Makes sense. Yurov would have to spend most of the year in the VHL then to avoid too much travel. If not, a KHL/MHL season would be the best choice
F Danila Yurov - Metallurg Magnitogorsk, KHL (2022, 24th, MIN)
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Makes sense. Yurov would have to spend most of the year in the VHL then to avoid too much travel. If not, a KHL/MHL season would be the best choice
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2+1 vs Finns U20, was probably the best player on the ice.
Pavel Buchnevich
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Magnitka needs to start giving him more playing time. This guy should’ve had that role from the start of the season. I wonder if he looks for a mutual termination after this season to go to the NHL. I’d prefer he develop in Russia, but that has to be in the KHL and a regular role.
Stewie Griffin
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Usually they dress him, and then play him for about 45 seconds.
So is he receiving less minutes this year then last year? 21 games as a 16 year old in the KHL seemed impressive. Hasn’t hurt his draft position
Yeah, but this season Metallurg was the hottest team for a while, so they just didn't have a spot for him. And then they became pretty cold, so again didn't have a place for Yurov. Typical shit from KHL clubs. You gotta play in some shithole to get tons of TOI in the league as a youngster. Like Kaprizov in Novokuznetsk or Tarasenko in Sibir (yeah, Novosibirsk is a great city, but Sibir sucked back to then).
Captain Clutch
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The scouts are all over this guy, this is one prospect who will not be flying under the radar, despite the lack of playing time. I believe he is a consensus top 10 at this point.
The usual tale about minutes again. Let it rest. He is with a good org where the coaches care a lot about his development. He can't play in the VHL because their VHL affiliate team is too far away. Playing in the MHL wouldn't do much for him as he is at this point a 2 PPG player there.
There is the WJC ahead. He will get more than enough exposure there. And I am sceptical about some prospects who are penciled in to go high in 2022. I don't really care where Yurov gets picked, but rather by which team. He might be not a Top10 guy, but way higher talent wise.
He is 17 ffs. What mutual termination? This is exactly the stance that gets them nowhere. It's okay to play those minutes at that age. If he is more mature and stronger next year he will get more minutes.
Pavel Buchnevich
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You can say that, but do you think he’s happy to play 45 seconds per game? He must be frustrated. Nobody wants to train every day but not play in games. If he’s a top 10 pick, which I’m sure he will be, that heightens the situation. His future is going to be in the NHL, and I don’t think anyones going to be satisfied with another season of barely playing. Teams and players are now more willing to have the player leave early. I don’t think that’d be good, so I hope he starts getting more regular minutes, but Yurov may ask for a contract termination for next season and I don’t think Magnitka is going to stand in the way of a guy they barely use. Don’t be surprised and blame it all on the player if Yurov is playing AHL next season.
His talent is obviously ahead of every center not named Savoie or Wright (I personally can't even rule out Yurov being on that top tier level). Emphasis on obvious. If he doesn't go top 5 in the draft I don't think it will be because scouts are unaware of his abilities, it will probably be the Russia factor - when does he want to come over, etc... Unless things change on the ice, everyone should know how good he is by the draft.
Russia factor is definitely not an issue here. Anyone playing 1 minute a game wants out. I would bet on Yurov in the AHL (or even NHL) next season. What the KHL is doing to his development is tragic.
Yeah but for the talented 18 year old Russian AHL players who faced similar situations in Russia as Yurov, Guryanov and Kostin are looking pretty good so far in the NHL. Yurov if he indeed has that level of talent shouldn't be too hindered by a move to the AHL either
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Imagine Yurov's agent saying to him "go to the AHL, you might turn out like Kostin."
And Yurov will be like, "sure boss, ahyuck!"
And Yurov will be like, "sure boss, ahyuck!"
Those are examples, Yurov is supposed to be top 5 with a higher potential than both Guryanov and Kostin. I'm saying it may not be the most ideal but he can still succeed with that path.
He's 18 without 15 days. Look at where Buchnevich was at his age, and you don't think Buchnevich was that talented...
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Once again, it's overblown. You only think that because your expectations say it isn't normal. In Russia, it is normal. Many players, some of them great, have been in this position before. Frustration only comes if you fail to accept the role that you knew you are going to play.
Being with the first team is seen (mostly) as a perk to a kid - you train with men, you get paid like one, etc. I have no doubt that if it really came to Yurov considering contract termination and such Magnitka would be happy to send him down. Almost certainly, he is the one who doesn't want it to happen.
Terrible argument. If anything, when Buchnevich was "18 without 15 days" he spent most of his time in the MHL. And that's while playing for Severstal, not Magnitka.
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