C Ivan Ryabkin - Muskegon, USHL (2025 Draft)

[montreal]

impressive game from him today in the MHL, the vid is mostly shift to shift for Ryabkin and a few clips of Makar Khanin,



Assist 5:01
Nice Pass 8:41
Assist 9:19
Just Misses Scoring 2 on 1 9:59
Big Open Ice Hit 10:36
Nice Steal/Pass 11:22
Nice Effort on Assist 13:14

 

[Caser]

Contract with Dynamo has been terminated.

 

[Kshahdoo]

Kabanov #2 doesn't even look like a joke now...

 

[Marc the Habs Fan]

 

[Fantomas]

I hope to some day understand better what the heck went wrong with him. Maybe the change of scenery will be what he needs.

 

[Hammer Slammer]

It'll be nice to see what he can do with some regular icetime

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

I don’t think this’ll be good for his career, but he seems to be headed down a bad path anyway. Not sure the league is the biggest issue for him.

 

[kp61c]

1 goal in 15 games playing 17 min a game in the mhl. brutal.

 

[MichaelFarrell]

Very excited to track some of his USHL games. I’ve said it before in this thread. I think he is a player with elite ability. But, at this point there is no way you could justify taking him in the first round.

 

[Zine]

From relevant interviews, it appears he was PO'd he wasn't gifted a KHL roster spot and was required to work his way up from the MHL. He then pouted and didn't listen to coaches.

Kind of perplexing then he'd cross the ocean just to play.... wait for it.... juniors.

 

[BKarchitect]

At least it’s Muskegon (haha…weird statement I know). There are far worse outposts in North America juniors for a Russian to go. I would assume the have some language flexible staff and billet families already established with their history being the first port of call for more than a few Russian prospects in North America.

Given that he (or maybe more correctly his agents/handlers?) have already torpedoed the first half of his draft season - I’d say at this point, it’s probably a good move.

With his reticence to play juniors in Russia, I would assume this is mostly a move to be more front and center in the minds of NHL scouting departments and that ultimately, the ideal track of the player is to be developed in the AHL next year - a path a few high level Euros take in coordination with their NHL teams in their post-draft seasons. But he has a LOT of work to do to get there. If he’s exceptional, he will produce in the USHL but as has been pointed out and as various USHL to CHL moves have proven this year - it’s generally a harder league (not saying ‘better’) for 17/18 year-olds to score in, let alone ones making such a monumental move in the middle of the season.