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

[HockeyBasedNYC]

What a colossal waste of time. This sets him back a half season and honestly the Rangers should tell him, his agent & family that the work starts now for next years camp if wants a shot at making the big club.

 

[Amazing Kreiderman]

Conditioning stints only apply to players who are subject to waivers. The Rangers have the right to re-assign Kravtsov to the AHL at any time.

He needs to make a statement in Hartford. There's not much scoring there, Kravtsov needs to do what the coaching staff tells him to do and prove that he can use his skill to thrive in the system. It may take a couple of months, but he will back in the NHL.

You don't have to explain to me what a conditioning stint is.

 

[Brooklyn Rangers Fan]

Hell yea.

Now fire the coaching staff in HFD before he gets back before they bench him for a low heart rate again.

You mean the same coaching staff that has Hartford leading the AHL after being a dumpster fire for years?

 

[JimmyG89]

Glad he is back in Hartford. We need to make it clear that he has a chance to get called up if he plays well. Even at the deadline, he could get the call after moving Kreider and potentially Strome.

He'll need at least 10 or so games to get comfortable.

Not sure if this was asked or said, but is he going to suit up this weekend?

 

[LORDE]

Step 1 is hard... this is it.

Harder? Step 2 where u just deal with adversity on a daily basis and still stay committed.

Even harder still? Step 3 excelling after that adversity

I’m glad he’s taken the 1st step. VERY glad

 

[RangersFan1994]

chances are that he gets sent to NYR and not to Hartford???

it is a guarantee that he is Hartford bound or NYR bound?

 

[Brooklyn Ranger]

You don't have to explain to me what a conditioning stint is.

OK. It still doesn't apply to the situation being discussed.

 

[Amazing Kreiderman]

Remember when people were upset about Kravtsov deleting his Rangers related photos from Instagram? Well, as I said before, he did it because he committed to Traktor, the same way he deleted his Traktor posts when he signed with us.

Anyway, he has deleted his newer Traktor posts today, to fully commit to the Rangers. You can agree or disagree with him deleting it but at least we can all agree it wasn't an "anti Rangers" thing

 

[Amazing Kreiderman]

OK. It still doesn't apply to the situation being discussed.

And I was just clarifying for someone who brought it up in the first place.

 

[TominNC]

chances are that he gets sent to NYR and not to Hartford???

it is a guarantee that he is Hartford bound or NYR bound?

How could he be ready for the NHL now when he wasn't two months ago? It's not like he's been playing reguarly, much less playing well.

 

[Fitzy]

Remember when people were upset about Kravtsov deleting his Rangers related photos from Instagram? Well, as I said before, he did it because he committed to Traktor, the same way he deleted his Traktor posts when he signed with us.

Anyway, he has deleted his newer Traktor posts today, to fully commit to the Rangers. You can agree or disagree with him deleting it but at least we can all agree it wasn't an "anti Rangers" thing

I will never understand Zoomers and social media.

 

[Brooklyn Rangers Fan]

I will never understand Zoomers and social media.

"Zoomers." I had never heard that before, but it's perfect.

 

[The Crypto Guy]

You mean the same coaching staff that has Hartford leading the AHL after being a dumpster fire for years?

One word...Igor. (And Huska hasnt been bad)

 

[Chaels Arms]

That KHL demotion ended up being a positive. Good he's back.

 

[Amazing Kreiderman]

I will never understand Zoomers and social media.

I'm 35 and feel old when I see these 19 year olds on social media posting shit, deleting it, taking 500 selfies for the perfect shot

 

[Brooklyn Rangers Fan]

One word...Igor. (And Huska hasnt been bad)

Yeaaah, that team had Georgiev last year and was 29-36-7. Also, reports from those who've been watching the team have positively glowed about their structure and discipline.

I'm not denying that there was likely some miscommunication between Knoblauch and Kravtsov, some of which may be on the coach – and if so, he needs to fix that. But to overlook all the other positive stuff he's done would be wrong and silly. Heck, he even has Andersson going now, it appears.

 

[Brooklyn Ranger]

chances are that he gets sent to NYR and not to Hartford???

it is a guarantee that he is Hartford bound or NYR bound?

This was posted a couple of pages ago. I can't imagine he wouldn't be sent to the Wolfpack. He hasn't exactly set the world on fire with his play recently. He needs time to get up to speed on the type of game played here in general and how to fit into the Rangers' system. Better that he do it away from pressure cooker that is New York City.

 

[Brooklyn Ranger]

"Zoomers." I had never heard that before, but it's perfect.

I'll have to run that one by my nieces (several of them are in that generation) and see if it works for them.

Such a strange world we live in.

 

[The New Russian Five]

What a colossal waste of time. This sets him back a half season and honestly the Rangers should tell him, his agent & family that the work starts now for next years camp if wants a shot at making the big club.

Sure beat down on a kid that is already at his lowest level of confidence. That will get him going! Whether you think he's being a baby or not is not relevant here. The most important thing is how to get him going again. I don't think telling him he stinks and that he won't make the club until next year will do anything but deflate him even more. Let's move away from the "haha told you so" approach here...

 

[Nickmo82]

Which Russian ex-NHLer are we hiring as his life coach?

 

[EdJovanovski]

Which Russian ex-NHLer are we hiring as his life coach?

 

[Brooklyn Ranger]

What a colossal waste of time. This sets him back a half season and honestly the Rangers should tell him, his agent & family that the work starts now for next years camp if wants a shot at making the big club.

I don't think we need to be so pessimistic. There's plenty of hockey left in the season and there's a good chance Kravtsov will catch up pretty quickly if he's willing to put the time and effort in--which I would think is something Kravtsov realizes he needs to do at this point Plus, the Wolfpack is playing well--they will surely get a boost from his scoring ability.

There's also a very good chance they make the playoffs and could very well win a round or two. They have a solid defense and very good goaltending.

 

[Amazing Kreiderman]

Which Russian ex-NHLer are we hiring as his life coach?

He actually gets along great with Lundqvist. They even drove in together during pre-season and camp.

 

[nyr2k2]

Sure beat down on a kid that is already at his lowest level of confidence. That will get him going! Whether you think he's being a baby or not is not relevant here. The most important thing is how to get him going again. I don't think telling him he stinks and that he won't make the club until next year will do anything but deflate him even more. Let's move away from the "haha told you so" approach here...

I don't think it's about beating him down and telling him he sucks. It's about very clearly establishing expectations and stating what he needs to do to get the NHL. Apparently it wasn't clear to him before, so now it needs to be made extremely clear.

 

[The New Russian Five]

I don't think it's about beating him down and telling him he sucks. It's about very clearly establishing expectations and stating what he needs to do to get the NHL. Apparently it wasn't clear to him before, so now it needs to be made extremely clear.

Sure. Maybe I misunderstood his post but he was speaking about preparing next year's camp as if the team had already decided he wouldn't make the NHL club this year. Which would be a terrible approach. But I may have just misinterpreted.