Why didnt alexei volkov ever play a nhl game?

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Selected by Los Angeles Kings round 3 #76 overall 1998 NHL Entry Draft
The Russian might be the best to ever strap on the pads in tournament history. At the 1999 WJC he set a record with a 215:09 shutout streak en route to winning a gold medal. His 1.42 goals-against average is the best all-time, and his nine wins are tied for third. He also helped Russia win a silver medal in 2000.



But why didnt he ever play an NHL game? Couldnt the Kings get him signed or what? He is in the KHL now.



Season Team Lge GP Min GA EN SO GAA W L T Svs Pct
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1998-99 Halifax Mooseheads QMJHL 39 2334 106 0 2 2.72 25 9 3 1142 0.915
1999-00 Halifax Mooseheads QMJHL 40 2221 124 0 1 3.35 23 13 2 1272 0.903
2000-01 Lowell Lock Monsters AHL 5 202 16 1 0 4.75 1 1 0 76 0.826
2000-01 New Orleans Brass ECHL 29 1577 81 2 1 3.08 12 9 5 817 0.910
2003-04 Moscow Dynamo Russia 11 624 18 0 3 1.73 0 0 0 223 0.925
2005-06 Tver MVD HC Russia 2 120 6 0 0 3.00 0 0 0 45 0.882
2005-06 Chekhov Vityaz Russia 5 170 8 0 0 2.82 0 0 0 71 0.899
2008-09 Chekhov Vityaz KHL 37 2034 110 0 1 3.25 8 21 6 932 0.894
2009-10 Balashikha MVD HC KHL 14 826 37 0 0 2.69 7 4 2 333 0.900
2010-11 Moscow Dynamo KHL 18 1029 34 0 1 1.98 12 4 1 409 0.923

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[cska78]

inconsistent...Even now with his really good numbahs I wouldn't call him an elite KHL goaly.

 

[LaLaLaprise]

He did sign with LA...he played in their farm system and basically blew...than he went back to Russia and hes carved out a nice career.

I watched him play with Halifax in his 2 seasons here...and even though he posted nice numbers...he was inconsistent.

 

[Frolov 6'3]

Unbelievable I see that name pop-up again.

 

[Alessandro Seren Rosso]

inconsistent...Even now with his really good numbahs I wouldn't call him an elite KHL goaly.

Agreed. He's not bad, but there are way better goalies than him in Russia nowadays

 

[danishh]

he was too busy being a supervillain on "Chuck".

 

[Ziggy96]

I've heard his brother Nikolai wasn't bad...

 

[newellky]

He did sign with LA...he played in their farm system and basically blew...than he went back to Russia and hes carved out a nice career.

I watched him play with Halifax in his 2 seasons here...and even though he posted nice numbers...he was inconsistent.

yeah me too.....i agree he was inconsistent...i believe he was the backup for the kings for a few games one year but never put together a complete season with any kind of consistency, its nice to see hes got himself a nice career though