Ukraine: Ukrainians in the KHL talk

[ozo]

Sibir plans to release Gaiduchenko after he let in three out of five shots against Donbass in last game.

 

[Sokil]

I don't know whether to be happy or sad.

 

[smitty10]

Sibir plans to release Gaiduchenko after he let in three out of five shots against Donbass in last game.

Hopefully he signs with Donbass. Ukraine needs a good goalie and he could be that guy.

 

[Sokil]

Except Donbass already has a 1A / 1B tandem (with Leighton getting all the games), unless they dump Laco (who is better than him, so no reason to), or he accepts an assignment with the Leopards...

will another KHL team want him this season?

 

[SoundAndFury]

will another KHL team want him this season?

Not really. Unless he would agree to play for Kuznya for next to nothing.

 

[Sokil]

Dadonov wants to get Ukrainian citizenship. 3 year extension, he's in year 2 right now, so 2 more years and he'd be eligible.

http://hcdonbass.com/news/khl/evgeniy_dadonov_primet_grazhdanstvo_ukrainy/
http://www.unian.net/news/610946-ro...nov-hochet-prinyat-grajdanstvo-ukraiinyi.html

hockey club "Donbass" reached an agreement with striker Eugene Dadonova about a contract extension for three years

Forward has expressed his desire to take the citizenship of Ukraine, followed up by the possibility of performing with the national team

I'm torn between Dadonovsky or Dadonchuk.....Dadiak?

 

[ozo]

Hahahaha. Just last year played in Eurotour for Russia. Pure mercenary.

 

[Sokil]

It's unlikely he'll get a game but Pavlo Yachnik was backup for Donbass today

 

[Sokil]

Good news:
Haiduchenko signs with Donbass

http://hcdonbass.com/news/donbass_1/sergey_gayduchenko_podpisal_kontrakt_s_khk_donbass/

welcome home

Bad news:
Tverdovsky retires
http://bighockey.ua/news/tverdovskiy-zavershiv-igrovu-kar-yeru.html

taking time to be with his family in America. I don't get this move, sign with Donetsk for few months and be the hero, or just be a playoff pickup. They're doing so well right now, why not make the nice gesture?

 

[smitty10]

Good news:
Haiduchenko signs with Donbass

http://hcdonbass.com/news/donbass_1/sergey_gayduchenko_podpisal_kontrakt_s_khk_donbass/

welcome home

Bad news:
Tverdovsky retires
http://bighockey.ua/news/tverdovskiy-zavershiv-igrovu-kar-yeru.html

taking time to be with his family in America. I don't get this move, sign with Donetsk for few months and be the hero, or just be a playoff pickup. They're doing so well right now, why not make the nice gesture?

Awesome! Gaiduchenko will hopefully decide to play for Ukraine now! Couldn't get better news for the NT! A good goalie can go a long way to helping a team win.

 

[Sokil]

you build from the net out, and he's a 24 year old KHL-level goalie; he could be the next Simchuk for the next 10-15 years (though in 10 years I'd hope the Donbass Academy can produce at least 1 goalie, come on)

 

[smitty10]

you build from the net out, and he's a 24 year old KHL-level goalie; he could be the next Simchuk for the next 10-15 years (though in 10 years I'd hope the Donbass Academy can produce at least 1 goalie, come on)

Yep, it's a great acquisition.

The NT will have quite a bit of KHL experience from a good mix of veterans and young players. Although they play few minutes, Blagoy, Toryanik, Kvitchenko and Zakharov are all gaining a ton of valuable experience playing against close-to top level pros. Add to that players like Fedotenko, Varlamov, Razin and Materukhin, it's a good mix that will hopefully compete for tops in their WC division. There's a good mix of NHL, KHL and AHL experience with those vets.

Now if only they could get Ponikarovsky and Kasyanchuk to play...

 

[Sokil]

he played for donbass in an exhibition again the Leopards, shutout (obviously)

http://hcdonbass.com/matchi/info/30026/

Leopards were full of Young Guard and younger Donbass players, including Kvitchenko, Zhakarov, Zinchenko, Abashkin, etc.

 

[Sokil]

he did an interview:
http://hcdonbass.com/news/khl/sergey_gayduchenko_ponravilas_podderzhka_bolelshchikov/

how to treat the prospect of playing for the national team of Ukraine, if such an offer will arrive?

- These issues are currently under discussion. I think we will come to a common agreement.

 

[ozo]

he did an interview:
http://hcdonbass.com/news/khl/sergey_gayduchenko_ponravilas_podderzhka_bolelshchikov/

Boring. They ask that to everyone regardless of what their passport says.

P.S. The answer is exactly the same as well.

 

[Sokil]

Boring. They ask that to everyone regardless of what their passport says.

P.S. The answer is exactly the same as well.

i know, but someone else posted on here that he was confirmed to the national team, just throwing the official line up

 

[Sokil]

http://hcdonbass.com/komanda/donbass/player-gayduchenko/

conjecture on my part but they listed him as a dual citizen. Not newsworthy but I should point out that HCD posted Babchuk as Ukrainian-only when they had him. I hope Haidu's not playing hardball over this national team stuff still...

 

[ozo]

http://hcdonbass.com/komanda/donbass/player-gayduchenko/

conjecture on my part but they listed him as a dual citizen. Not newsworthy but I should point out that HCD posted Babchuk as Ukrainian-only when they had him. I hope Haidu's not playing hardball over this national team stuff still...

IMO, there's a good chance that he still needs two full years in Ukraine before he's eligible. Not sure if IIHF will allow him to play for Ukraine just like that as he hasn't spent a season in Ukraine since the age of 12. I hope I'm wrong, as he really is a player I want to see in blue and yellow of Ukraine unlike those no-connection Russian mercenaries on Donbass roster.

 

[Sokil]

read this today:

Boris Kolesnikov , and wrote about this on the forum of the official website of the club: "Gaiduchenko, to put it mildly, does not make friends with the team, we invited him to [the national team of Ukraine] several times, but agents persuaded [Sergei] that he will play for Russia at the Sochi Olympics. " Apparently, now Gaiduchenko realized that it was time to "make friends" with the team

Ukrainian passport has played into his favor. Without it, Gaiduchenko likely would have gone to play in the VHL. Perhaps the only loser in the situation is Jan Laco, who is now surely gone from Donetsk

 

[ozo]

What is with these Ukrainian hockey players and their delusion? First Ponikarovsky, now Gaiduchenko. Really, how good in bs convincing are these agents?

 

[Sokil]

Apparently there was an issue because Gaiduchenko's agent wasn't registered with the KHL. I guess he just found this guy off the streets.

 

[malkinfan]

What is with these Ukrainian hockey players and their delusion? First Ponikarovsky, now Gaiduchenko. Really, how good in bs convincing are these agents?

If that's how it really went down then wow, that's pretty bazar.

 

[ozo]

If that's how it really went down then wow, that's pretty bazar.

Kinda shows that people that are regulars on this board have a better perspective of how hockey world works than genuine insiders.

 

[Sokil]

Even the writer of the article (iSport.ua, so they're going to have a pro-Uke slant) said he's not even within the top 15 Russian goalies so that he thought he had a shot of cracking the top 3 is nuts.

 

[smitty10]

So is he guaranteed to be suiting up for the National Team now?

Any word on if Poni or Kasyanchuk will be around?