Prospect Info: 2023 142nd Overall - Mikhail Ye. Ilyin

[Peat]

Yeah, no high end skills…he’s not Panarin or Kaprizov folks, lol

High end IQ is the most valuable high end skill of all, Eeyore.

 

[SEALBound]

Honestly, when was the last time we has a Russian bottom 6'er? We gotta be going back to Gen X Penguins is think?

 

[Randy Butternubs]

F Mikhail Ilyin - Severstal Cherepovets, KHL (2023, 142nd, PIT)

https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/780088/mikhail-ye.-ilyin Has/having a productive draft year in the MHL, just below PPG. Great at controlling the play at the MHL level, good puck possession, smart and deceptive playmaker. He plays a slower, methodolical style in the MHL which had me...

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[orby]

Honestly, when was the last time we has a Russian bottom 6'er? We gotta be going back to Gen X Penguins is think?

 

[Peat]

 

[WickedWrister]

 

[Jaded-Fan]

Anyone who has a period as part of his middle name is worth drafting.

 

[Andy99]

I guess the word for our draft class is “hard working”…it has Sully’s fingerprints all over it…no high end talent, just good old effort and PKing lol

 

[HandshakeLine]

I've seen a lot of names in my day watching this sport. But I have no idea WTF I'm supposed to do with this one.

Mike Еugene Iliyn in American moon language.

So, that'd make him, Illin' Iliyn, rookie.

Anyone who has a period as part of his middle name is worth drafting.

That's just to differentiate him from another Mikhail Iliyn, no joking.

 

[cookthebooks]

whats the chances of getting a top 6 / 4 player from a 2nd round pick?

 

[Peat]

whats the chances of getting a top 6 / 4 player from a 2nd round pick?

It's about 1 in 3 for a long term NHLer. So maybe 1 in 5, 1 in 6 for a top 6/4 guy (can't find precise studies right now and feeling lazy)

 

[HandshakeLine]

 

[mrzeigler]

High end IQ is the most valuable high end skill of all, Eeyore.

Counterpoint: Craig Adams went to Harvard.

 

[Peat]

Counterpoint: Craig Adams went to Harvard.

 

[The Grim Reaper]

Counterpoint: Craig Adams went to Harvard.

God, this reminds me how Errey would never shut the f*** up about Noah Welch / Harvard.

 

[JTG]

High end IQ is the most valuable high end skill of all, Eeyore.

Andy really should change his name to Eeyore.

 

[stardog]

(edit dude isn't a Russian prospect watcher but I like the video)

That was a really gnarly setup...ye be Illin.

 

[Jacob]

Is he going to be in the KHL? Or back to MHL or what.

 

[Peat]

Asked the dude for more details and he said average skater who plays slow but can speed up on the forecheck if needed to disrupt

 

[66-30-33]

Michael Ye Lying, what a name.

 

[The Greatest 101]

Russian forwards without high-end skill rarely pan out in the NHL.

 

[Jacob]

I think the middle name abbreviation thing is because there’s a Russian male ballerina with the same name.

 

[SomeDude]

Counterpoint: Craig Adams went to Harvard.

Harvard on the streets, DeVry on the sheets...of ice.

 

[HandshakeLine]

I think the middle name abbreviation thing is because there’s a Russian male ballerina with the same name.

Yep. “Ye.” is just the abbreviation of his patronymic name Евгеньевич, or Evgenievich, so you don't confuse the two.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

Cool, another Russian prospect that is never going to come over and a pick is wasted on him over someone else.

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This bloke looks 30.