Oof. Scary given how far he has to go.
Wasn’t sure if there was a site where you could run them if possible. Either way those #’s are very impressive. To account for almost a 3rd of your teams offense on the back end sounds elite to me. Regardless if team scoring is up. Seems like college hockey as a whole has been producing more top end talent.
I just use elite prospects and the calculator app on my phone. Lol.
He doesn't say fine, or better. He says perfect.
I've watched most of his games. Both at the WJC and in the USHL. He plays slower because he conserves his energy and he's adept at reading rebounds and scoring goals off of them by coming in late. It has nothing to do with him being disinterested. Off the puck he often cheats by staying longer in the O-zone hoping for a turnover that can put him in prime position to score, and that often works out for him. But even when it doesn't he's engaged in getting back and will cover pinches for his D, he does well at reading the play and knowing what he can get away with defensively. Those kinds of plays probably dry up in the NHL but then again Sidney Crosby has made a pretty good career out of it.
It would be incredible to get Demidov. Sadly, don’t think that happens unless we win 2nd overall. Even then, it’s 50/50 based on his situation and the potential signability issues.
I actually do a show with Rachel so I can ask her today if she has any inside scope or if this is just a gut feeling haha
Holy hell thank you!!! I think posting links to pay walled articles but with no relevant snippets is kind of pointless. Those who have a subscription will have already read it (or why the hell do they have subscription?!) and those who don't have subscriptions can't read it anyway. So anyway...thanks for a proper post!
Yeah. She mentioned this was more of a gut call and that it is very hard to gauge how most of GMs feel about Russians right now. Besides the Yotes...
You mean if they keep on signing extensions? I think when they’re nhl ready they’ll come. The money is too good in the nhl to pass up or delay too long. They have to get the ELC out of the way regardless.
What do you mean by “allowed to” come? It’s up to the players if they want to sign an extension or not. They can come over whenever they don’t have a contract, which they have full control over.
...or just come in through the southern border!
The Russian government has openly discussed the need to "protect the Russian ice hockey players, coaches, and academies and put restrictions preventing young talents from leaving the country."
