
I've watched hundreds of Kuzy's games and dozens of Kravtsov's games and the only same things between them are Traktor and some letters in their surnames.
They play completely different hockey. Kuzy always was more relying oh his magic skating, when he looks like he is not even try to run, but smoothly sliding between trees (that is how defencemen look against him). And the second thing is great IQ.
Vitaly is more about hands and he has another type of skating, but his skating is good either.
Kuzy played more mature hockey since his earliest seasons, but even for older Evgeny it was not easy to adjust to NA hockey.
Kravtsov still has A LOT of bad habits and he is very raw player. That is why he needed to stay in KHL for year or more, or he could play in top-6 in AHL (but Hartford's coach had another opinion).