that sucks that he got sent down, hopefully he lights it up and gets called back as it's not a good sign that he can't crack that roster as Neftekhimik was terrible last year as only 2 teams in the KHL had less wins and they were among the lowest in goals for. All their top players from last year are back so there's not a lot of room I'm guessing but they had Avtsin on the 3rd line from the lineup I saw, he had 1 goal in 20 games last year and even if he repeats his best season which was the previous year where he had 15 pts in 44 games, I would hope that Khisamutdinov can do better then that.
Although he was held to just 1 assist in 7 preseason games so perhaps that got him sent down.
Russians are notoriously not confident in youngsters though, so personally I'm not too despaired by his demotion. It would be ideal to see him get icetime in the KHL, but if he's going to be benched, might as well get ice time in the VHL.
I disagree, Habs have enough quality depth, picks and prospects to use one of their numerous late picks to take a chance on a big skilled player like Khisamutdinov, its not like our prospect pool and picks bank were thin, we were in a position to afford taking a such risk, we could miss or hit high, time will tell...Everytime people want to stress the number of quantity picks we have in a draft....remember this pick. 22 year old russian soon and VHL instead of KHL? Already a waste of a pick. Go Bibeau, Malone, Pasic or even risk with Burzan instead.
You want to risk with a Russian? Risk with Shalagin.
I disagree, Habs have enough quality depth, picks and prospects to use one of their numerous late picks to take a chance on a big skilled player like Khisamutdinov, its not like our prospect pool and picks bank were thin, we were in a position to afford taking a such risk, we could miss or hit high, time will tell...
Ive no clue who Shalagin is, I just trust Timmins and the scouting staff with those late picks...Didn't I mention if you want to risk with a Russian, go Shalagin? 1 1/2 year younger and much more offensive?
CSK VVS won 4-3 in a shootout against Beijing.
Khisamutdinov with a goal. He also had a goal in the shootout to lead his team to victory.
Andrei Kostitsyn 2.0
Not sure can't find any updates. Still shows him on the KHL roster and no injury listed.Injured or ?
Four games Vhl , 2 games Khl and ? 0 games vhl and Khl four days suivant
Ive no clue who Shalagin is, I just trust Timmins and the scouting staff with those late picks...
Honestly, I pretty much stopped paying attention after Caufield. Ok, maybe Struble, Fairbrother and Norlinder but I pretty much forgot who else we drafted.
it's likely a good idea, when they draft 2 guys from leagues that never have had someone drafted from there before and 2 overagers including a 21 year old, it's likely a safe bet that they felt it was a weak class depth wise so in the later rounds they just said **** it in that they took some way off the board picks. although to be fair the biggest off the board was likely more about paying tribute to a long time scout for the Habs so can't fault them for that.