Prospect Info: 2018 NHL Draft / Pick #9 - Vitali Kravtsov (RW) - Part V

[NYRFAN218]

How is this possible after one game? Is it an attitude thing? there is no way he was that bad in game 1 to warrant this.

He got demoted I think early in the game and then flat out benched towards the end. From the few clips I saw, his body language wasn't great on the ice and he looked a bit lost too.

I'm not in the locker room or actively following the team so it's easy for me to say not to scratch him or whatever the case is without knowing the full story so I'll give them the benefit of the doubt. I think it becomes an issue when Kravtsov is consistently not playing top minutes for whatever reason. Not gonna go crazy over a one game scratch.

 

[GeorgeKaplan]

It’s not a big deal until it becomes a trend

 

[Amazing Kreiderman]

I expect him to go back to Traktor if he isn't called up by November 1st

 

[GeorgeKaplan]

I expect him to go back to Traktor if he isn't called up by November 1st

I don’t, and frankly I think that’d be a mistake

 

[EXTRAS]

This is a joke.

 

[FireGerardGallant]

I don’t, and frankly I think that’d be a mistake

Not his fault if they keep healthy scratching him.

 

[GeorgeKaplan]

Not his fault if they keep healthy scratching him.

It’s been once

 

[Leetch3]

the overreactions to every coaching decision is getting to be a bit much

 

[HatTrick Swayze]

It’s less about any one decision than a pattern of questionable priorities in Hartford.

Kravtsov and Chytil should be spoon fed 20 min a game. VK got 9 min and then healthy scratched. Hartford exists to serve the interests of the NYR. Couldnt care less if Fogarty or Newell or whoever feel disrespected.

 

[The Crypto Guy]

the overreactions to every coaching decision is getting to be a bit much

Likewise can be said on the coaching staff for quite the overreaction after a guys 1st North American game.

 

[Amazing Kreiderman]

I don’t, and frankly I think that’d be a mistake

Why? He would come back in February anyway

 

[GeorgeKaplan]

Why? He would come back in February anyway

What extra benefit is he going to get from going back that he won’t get here? He’s going to be the first winger called up whenever they need one anyway, so I don’t see the need to put an arbitrary date on a call up

 

[Machinehead]

 

[Amazing Kreiderman]

What extra benefit is he going to get from going back that he won’t get here? He’s going to be the first winger called up whenever they need one anyway, so I don’t see the need to put an arbitrary date on a call up

Kravtsov didn't move here to play for chump change in the AHL. The Vesalainen path is very possible for Kravtsov

 

[GeorgeKaplan]

Kravtsov didn't move here to play for chump change in the AHL. The Vesalainen path is very possible for Kravtsov

Well, if the reports of him playing poorly last night are true, and I have no reason to doubt them, then he’s going to have to play better to not get chump change, and i think it’d be more beneficial for him to do that than to pack up and go home

 

[Trxjw]

Bust. Trade him. Fire everyone in Hartford.

 

[Amazing Kreiderman]

Well, if the reports of him playing poorly last night are true, and I have no reason to doubt them, then he’s going to have to play better to not get chump change, and i think it’d be more beneficial for him to do that than to pack up and go home

I don't agree that playing in the AHL is more beneficial for him than playing in the KHL

 

[Sayba]

Could Chytil and Kravtsov be off to a worse start this year? We really need these guys for secondary scoring, going to take longer than we all hoped it appears.

 

[GeorgeKaplan]

Could Chytil and Kravtsov be off to a worse start this year? We really need these guys for secondary scoring, going to take longer than we all hoped it appears.

Chytil’s playing very well so far today, so it could be worse

 

[kovazub94]

It’s less about any one decision than a pattern of questionable priorities in Hartford.

Kravtsov and Chytil should be spoon fed 20 min a game. VK got 9 min and then healthy scratched. Hartford exists to serve the interests of the NYR. Couldnt care less if Fogarty or Newell or whoever feel disrespected.

Very well said in bolded. Could it be in NYR and Kravtsov’s long term interests him being scratched for one game?

 

[Brooklyn Rangers Fan]

Oh, for crying out...

He just got sent down, it's the second game of a back-to-back and then they have a week to practice. Can we hold off on reading anything into this until we actually see it happen more than once? Sheesh.

 

[kovazub94]

How short of a memory some of you have!

Just last season Buchnevich was scratched a few times by Quinn, had to spend time on bottom lines with no PP time, and earn coaching trust with effort, doing what he was asked to do and making right plays, to now being prominently featured on what looks like a line the team didn’t have in a decade!

Coaching staff rightly expects and demands more from Kravtsov and his superior level of talent. Could you not see that this could be a benefit to Kravtsov’s development?

 

[Chaels Arms]

Short of Kravtsov cursing out someone on the coaching staff there's no reason for him to be healthy scratched.

 

[cwede]

getting your knickers in a twist over a 19 year old scratched for 1 game is a waste of emotion and energy,
it does not mean, or affect, a damn thing

 

[iggyDDS]

Lot of overreaction here when a) we don’t really know why he was scratched and b) it’s been 1 game.

What we do know is that he’s a great kid, coachable and has been in the states learning English for some time now. I think the concept of him going back to Russia is comical frankly.

Everything else is purely speculation at this point. Hopefully he’s not hurt, and if it was a healthy scratch hopefully it lights a fire under him to compete and perform.