Prospect Info: 2022-23 Prospect Info

[SilverBlitzon]

I think he would be signed already if he wanted to be a part of the organization. It’s gotta be rare for a prospect to sign within the last couple of days before the deadline. Even rarer for a prospect like this that we absolutely want to sign.

The reverse jinx never fails!

 

[hblueridgegal]

You need a subscription for the intel.

 

[chaz4hockey]

Thanks for sharing...interesting viewpoints on our pool. Devils at #1 clearly have some great players coming and I found it eye opening that the Oilers #2 prospect is Puistola.

 

[To Be Determined]

Thanks for sharing...interesting viewpoints on our pool. Devils at #1 clearly have some great players coming and I found it eye opening that the Oilers #2 prospect is Puistola.

I guess the write-up may be old, but the oilers chose not to sign him.

If your 2nd best prospect isn't worth signing, that might be a problem.

 

[hblueridgegal]

He's becoming a sensation.

 

[Nikishin Go Boom]

He's becoming a sensation.

He was always highly rated we were the only one willing to take a risk on his heart issue.

 

[AhosDatsyukian]

He was always highly rated we were the only one willing to take a risk on his heart issue.

He probably would’ve gone late 1st or early 2nd if not for the heart issue but he was never rated so highly that anyone could’ve imagined he’d be where he’s at now. What he’s been doing in the K has been unprecedented for a young Russian D man. We’ll see how it translates in due time but he was never quite this highly rated as a prospect. He has skyrocketed in development the last 2 years.

 

[Nikishin Go Boom]

He probably would’ve gone late 1st or early 2nd if not for the heart issue but he was never rated so highly that anyone could’ve imagined he’d be where he’s at now. What he’s been doing in the K has been unprecedented for a young Russian D man. We’ll see how it translates in due time but he was never quite this highly rated as a prospect. He has skyrocketed in development the last 2 years.

i saw he was middle first before the diagnosis

 

[Svechhammer]

He's becoming a sensation.

Apparently he's now ranked as the top prospect in the entire league. Sure would be nice if Dundon could just pay the KHL whatever they need to terminate that contract to bring him over.

 

[spockBokk]

Sure would be nice if Dundon could just pay the KHL whatever they need to terminate that contract to bring him over.

Too bad that’s against the rules. The player has to pay $$$ out of his own pocket to term a KHL contract, and the chances he takes that sort of hit on his own to come over here and make just $900K on his first contract is slim to none.

Sure, he’ll have to sign a $900K ish 1yr deal when he does finally come over, but in that case he’ll cash in in a year and also have banked all his KHL earnings as well.

 

[CanesFanBudMan]

Too bad that’s against the rules. The player has to pay $$$ out of his own pocket to term a KHL contract, and the chances he takes that sort of hit on his own to come over here and make just $900K on his first contract is slim to none.

Sure, he’ll have to sign a $900K ish 1yr deal when he does finally come over, but in that case he’ll cash in in a year and also have banked all his KHL earnings as well.

Just give him a real big top golf endorsement deal.

 

[Svechhammer]

Too bad that’s against the rules. The player has to pay $$$ out of his own pocket to term a KHL contract, and the chances he takes that sort of hit on his own to come over here and make just $900K on his first contract is slim to none.

Sure, he’ll have to sign a $900K ish 1yr deal when he does finally come over, but in that case he’ll cash in in a year and also have banked all his KHL earnings as well.

I mean if only our ownership group had access to some companies that could easily absorb such a fee under an easily explained athletic sponsorship that may or may not have a soon to be opened facility about 5-10 mins away from PNC Arena.

 

[Lempo]

Sure would be nice if Dundon could just pay the KHL whatever they need to terminate that contract to bring him over.

If someone in the west actually went and paid money to a Putin's lapdog league team in the current circumstances...

 

[chaz4hockey]

Too bad that’s against the rules. The player has to pay $$$ out of his own pocket to term a KHL contract, and the chances he takes that sort of hit on his own to come over here and make just $900K on his first contract is slim to none.

Sure, he’ll have to sign a $900K ish 1yr deal when he does finally come over, but in that case he’ll cash in in a year and also have banked all his KHL earnings as well.

He needs a guaranteed NIL deal similar to what BB & FB players are getting

 

[raynman]

He needs a guaranteed NIL deal similar to what BB & FB players are getting

 

[Svechhammer]

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Oh man I get those for free at work. I should grab a dozen or so every time I go in and then we can guaranteed bring him in soon!

 

[ViD]

Apparently he's now ranked as the top prospect in the entire league. Sure would be nice if Dundon could just pay the KHL whatever they need to terminate that contract to bring him over.

According to their model, Michkov and Bedard are higher, so I guess he will be the third best after the draft

 

[chaz4hockey]

I realize that this was covered earlier but I’m sitting in dr’s office killing time and can’t help but be excited about his future.

 

[Discipline Daddy]

I realize that this was covered earlier but I’m sitting in dr’s office killing time and can’t help but be excited about his future.

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I think a lot of that is based on his stats. Very few defenseman put up such numbers in the KHL, let alone as a 21 year old. On the one hand, I kind of doubt he's the best prospect owned by an NHL team, but on the other hand, there just isn't a comparable really for such a player coming out of the KHL league.

 

[AhosDatsyukian]

I think a lot of that is based on his stats. Very few defenseman put up such numbers in the KHL, let alone as a 21 year old. On the one hand, I kind of doubt he's the best prospect owned by an NHL team, but on the other hand, there just isn't a comparable really for such a player coming out of the KHL league.

The model may be solely stats based, not sure how it works. But I will say there was plenty of warranted excitement about him even well before he exploded on the stat sheet. He passes the eye test all around, especially defensively. Which for a young guy in the K is rare. Add in his unique physicality (unique these days anyways...) and he really is a unicorn prospect. Plenty of incredible prospects don't wind up living up to the hype but as it stands right now he's one of the best players not in the NHL yet, period.

 

[DaveG]

I think a lot of that is based on his stats. Very few defenseman put up such numbers in the KHL, let alone as a 21 year old. On the one hand, I kind of doubt he's the best prospect owned by an NHL team, but on the other hand, there just isn't a comparable really for such a player coming out of the KHL league.

yep. That said even ignoring the stats a lot of the improvements that he's made in his overall game have been noticeable. When we drafted him in his highlights he looked like a giraffe on skates, now he's a legitimately good skater (especially for his size) and his defensive zone coverage is MUCH better than it was. The star potential I'm not all-in on yet, though I prefer not to be until he gets to the show, been burned too many times on that in the past. But in terms of drafted prospects that have yet to hit the NHL, he's probably the most ready to make the move and step into a top 6/top 4 role in the league right now. The closest similarity as a prospect that I've seen with the kind of offensive production he showed is probably Phaneuf as a prospect, and Boom seems to be much better at not taking himself out of the play just to make a hit. But Nikishin's 2 years older and more mature as a prospect than Phaneuf was at that point.

 

[w e l o s t b o y s]

2022 6th rounder goalie Jakub Vondras was selected by Sudbury in the CHL import draft

 

[WreckingCrew]

2022 6th rounder goalie Jakub Vondras was selected by Sudbury in the CHL import draft

Hopefully he comes over, be interesting to see his numbers in the OHL. He had solid stats last year but hard to translate CZE U20 to anything really and see how competitive that is.

 

[chaz4hockey]

Anyone take stock in this (saw it on twitter today) evaluator:

 

[FlyingSquirrels]

Yeah that's Byron Bader. He's legit.
What's funny is he said we have the #1 goalie prospect pool in the NHL. I was stunned by that take.
Pyotr and Khazheyev were the 2 keepers he pointed out.