herzausstein
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Glad askarov and his wife are in TN. Now if we could only get our other Russian prospects over here Chistyakov/svechkov
Progression seems a bit worrying
Russia's a hard place to develop as a teenager. You're not going to get many looks in the KHL, which may hinder your development and the Junior League may be a bit too easy at this point for Svechkov. That is why Russian prospects usually take more time than NA prospects.Progression seems a bit worrying
Russia's a hard place to develop as a teenager. You're not going to get many looks in the KHL, which may hinder your development and the Junior League may be a bit too easy at this point for Svechkov. That is why Russian prospects usually take more time than NA prospects.
I'm not overly worried, and I like the pick still. He's not going to be a dynamic scorer at any level, but I could see him as a defensively-responsible, better-at-offense-than-he-gets-credit-for middle-six center.
We tend to let players play in lower leagues they can excel in. Sometimes because that's just what the system mandates. In Russia it seems like they... well they put them in higher leagues but then don't play them, and sort of just trust that it doesn't hurt them to bounce around and not play games, while still doing all their skill development outside of game action.
This doesn't entirely clash with the stuff I see for longshot prospects in North America who just work their butts off to climb level and do a lot of stuff away from games that factors significantly into their ultimate development. A few kids on my son's team have just gone so gung-ho on working out and grown and developed such that they were higher-level picks, even though you would never have guessed it relative to others just a couple years ago.
So I feel like development is definitely a thing which can proceed a little offline from flashy big league stats. Up to a point. But nevertheless, you'd rather see your guy doing well in a higher league if at all possible. So for Svechkov... well... he's "too good for the MHL"... "a little underwhelming at VHL".... "not used in KHL".... which adds up to...
I guess in the end it adds up to "no panic" to me. Like with Askarov not playing games and bouncing all over, it's kind of a case where if they do happen to perform and stick at a higher level, well, that would be astonishing and a nice bonus, but not necessarily an issue either if they don't. Yet.
Svechkov is going to be a case where patience is required. I guess Wyatt Johnston and a few others are going to provide immediate dividends that make us question that pick for a few years, but I'll try to keep a level head. I liked the Svechkov pick, it can still work out.
I'm guessing there isnt much way he could get out of Russia even if we wanted to bring him over.
They might've emphasized a bit too much Svechkov's performance at the U18's, I agree on that. He was never going to be the dynamic scorer he was on that tournament.I wasn’t big on the pick when we made it. Read too much like Poiles early career picks.
Craig Button had him #6 and ISS had him #10, so it wasn't out of left field for us to take him where we did, especially given our longstanding history with centers.They might've emphasized a bit too much Svechkov's performance at the U18's, I agree on that. He was never going to be the dynamic scorer he was on that tournament.
But, overall I liked the player. He has high hockey IQ, as he isn't biggest nor the fastest. I think he will pan out as a middle-six center, but yeah overall he might leave you wanting more especially being a mid-1st round pick.
Button is known for overrating prospects by their U18 performance. I think it's a bit silly, because the U18's only last for a couple weeks over the years long development the prospects have had up to that point. Some value, for sure, but not too much.Craig Button had him #6 and ISS had him #10, so it wasn't out of left field for us to take him where we did, especially given our longstanding history with centers.
Anyway, a slow simmer with him in Russia is fine, if that's what is probably in store. The emergence of Parssinen and hopefully Glass takes some of the pressure off this pick in the shorter term.