Prospect Info: #52 Dmitri Buchelnikov, 2022 Draft

[jkutswings]

He oozes skill, but he needs to work on his skating and strength, but that makes sense for a teenager in a pro league I guess.

And if he didn't have warts to his game, he would've been taken long before pick #52.

 

[Kshahdoo]

I guess I caught a bad game from him. I watched the youtube link that was posted here for his game last week and he was pretty invisible. Had a couple shots, but his icetime started to dwindle the 2nd half of the game. I actually thought he was injured because I didn't see him for long stretches in the 2nd and 3rd, but then I noticed he was standing in the bench area, so the coach must not have been happy with him. He was also taken off the top PP later in the game. He oozes skill, but he needs to work on his skating and strength, but that makes sense for a teenager in a pro league I guess.

It was one not very good game out of 5. I mean VHL is still way tougher than any junior league and he has 5 goals in 5 games.

 

[MBH]

And if he didn't have warts to his game, he would've been taken long before pick #52.

52 was kind of high for Buchnelikov too.
Still stunned Trikozov went after Buchelnikov.
Happy to have Booch.
But would rather have had Trik where James went and still had buchelnikov.

 

[Number1RedWingsFan52]

Our future Kucherov in the making

 

[jaster]

I guess I caught a bad game from him. I watched the youtube link that was posted here for his game last week and he was pretty invisible. Had a couple shots, but his icetime started to dwindle the 2nd half of the game. I actually thought he was injured because I didn't see him for long stretches in the 2nd and 3rd, but then I noticed he was standing in the bench area, so the coach must not have been happy with him. He was also taken off the top PP later in the game. He oozes skill, but he needs to work on his skating and strength, but that makes sense for a teenager in a pro league I guess.

Ch 2

Before I decide on my next move, the train ever-so-slightly shudders, and slows. Not many seem to notice. But because I have a hand on it and am speedwalking, I do. I notice. My heart rate, once as high as a Swedish rookie from Gothenburg, begins returning to a more leisurely pace. I take a deep breath, feeling as if a weight has been lifted from my shoulders. I wasn't ready to commit to the train, and I am happy to relax, knowing it may only be momentary.

Shaking my palm, once sweaty and beginning to smell of metal from the iron handrail, I again notice in the distance @Lil Sebastian Cossa. He looks forlorn, frustrated by the fact that his quarter has been on the other tracks for some time, still unflattened, resisting a fate that may or may not come.

I take a closer look, and see the quarter glint brightly in the sunlight, aimed almost directly at the hype train, as if to say, "Go! It is your time. You must speed back up, and take everyone with you!" Though it seems silly to even contemplate, the quarter seems confident and defiant, as if it will never be flattened. I cock my head slightly to the side, and I'm not sure, but I could almost swear I heard in the whistling breeze that was coming from the direction of the quarter, the words, "I am Dmitri Buchelnikov, and I will not be stopped."

I feel unsure and slightly confused. I am anxious for what will come next.

 

[OgeeOgelthorpe]

52 was kind of high for Buchnelikov too.
Still stunned Trikozov went after Buchelnikov.
Happy to have Booch.
But would rather have had Trik where James went and still had buchelnikov.

Gleb Trikozov at eliteprospects.com

2022-23	Omskie Krylia	VHL	6	2	0	2	2	-2	|
	Omskie Yastreby	MHL	4	2	1	3	0	3	|

Dmitri Buchelnikov at eliteprospects.com

2022-23	SKA St. Petersburg	KHL	8	1	0	1	0	1	|
	SKA-Neva St. Petersburg	VHL	5	5	2	7	2	7	|
	SKA-1946 St. Petersburg	MHL	2	4	4	8	2	3	|

Buchelnikov is showing he's too good for Russian Jr and for the Russian 2nd tier. Trikozov has not done that yet.

 

[Preposterone]

Gleb Trikozov at eliteprospects.com

2022-23	Omskie Krylia	VHL	6	2	0	2	2	-2	|
	Omskie Yastreby	MHL	4	2	1	3	0	3	|

Dmitri Buchelnikov at eliteprospects.com

2022-23	SKA St. Petersburg	KHL	8	1	0	1	0	1	|
	SKA-Neva St. Petersburg	VHL	5	5	2	7	2	7	|
	SKA-1946 St. Petersburg	MHL	2	4	4	8	2	3	|

Buchelnikov is showing he's too good for Russian Jr and for the Russian 2nd tier. Trikozov has not done that yet.

Gleb is almost a full year younger in fairness.

 

[OgeeOgelthorpe]

Gleb is almost a full year younger in fairness.

I think it matters more about who is performing well. People bitched up and down about Mazur the over-aged pick before a guy like Simon Robertsson, but Mazur has exceeded all expectations.

Buchelnikov is older and was barely eligible for the 2021 draft, and the argument against him is that he's also an overager. Right now he's the better prospect. And nobody knows if Trikozov can reach the same talent level that Buchelnikov is currently at.

 

[lilidk]

52 was kind of high for Buchnelikov too.
Still stunned Trikozov went after Buchelnikov.
Happy to have Booch.
But would rather have had Trik where James went and still had buchelnikov.

We could have him in the seventh round year before

 

[MBH]

I think it matters more about who is performing well. People bitched up and down about Mazur the over-aged pick before a guy like Simon Robertsson, but Mazur has exceeded all expectations.

Buchelnikov is older and was barely eligible for the 2021 draft, and the argument against him is that he's also an overager. Right now he's the better prospect. And nobody knows if Trikozov can reach the same talent level that Buchelnikov is currently at.

Trik is already ahead of Buch on talent. He's a top 10 pick in the talent department.
He's also 6'1 - which is going to make it a bit easier on him when coaches are deciding whether or not they want to give him a shot.

Granted - this is all based on scouting reports and a few youtube videos.
I had Buch at 67 on my draft list.
Trik at 11.

Happy to get Buch in the same way I was happy to get Hanas or Buium.
Wanted the player. Just maybe higher than I wanted him.

1st world problems, to say the least.

 

[jkutswings]

Before I decide on my next move, the train ever-so-slightly shudders, and slows. Not many seem to notice. But because I have a hand on it and am speedwalking, I do. I notice. My heart rate, once as high as a Swedish rookie from Gothenburg, begins returning to a more leisurely pace. I take a deep breath, feeling as if a weight has been lifted from my shoulders. I wasn't ready to commit to the train, and I am happy to relax, knowing it may only be momentary.

Shaking my palm, once sweaty and beginning to smell of metal from the iron handrail, I again notice in the distance @Lil Sebastian Cossa. He looks forlorn, frustrated by the fact that his quarter has been on the other tracks for some time, still unflattened, resisting a fate that may or may not come.

I take a closer look, and see the quarter glint brightly in the sunlight, aimed almost directly at the hype train, as if to say, "Go! It is your time. You must speed back up, and take everyone with you!" Though it seems silly to even contemplate, the quarter seems confident and defiant, as if it will never be flattened. I cock my head slightly to the side, and I'm not sure, but I could almost swear I heard whistling in the breeze that was coming from the direction of the quarter, the words, "I am Dmitri Buchelnikov, and I will not be stopped."

I feel unsure and slightly confused. I am anxious for what will come next.

Fantastic story. I'm Team HypeTrain all the way. But one nitpick:

How does a quarter (even an anthropomorphic one) use words to whistle?

 

[FissionFire]

jaster is waiting so long he’s gonna miss the hype train and have to hitch a ride with the bandwagon.

 

[jaster]

Fantastic story. I'm Team HypeTrain all the way. But one nitpick:

How does a quarter (even an anthropomorphic one) use words to whistle?

Fair question. I should have written that part better; it doesn't make a lot of sense. EDIT: updated.

It's all first-draft writing based on a sort of choose-your-own-adventure outline I've written up for this hype train story. I have no editor. I'm starting to wonder if the book deal will actually ever come

 

[Kshahdoo]

Trik is already ahead of Buch on talent. He's a top 10 pick in the talent department.
He's also 6'1 - which is going to make it a bit easier on him when coaches are deciding whether or not they want to give him a shot.

Granted - this is all based on scouting reports and a few youtube videos.
I had Buch at 67 on my draft list.
Trik at 11.

Happy to get Buch in the same way I was happy to get Hanas or Buium.
Wanted the player. Just maybe higher than I wanted him.

1st world problems, to say the least.

Yeah, would you trade Kucherov for Buchnevich? If yes then Trikozov is your choice...

 

[RRhoads]

I think most posters who have over 30, let alone 50, players on their draft lists and talks about are full of it. You are not a scout and can't possibly have watched them all enough to make an informed decision.

 

[MBH]

I think most posters who have over 30, let alone 50, players on their draft lists and talks about are full of it. You are not a scout and can't possibly have watched them all enough to make an informed decision.

Don't be mad because some of us read scouting reports and you don't.

 

[RRhoads]

Don't be mad because some of us read scouting reports and you don't.

Oh ok. Yeah those are accurate, especially for players outside of 20oa.

/s

 

[MBH]

Oh ok. Yeah those are accurate, especially for players outside of 20oa.

/s

You're actually arguing that being uninformed is the best way to knowledge?

I take all the reports with a grain of salt.
Including the ones that liked Booch and were the reason he was on my draft list.,
End of the day, Booch is a 5'9 winger with a skating deficit - which means he's going to have be really, really, really good to make it in the NHL.
Oh, sorry. That info is from a scouting report.

 

[RRhoads]

You're actually arguing that being uninformed is the best way to knowledge?

I take all the reports with a grain of salt.
Including the ones that liked Booch and were the reason he was on my draft list.,
End of the day, Booch is a 5'9 winger with a skating deficit - which means he's going to have be really, really, really good to make it in the NHL.
Oh, sorry. That info is from a scouting report.

No, I am arguing that top 50 lists from users on this forum are useless, because they don't have enough information. You don't have information to make a good list of that size. Even the hockey writers lists are garbage.

 

[Hazy Little Thing]

Don't be mad because some of us read scouting reports and you don't.

Lol you can't be serious. Putting together a comprehensive list based off of reading scouting reports?

 

[MBH]

Lol you can't be serious. Putting together a comprehensive list based off of reading scouting reports?

As opposed to people who know f*** all about anything but suddenly think they've drafted Kucherov 2.0 when we draft them?
Yeah.
I trust the people whose work I buy more than Joe Red Wings fan who thinks everyone we draft is a stud.

 

[Hazy Little Thing]

As opposed to people who know f*** all about anything but suddenly think they've drafted Kucherov 2.0 when we draft them?
Yeah.
I trust the people whose work I buy more than Joe Red Wings fan who thinks everyone we draft is a stud.

Hopefully your reading comprehension is higher on those scouting reports than it is on this board. Whoosh, talk about completely missing the point. Hopefully it's a language barrier thing.

 

[GoBoltz56]

Buch with a PP assist today. 9 points in 8 VHL games.

 

[lhsgolf19]

Goal and 2 Assists in a 6-5 Loss today

 

[OgeeOgelthorpe]

Goal and 2 Assists in a 6-5 Loss today

ONLY 3 points? BUST!!!