Thanks for the updates
@Norade ! That's great news about Zhukenov. Don't know much about him but I wonder if he's good enough that the Canucks can't squeeze a bit more value out of that 2015 draft. Boeser and Gaudette go without saying, while Brisebois and Jasek have been solid foot soldiers for the farm.
Zhukenov is already 23 so he'd have to come over this offseason and be willing to play in the AHL. His only other route would be to break out (0.75ppg+) in the KHL and then have us bring him over. I don't think either are likely but seeing anything at the KHL level is always a good sign.
How about our top pick from this past draft, Jurmo? I can see he doesn't have many points but does anyone have any more in depth info about how he's done lately?
I can't give a whole lot, but I can say this. JYP is second last in Liiga with the 3rd worst goals for and 3rd worst goals-against stat sealing their fate as a terrible team.
For his part, Jurmo has played in 19 of 32 games for them in his rookie season at that level. His +/- is awful and tied for second last on the team and to make matters worse this nobody close to his score has played nearly as many games as he has, so I think it's safe to say that he's not doing well right now. Of course, it can be very hard for a rookie D to come in on a bad team without anyone to shelter them so take this with a helping of salt. One other stat that stands out is his PIM, he's got the second most on his team at 39 but that's a mirage as 25 of them came from a single game. A stat that doesn't stand out but perhaps should is that he manages just over a shot per game, for a guy with no offensive numbers yet that's a good sign.