Sergey Mozyakin CBJ (best Russian player right now (included all Russian nhl players)

[Martinez]

This old video
Volsky still injured

Aw crap, way to give us false hope OP

 

[kudymen]

This old video
Volsky still injured

Oh. Way to get my hopes up... Sorry for the misinformation, Martinez

 

[FacialAbuse*]

I noticed that too. Good for wolski.
How would Mozyakin's game transfer to the NHL? How many points would he get? Is he good defensively? Puck battles? All that good stuff

Speedy, evasive, and gritty. Scores all types of goals and has good offensive instincts (Obviously). Having said that he plays on bigger ice with smaller defensemen. I don't know to what degree the smaller ice would limit his scoring chances. As long as he can get his shot off and had someone to feed him the puck at the top of the circle, he'd be a 25-30 goal guy and a wizard on the PP. Just a matter of him adjusting to smaller ice and bigger, physical defensemen. Also, he's 35. NHL there's a lot of opponents wearing you down. Could he withstand a Getzlaf, Kesler, Lucic, Gudbranson targetting him in the West? Could he battle through a Chara, Kreider, Alzner, Weber in the East?

 

[Greeneye]

Sergey Mozyakin best Russian player right now (included all Russian nhl players)
This boy legend all world hockey

So I didn't notice the length of the video before watching it...i was waiting for something special. OP are you serious? Surely this dude has better highlights. Based off this one play I'm not sure I'd be putting him in front of Ovechkin or Malkin. Or Panarin/Tarasenko/Radulov/Kucherov.

 

[Dueling Banjos]

Speedy, evasive, and gritty. Scores all types of goals and has good offensive instincts (Obviously). Having said that he plays on bigger ice with smaller defensemen. I don't know to what degree the smaller ice would limit his scoring chances. As long as he can get his shot off and had someone to feed him the puck at the top of the circle, he'd be a 25-30 goal guy and a wizard on the PP. Just a matter of him adjusting to smaller ice and bigger, physical defensemen. Also, he's 35. NHL there's a lot of opponents wearing you down. Could he withstand a Getzlaf, Kesler, Lucic, Gudbranson targetting him in the West? Could he battle through a Chara, Kreider, Alzner, Weber in the East?

I am not 100% sure but i think there's at least one arena in KHL that's more or less the size of NHL rinks (maybe Amur's arena in Khabarovsk), Russian KHL posters can tell us more. It could be interesting to check his stats against that particular team, if that's true ofcourse. On the other hand Amur only had one positive season in last dunno 7 years, so they're not a proper challenge.

 

[Atoyot]

Sergey Mozyakin best Russian player right now (included all Russian nhl players)
This boy legend all world hockey

Your threads are always my favorite.
"Hey guys look at this unpopular opinion I have!"
Every time.

 

[Mrb1p]

Aren't you the same guy who said that Radulov would lead the Russian NHL players in points?

Not super far off

 

[Dicky113]

There's an old russian dude in my Sunday night pick up league that scored 6 or 7 goals last week. He is best Russian (included all Russian NHL players)

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

In fact, he stated he still doesn't totally rule out an NHL voyage if he gets offered "something interesting" just 2 weeks ago

Las Vegas needs to reach the cap floor. Why not offer him like a 3 year 15 million dollar contract?

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

Las Vegas should sign Mozyakin, Shipachyov and Dadonov. Dadonov speaks English, they could have a Russian line. Would probably be one of the NHL's better lines.

 

[CanadienShark]

Nice goal, but one nice goal doesn't make you the best Russian player in the ****ing world.

 

[Hisch13r]

No he's not. Malkin still is and has for like 5 or 6 years

 

[Bear12Good]

Nice goal, but one nice goal doesn't make you the best Russian player in the ****ing world.

Most Russian people think Mozya superstar)

 

[CanadienShark]

Can't be considered the best unless you compete against the best.

What comes first, the chicken or the egg? Is that competition really "the best" (NHLers) if the "best"(player X not in NHL) player isn't competing against them?

 

[Bear12Good]

Las Vegas should sign Mozyakin, Shipachyov and Dadonov. Dadonov speaks English, they could have a Russian line. Would probably be one of the NHL's better lines.

Mozya too old and too late

 

[I Hate Blake Coleman]

Soft as butter. Folds easier than a cheap tent.

 

[Bear12Good]

http://www.eliteprospects.com/league_all-time_stats_per_season.php?league=KHL&alltime=TP

 

[Bear12Good]

+++++
http://www.eliteprospects.com/league_total.php?leagueid=Russia&season=alltime

 

[A4T1L6]

I agree

 

[notsocommonsense]

Not super far off

13 pts back of Malkin w 4 other Russians between them

Yea, that's pretty damned far off

 

[DeflatedFootball7]

Las Vegas should sign Mozyakin, Shipachyov and Dadonov. Dadonov speaks English, they could have a Russian line. Would probably be one of the NHL's better lines.

Dadonov wasn't that great in his cup of coffee with a crap Florida squad.

Shipachyov is interesting, but so was Plotnikov.

 

[habamillions]

Its a lot easier to play in the KHL then the NHL. If he was better then the Russians in the NHl he would be in the NHL

 

[Bear12Good]

Dadonov wasn't that great in his cup of coffee with a crap Florida squad.

Shipachyov is interesting, but so was Plotnikov.

Ship and Plotnikov players same level?)

Dadonov in Florida has been 18-20 old kid)

 

[Bear12Good]

Its a lot easier to play in the KHL then the NHL. If he was better then the Russians in the NHl he would be in the NHL

Mozyakin every year decline NHL invitation)

 

[Machinehead]

http://www.eliteprospects.com/league_total.php?leagueid=KHL&season=alltime

A KHL player puts up points in the KHL?? No way!