As it was mentioned in Bob's article with goalies it can go pretty much in any way:
And practice shows that it is the way it is happening usually: it takes just some teams who have it in the plans for the second round.
I tend to agree, but it’s always like this. It’s all relative. The highest goalie being ranked in the third round shows the scouts this year were not high on the goalies. The highest goalie most years would be at least a round higher, and I would’ve thought he’d be the consensus 1st goaltender by now and we’d have seen him rise a lot into a firm second round range. He also reportedly impressed at the combine with his measurements and his grasp of English.
If we compare it to last season then the highest ranked goalie on the list was Michael Hrabal at #39, but after him it was more or less the same region with Bjarnason at #59 etc. I think Yegorov had a less impressive resume this season than Hrabal last year. But again, those are the goalies, so pretty much the only real thing we can take away from the Bob's list is that the GK list looks something like that:
I take your point. I agree that Hrabal had a better case for 39 than Yegorov. More of an international resume and better USHL numbers, although Yegorov just hasn't had the chance to play international games and the Omaha team Yegorov played for this year was worse than the Omaha team Hrabal played for last year.
Michkov and Demidov trying to come over early is nice for you guys as well , other teams might be less hesitant than before to go with RU players with high picks
I think it still depends a lot on if the organization has a Russian-based (or at least a Russian-visiting) scout or not, not on a particular player cases like Michkov or Demidov.
Just checked and it is the best result since 2000-2002 drafts, when no Russian factor existed not to mention that it was pretty much a different era at all.
Surprisingly I'm hearing that Chernyshov's sunburn might have be a factor that caused managers to think he is immature (like that he prefers laying in the sun instead of preparing for the camp) lol. Artamonov didn't get his visa in time, so he isn't in Vegas at all, which probably was also a factor.
I am hoping that is your dry humour?
33rd oa is next best thing to 1st round, so no harm done. Could have a lot of fun in a couple of years playing with one of the young stars of the league.I'm also hoping lol.
Just realized that this is sort of a down year for Russian goalies, it is the next year when there should be more GK talent.
The Athletic Hockey Podcast with Pronman, Wheeler, and Peters said it was a factor.
