Is Ivan Fedotov simply too big for the NHL (BBD Discussion)

[Satan]

I've covered the Big Boy Decade extensively. I am the #1 Matt Rempe Fan. It's early - real early - but is Ivan Fedotov too big to be an NHL goalie? He's probably close to 7' tall with skates on. The early returns on his NHL career have been awful. It took 6'7 goalie Ben Bishop a couple years to find his footing in the big league- so maybe Ivan needs to grow into his skates.

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[izzy]

Thank you,

maybe

 

[Zine]

Apart from 1 outlier year, he’s been a painfully average KHL goalie his entire career.
I reckon talent (or a lack thereof) and not size is why he struggles at NHL level.

 

[psycat]

Just not very good, if anything size may be the only reason he even got a shot.

 

[Oddbob]

Just not very good, if anything size may be the only reason he even got a shot.

This, but with a lot of goalies.

 

[Leafshater67]

He’s just not that good.

 

[D Wakaluk]

Watched (the?) two games he played this year. Could not track the puck at all

 

[TheDoldrums]

Same height as the Hildebeast who had a really good season for the Marlies last year

 

[Bones Malone]

I've covered the Big Boy Decade extensively. I am the #1 Matt Rempe Fan. It's early - real early - but is Ivan Fedotov too big to be an NHL goalie? He's probably close to 7' tall with skates on. The early returns on his NHL career have been awful. It took 6'7 goalie Ben Bishop a couple years to find his footing in the big league- so maybe Ivan needs to grow into his skates.

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Hope you covered the BBD better than you did your fantasy hockey dues, you deadbeat.

 

[GaboriklessWild]

Compared to Sorokin, who played for the same KHL team, Fedotov's KHL stats were pretty bad.

 

[Mr. Met]

Compared to Sorokin, who played for the same KHL team, Fedotov's KHL stats were pretty bad.
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Sorokin is noted at 1.91m

Fedotov is 2.02m

You're comparing apples to oranges in this Big Boy Discussion (BBD)

 

[BKarchitect]

His agent needs a raise...how a 27-year-old goalie with no NHL experience and who isn't even that highly regarded in his domestic league got a one-way, 2-year deal at $3.275 million annually is one of the more bizarre contracts from the summer.

Especially when the same organization gave a younger, better goalie who has already done well in stretches in the NHL a 2-year deal at less than $3 million per year at basically the same exact time.

If Fedotov was unattached to an NHL team, it's not like there would have been some bidding war for him. So, it's really confounding that he got over $6.5 million in contract without having stepped onto an NHL rink. Is there some sort of financial commitment baked into it from the previous struggles to bring him over?

 

[Sasha Orlov]

No he’s too bad for the NHL

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

No, he’s simply too bad. Anyone who has followed his career previously in the KHL or can read an EP page knew this.

 

[WarriorofTime]

Not all players work out

 

[TheDawnOfANewTage]

His agent needs a raise...how a 27-year-old goalie with no NHL experience and who isn't even that highly regarded in his domestic league got a one-way, 2-year deal at $3.275 million annually is one of the more bizarre contracts from the summer.

Especially when the same organization gave a younger, better goalie who has already done well in stretches in the NHL a 2-year deal at less than $3 million per year at basically the same exact time.

If Fedotov was unattached to an NHL team, it's not like there would have been some bidding war for him. So, it's really confounding that he got over $6.5 million in contract without having stepped onto an NHL rink. Is there some sort of financial commitment baked into it from the previous struggles to bring him over?

It’s especially weird because he looked noticeably not good enough in like his 3rd game, against the Sabres. I think there was some beginner luck, but by that matchup his team was scared to give up any chances, I remember him getting completely turned around so he’s facing the guy behind the net as it pops in front- losing his goal stick, pushing off to the wrong post- like, if I notice bad goaltending off of one period it cant be turned into an nhl career. Not like an off period or anything, I mean any amateur watching would notice the difference between that guy and a fringe starter with one period of watching.

Dunno what this BBD thing is, don’t wanna know OP’s internet history is.

 

[SEALBound]

Those weren't particularly strong KHL numbers and the Flyers aren't a particularly strong NHL team but maybe?

 

[DaveG]

I mean he was never even one of the top 10 goalies in the KHL at any point. Good chance he's just mediocre if not bad by NHL standards. Size be damned.

 

[PullHard]

I would love to read your other work on the BBD

 

[Breakers]

So essentially goalies with elite numbers in the KHL turn out to be top 5 goalies in the NHL or ECHL emergency backups

There is no in between

 

[Rich Nixon]

His agent needs a raise...how a 27-year-old goalie with no NHL experience and who isn't even that highly regarded in his domestic league got a one-way, 2-year deal at $3.275 million annually is one of the more bizarre contracts from the summer.

Especially when the same organization gave a younger, better goalie who has already done well in stretches in the NHL a 2-year deal at less than $3 million per year at basically the same exact time.

If Fedotov was unattached to an NHL team, it's not like there would have been some bidding war for him. So, it's really confounding that he got over $6.5 million in contract without having stepped onto an NHL rink. Is there some sort of financial commitment baked into it from the previous struggles to bring him over?

He had stepped onto an NHL rink. Twice. And gotten lit up.

There's some speculation that it was, more or less, money laundering. Since the Flyers couldn't buy Michkov's KHL deal out directly, they gave Fedotov an outsized contract so their shared Russian agent got a large enough cut to pay off SKA and get Matvei over sooner.