The Russian Bear pair!
would feel a lot better if Dougie Hamilton was added to that group.
Or at least Larsson.
Why is that when we sign a new player they become the talk of the town like they are the second coming. Provolnev hasn't even played in the AHL, let alone the NHL and you have him on the third pairing. If BA thought he was a shoe in for a roster spot why didn't he give him a long contract?
He's 26, and no other NHL team has bothered to sign him, or no one on these boards have heard of him, and some think he will be in our top six. If that is the best BA can do, I think we need better scouts.
If you want to call it that. 26 years old, no one knows who the hell he is and never seen him play and most alarming is no other NHL team was after him. I think I will send my resume to the Yote's for a scouting position.
A couple years older than Panarin when he came over. Just sayin. Buy your All Star game tickets now.
He's not gotten a long contract because the team doesn't know how he'll fit, so it's low cost, high reward, and secondly, even if they thought he was such a gem, they are prohibited by the rules of free agency. He'll come in on a one-year deal because it gets him past the entry-level deal quicker, as there is no incentive for him to come over, toil for a few years on an entry-level at his age when he could stay in Russia to make more during his upcoming prime. He wouldn't come over unless he knew he was a sure thing or they gave him a short window to prove it before he could pack it back up to Russia.
ZERO, the same as last year and the year before that and the year before that.
And Bush is third pairing/7th Dman at best. IF we don't have anybody in our system that is better than this never drafted 26 yo. Russian who has never played in NA, all I can say is God help us.
