C/W Artyom Galimov - Ak Bars Kazan, KHL (2020, 129th, ANA)

[Atas2000]

Faceoff win=secondary assist.

 

[Gliff]

Insane to me as a Ducks fan seeing us draft a Russian, we haven't since 2009.

They must REALLY love him. I figure Russians must take a full round or 2 drop hit in their rankings considering they never draft one.

 

[EXTRAS]

When the Russian is all ready 21 years old you know a lot more what you are getting with him. They must think it is very likely he will be an NHLer.

 

[Evgeny Oliker]

Insane to me as a Ducks fan seeing us draft a Russian, we haven't since 2009.

I think there might be a good reason for that:
2001 - Anaheim drafted Chistov #5 overall - FAIL
stayed away from Russians for 8 years, then
2009 - Round 3 Anaheim takes Bobkov - FAIL

So they dont draft Russians a lot in general and when they do, they seem to be way off on them. Not sure if they lacks scouts in Russia or what it is, but ye, they suck at taking Russians

 

[Flynn84]

I think there might be a good reason for that:
2001 - Anaheim drafted Chistov #5 overall - FAIL
stayed away from Russians for 8 years, then
2009 - Round 3 Anaheim takes Bobkov - FAIL

So they dont draft Russians a lot in general and when they do, they seem to be way off on them. Not sure if they lacks scouts in Russia or what it is, but ye, they suck at taking Russians

A third rounder that did not make NHL it's not really a FAIL. Always a gamble. There's like 6 or 7 NHL regulars from third round of that draft.

 

[JabbaJabba]

I think there might be a good reason for that:
2001 - Anaheim drafted Chistov #5 overall - FAIL
stayed away from Russians for 8 years, then
2009 - Round 3 Anaheim takes Bobkov - FAIL

So they dont draft Russians a lot in general and when they do, they seem to be way off on them. Not sure if they lacks scouts in Russia or what it is, but ye, they suck at taking Russians

I think Bobkov could play very well in the NHL right now based on his success in KHL in recent years. I doubt he would play for the Ducks though.

 

[fahad203]

Everytime I think of that name Galimov, reminds me of Alex Galimov(RIP)

 

[hot donut]

Everytime I think of that name Galimov, reminds me of Alex Galimov(RIP)

It's a pretty common Tatar/Bashkir surname. Kazan had two Galimovs last season and their Twitter frequently called Artyom "Галимов-младший", or Galimov Jr., to separate him from Emil Galimov, who plays for SKA now.

I like Galimov, I was very surprised to see the Ducks of all teams pick him up given their history of rarely drafting Russians. His contract runs until 2023 so he's not going to come over anytime soon, but still a nice asset to keep in your back pocket.

 

[Caser]

Scored on his return from an injury:

 

[Atas2000]

Scored on his return from an injury:

Him and Voronkov have been crashing the net perfectly tonight.

 

[Caser]

 

[Caser]

 

[Gliff]

I want to get excited for him as a Ducks prospect, but I don't want to be hurt lol.

It would be awesome if the first Russian skater the Ducks draft in almost 20 years ends up being an overager steal.

 

[EXTRAS]

That reminded me of a beautiful goal Mogilny scored for the canucks in the 90s versus the devil's.

 

[Atas2000]

I want to get excited for him as a Ducks prospect, but I don't want to be hurt lol.

It would be awesome if the first Russian skater the Ducks draft in almost 20 years ends up being an overager steal.

Don't expect a superstar. He is that 2nd rate prospect. He is doing good, but he needs more time to see what he is going to be. If he indeed can be something like a 2nd liner, that would be his ceiling I guess.

 

[Gliff]

Don't expect a superstar. He is that 2nd rate prospect. He is doing good, but he needs more time to see what he is going to be. If he indeed can be something like a 2nd liner, that would be his ceiling I guess.

If the Ducks can get a second line forward from a 5th round pick I will be ecstatic.

 

[bsu]

His playstyle and skating reminds me of Kirill Kaprizov on that play.

 

[Caser]

Scored an OT winner today:

 

[Caser]

Much better vid here:

 

[MMC]

Much better vid here:

Love this guy's skill, but gross caption for that tweet.

 

[Gliff]

Love this guy's skill, but gross caption for that tweet.

Agreed, Should have been "Galimov is a Duck!"

 

[Atas2000]

His playstyle and skating reminds me of Kirill Kaprizov on that play.

Unfortunately for the Ducks and Galimov Kaprizov scored 51pts in 57 games with league leading 30 goals at the same age in the KHL. Galimov now sits at 16 points in 39GP.

Certainly not the same level of talent, but he is progressing well so far nonetheless.

 

[barriers]

 

[bsu]

Unfortunately for the Ducks and Galimov Kaprizov scored 51pts in 57 games with league leading 30 goals at the same age in the KHL. Galimov now sits at 16 points in 39GP.

Certainly not the same level of talent, but he is progressing well so far nonetheless.

I said their play style not their production.

 

[Kalv]

What a shot