Prospect Info: #69(nice)OA - Hurricanes select LHD Alexander Nikishin (Spartak - KHL)
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Sergei Tolchinsky? As in the guy who played for the Checkers (and then quit on them)?
Nikishin Go Boom
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that was a long time to hold onto giving an assist on that goal
He gave the puck to Tolchinksy then headed to the bench and polished off a beer while Tolch scored
WreckingCrew
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If there were a time-limit on assists...Pretty sure Tolchinsky got 1G-2A on that play
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No no you are wrong. It wasn't beer it was vodka.
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Wonder how Tolchinsky would fare in the NHL nowadays? He’s been pretty good in the KHL for a handful of seasons now. Also feel like the NHL has adopted back smaller skilled forwards into the game again.
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I still don't know if he'd do that well, very elusive player but he didn't have that extra gear from a skating standpoint like Gaudreau has or surprising physicality that guys like Gerbe or Marchand have. Also still a bit too much of an East-West player for the NHL game unfortunately.
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Yeah I wasn’t being a discerning viewer and I was like “damn! Go Nikishin go!” and then the guy carrying the puck scored and I was just like “oh.”
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The list of leading scorers in the KHL might give you a clue about how well he'd do in the NHL.
KHL Scoring Leaders 2024-2025
KHL scoring leaders and demographics breakdown in the 2024-2025 season. Player stats, nationality and age distributions, draft rounds of players in the 2024-2025 KHL season.
www.quanthockey.com
WreckingCrew
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He's got great hands, it's the overall skating that holds him back I think...speed and strength on his skates. He'd probably get 1st year Necas-ed a LOT
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Anton Dubinchuk
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The list of leading scorers in the KHL might give you a clue about how well he'd do in the NHL.
KHL Scoring Leaders 2024-2025
KHL scoring leaders and demographics breakdown in the 2024-2025 season. Player stats, nationality and age distributions, draft rounds of players in the 2024-2025 KHL season.
Better than Alex Galchenyuk, worse than Alex Radulov.
Pretty good player!
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Back to a similar pace to last year. That means he's back on track to rappel from the rafters on Justin Williams HOF night, hip-check him into the shadow realm, and claim his spot in the Hurricanes HOF. Sorry, Justin, thems the breaks.
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There's really nothing more to discuss with him until he comes over to NA... He's already basically mastered the KHL lol. Will keep enjoying the scoring and hits highlights we see until he comes over but it really can't come soon enough at this point
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Shall we just dedicate this thread to steamy fan fics then?
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I thought that is what Reddit is for
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Yeah, there is no transfer agreement in place between the KHL and the NHL. So we are waiting at his leisure, essentially. Right now he wants to finish out his KHL contract. Hopefully once thats finished he will sign with us.
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We have to wait for his contract to be over. We can’t buy his contract out via a fee like leagues with a transfer agreement
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This is the foreplay. Aren't we all just hot and bothered?
AhosDatsyukian
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Not formally but we could in theory pay SKA to buy him out of his contract I believe then he could just sign here
Not at his leisure -- even if he wanted to come over today he wouldn't be able to. NHL won't let us play games with trying to sign him while SKA has him under contract.
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I don’t think we could give nikishin enough in a signing bonus to make a buyout possible
