And still, after house cleaning Russia will win in all levels. Bigger base, bigger tradition, bigger numbers of better coaches, system from kids to pros second only to NA hockey. They were always second only to Canada, even in times when Russian hockey knew nothing about import players.
I don't even care about Michkov or Russian hockey so I don't need to bash them either. I also don't understand why it's a topic here. This is the Reinbacher thread and Michkov wasn't even an option for the Habs. Even if they selected somebody else over Reinbacher, 0% it would have been Michkov. He was on their no draft list...he was, in fact, on many team's no draft list because he was unwilling to even talk to most teams. Now trolls like you are filling all the prospects threads bitching about why team x or y didn't select Michkov over prospect x or y when the answer is common sense. Also remains to be seen if the player is even any good (if he needs a trade in the NHL as well to get going then he might not be) or if he's willing to play NHL long term at all.
McDonagh was terrific, your expectations are way too high if he’s a disappointment
McDonaugh was absolutely terrific no arguments there from me. That's not my point. My expectations of Reinbacher are for him to be more impactful on the ice in his prime than all or at least the majority of the guys picked after him. That's it that's all. I believe there will be players more impactful than McDonough in this draft. Hopefully Reinbacher is one of them
You would be disappointed if he ended up as a dominant number one defenseman?
I think the standard is too high for what the NHL draft has been historically. There's normally not much separating players from 5 to 10 or 15 and than you have another 200 players drafted on top that have a chance at being better...
Huh?
Mtl and Michkov had a meeting.
Either you really like Reinbacher a ton or don't appreciate how useful 23 mpg eLITE #2 TYPE OF dMAN mCDONOUGH WAS AND FOR QUITE A WHILE.
