Prospect Info: #52 Dmitri Buchelnikov, 2022 Draft

[Gniwder]

Honestly, I'd see the NHLPA considering it a danger to the players, and they might not be wrong. A puck hitting one could cause it to fall on a player.

Statistically unlikely, but something to keep in mind.

1) Every player on the ice is aware of where the puck is, so they'd see it if it hit a drone
2) They all wear helmets

Of course, the NHL never has any luck with these kind of things, so if they do it, a drone will get hit by a puck, shatter into a hundred pieces and a piece of that shrapnel will pierce a fan's eye and kill him/her/they. I think the people in the stands are probably more vulnerable to injury because they don't always pay attention, and they don't wear helmets.

 

[lhsgolf19]

Preseason action for SKA

 

[RRhoads]

He is looking more and more like the real deal. Next off season, he is a top 3 prospect in our voting.

 

[Konnan511]

He is looking more and more like the real deal. Next off season, he is a top 3 prospect in our voting.

That'd mean he's playing full time in the KHL and putting up decent numbers. Not sure if that'll be the case.

 

[Run the Jewels]

He is looking more and more like the real deal. Next off season, he is a top 3 prospect in our voting.

Another Euro near the top of our prospect heap, you love to see it.

 

[RRhoads]

That'd mean he's playing full time in the KHL and putting up decent numbers. Not sure if that'll be the case.

I do believe he is going to loan to Sochi, and he should get plenty of icetime there and be up full time. As for decent numbers, reading interviews with him, he seems to be a guy that works hard, and he reads to play offensively very well. Good skating too, and probably has the best shot/release of all our prospect.

 

[Detroit Knights]

When can we (for now) expect him to make it over here to GR?

 

[Our Lady Peace]

When can we (for now) expect him to make it over here to GR?

He's signed through 2025 so October 2025 probably. Maybe like March/April 2025 if he jumps ship quick. If it's the former, he'll be 22 years old which is great news.

 

[Retire91]

I am still jaded from the Jurco, Pulkkinen, Brunner hype trains. Going to need to see some numbers before getting too excited. Nice tools in the tool box though.

 

[Detroit Knights]

I am still jaded from the Jurco, Pulkkinen, Brunner hype trains. Going to need to see some numbers before getting too excited. Nice tools in the tool box though.

pulkinnen really messed with me lol. I saw a shorter/speedier ovechkin from all of the hype and man he was just not that lmao

same with frk.

 

[Preposterone]

pulkinnen really messed with me lol. I saw a shorter/speedier ovechkin from all of the hype and man he was just not that lmao

same with frk.

Pulkie was never speedy tho - even at the ahl level

 

[lilidk]

Pulkie was never speedy tho - even at the ahl level

Most important his shot was strong but never on the target and sometimes by miles away.

 

[Gniwder]

Most important his shot was strong but never on the target and sometimes by miles away.

Not to mention the slow huge windup. I think a big part of the inaccuracy was because he was forced to speed up the backswing at the NHL level. He didn't have the time and space like the AHL. He was gonna be a PP specialist at best, but couldn't shoot well enough to justify it.

Also, Frk was dropped down to the ECHL a couple of times, so there wasn't much expectation after that.

 

[RRhoads]

Most important his shot was strong but never on the target and sometimes by miles away.

Not to mention the slow huge windup. I think a big part of the inaccuracy was because he was forced to speed up the backswing at the NHL level. He didn't have the time and space like the AHL. He was gonna be a PP specialist at best, but couldn't shoot well enough to justify it.

Also, Frk was dropped down to the ECHL a couple of times, so there wasn't much expectation after that.

Yeah, his windup was borderline comical.

 

[Steve Yzerlland]

I am still jaded from the Jurco, Pulkkinen, Brunner hype trains. Going to need to see some numbers before getting too excited. Nice tools in the tool box though.

I feel the same but I am a sucker and always fall in love and overestimate dynamic prospects.

 

[Nut Upstrom]

Pulkie was never speedy tho - even at the ahl level

Yea, but the holy slapper...

 

[Gniwder]

Yeah, his windup was borderline comical.

I think Walman's is even funnier, it goes past vertical. He just has more time because he's a defenseman and knows to use it only when he has space. I hope he sticks around for a few years, just so we can watch that, lol.

Edit: I had to look for a video, lol,. So the reason why the stick is past vertical is because he lifts the blade vertically off the ice and comes all the way around with it, There actually isn't a backswing like golf. To me that's even funnier. Watch his swing....



3:19 on the game clock is where he lifts the stick up. There's a slower replay at the end as well.

 

[RRhoads]

I think Walman's is even funnier, it goes past vertical. He just has more time because he's a defenseman and knows to use it only when he has space. I hope he sticks around for a few years, just so we can watch that, lol.

What's funny about Pulkkinnen's windup is that he still hasn't released the shot. It was so slow. When he wound up his shot, I went out for a smoke, and saw the release when I came back in.

 

[Gniwder]

What's funny about Pulkkinnen's windup is that he still hasn't released the shot. It was so slow. When he wound up his shot, I went out for a smoke, and saw the release when I came back in.

LOL.

He actually double clutches on the back swing. This video is 4 on 3 OT, so he has plenty of time and space. Not a whole lot of Pulky videos on the web anymore.

 

[DatsDeking]

LOL.

He actually double clutches on the back swing. This video is 4 on 3 OT, so he has plenty of time and space. Not a whole lot of Pulky videos on the web anymore.

An OT line with Pulk, Hronek, and Sheahan. I would have never have guessed that one of those three would be out of the league and that two of the three would be total nonfactors for any NHL team.

EDIT: That was Wings legend Brad Richards not Hronek. EXCUSE ME!

 

[Gniwder]

An OT line with Pulk, Hronek, and Sheahan. I would have never have guessed that one of those three would be out of the league and that two of the three would be total nonfactors for any NHL team.

EDIT: That was Wings legend Brad Richards not Hronek. EXCUSE ME!

Let's hope things end up better for Buch. They're basically the same size, but I'm assuming Buch has more skill and better skating. The reason why Pulky got any NHL games was because Kenny sucks at drafting, not to mention he traded away a bunch of 1st rd picks in that era.

Coincidentally, Pulky has been playing in the KHL. No idea if he will this season.

 

[Christien]

With his team recently signing Galchenyuk, I hope Buch gets a loan to another team

 

[Indrid Cold]

What's funny about Pulkkinnen's windup is that he still hasn't released the shot. It was so slow. When he wound up his shot, I went out for a smoke, and saw the release when I came back in.

He still hasn't released a wind up shot from 2016.

 

[Gniwder]

With his team recently signing Galchenyuk, I hope Buch gets a loan to another team

Galchenyuk will probably get arrested for something since he's American. He's got a bit of a weird background though, his dad played for USSR and Belarus. No idea how that factor's into the craziness going on over there.

 

[Air Budd Dwyer]

What's funny about Pulkkinnen's windup is that he still hasn't released the shot. It was so slow. When he wound up his shot, I went out for a smoke, and saw the release when I came back in.

Don’t be out here making fun of the Pul-CANNON. It’s not his fault he never lived up to the Kurri/Brett Hull expectations.