Player Discussion: Kirill Marchenko thread

[Double-Shift Lasse]

Chinakhov’s better!!!

In all seriousness, love Marchenko as a player. Needs to add some patience to his game, slow it down a bit more at times with the puck, and improve his shot selection.

Skating AGILITY could use some improvement. I think he also needs to add some more muscle to his frame to add to his effectiveness, even if his top speed lowers a bit.

All in all, I’m all for keeping all 3 of the Russians for as long as possible.

My favorite does not always equal the best. In fact, it’s possible it never has in the club’s history. It’s not a scouting report.

Kevyn Adams
David Vyborny
Duvie Westcott
Marc Denis
Ole-Kristian Tollefson
Manny Malhotra
Matt Calvert
Nick Foligno
Oliver Bjorkstrand

Some of those guys overlap but those are the guys that stand out to me off the top of my head.

I share your position that I'd like to keep Marchenko, Chinakov and Voronkov as long as possible. I am a fan of all three.

 

[Viqsi]

My favorite does not always equal the best. In fact, it’s possible it never has in the club’s history. It’s not a scouting report.

Kevyn Adams
David Vyborny
Duvie Westcott
Marc Denis
Ole-Kristian Tollefson
Manny Malhotra
Matt Calvert
Nick Foligno
Oliver Bjorkstrand

Some of those guys overlap but those are the guys that stand out to me off the top of my head.

I share your position that I'd like to keep Marchenko, Chinakov and Voronkov as long as possible. I am a fan of all three.

I think my list roughly goes as follows:
David Vyborny
Ty Conklin
Fredrik Norrena
Jan Hejda
RJ Umberger
Marc Methot
St. Vinny
Cam Atkinson
Nick Foligno
Mark Letestu
Nick Blankenburg

Marchenko's getting there but it's an uphill battle given my morale of late.

 

[Double-Shift Lasse]

I think my list roughly goes as follows:
David Vyborny
Ty Conklin
Fredrik Norrena
Jan Hejda
RJ Umberger
Marc Methot
St. Vinny
Cam Atkinson
Nick Foligno
Mark Letestu
Nick Blankenburg

Marchenko's getting there but it's an uphill battle given my morale of late.

Ah Mark Letestu. And it's hard to argue on Ty Conklin, given his keen grasp of criticality.

 

[DEF]

Venny Prospal

 

[Double-Shift Lasse]

Venny Prospal

He did have a good point.

 

[MoeBartoli]

I think my list roughly goes as follows:
David Vyborny
Ty Conklin
Fredrik Norrena
Jan Hejda
RJ Umberger
Marc Methot
St. Vinny
Cam Atkinson
Nick Foligno
Mark Letestu
Nick Blankenburg

Marchenko's getting there but it's an uphill battle given my morale of late.

Letestu - one of my favorites for sure.

My girlfriend’s fav was Cam who she always refers to as “my son”.

 

[Doggy]

Example #3,148 of how a thread goes off topic.

Tugger and Denis among the goalies. One of my favorite memories is going to a CBJ game with my niece when she was maybe ten and every time Marc Denis would make a save we would say in unison ‘Denis denies’.

 

[koteka]

My favorite list includes Tugnutt, Nash (early Nash), Prout, Calvert, Jack Johnson, Bob, and Werenski. I was a fan of healthy Ryan Murray. I loved the era where we had lots of good defensemen. Ready to jump on the Lindstrom or Elick train in a few years.

For both the Jackets and the Crew I got caught up in the first season hype (especially the Crew when they played in Ohio Stadium) but then ignored them for a few years. But I had OSU football season tickets and would go to OSU basketball, OSU hockey, and Clippers games. Heck, I even went to some Destroyers games. Really got back into hockey when my kids started playing

 

[EspenK]

My favorite is Marchenko.

 

[tunnelvision]

I must say I'm not a fan of his preseason play so far, looks like he's just mailing it in. Hope that will change once real games begin and he gets to play on a different line.

 

[Doggy]

I think my favorite CBJ player is Brandon Dubinsky. What I learned from Dubi was that most players "love winning" but very few players truly "hate losing" Teams need players who hate losing if they are truly ever going to change the culture in the room. Dubi was that guy...IMO he was the guy who sparked the turnaround in Columbus professional hockey.

Maybe he was never our #1C or scored 40 goals but he was the beating heart of this organization for several years even if he never wore the "C". He was the guy the team went to when there was a hard assignment...he was the best man for the job.

 

[Derby]

Voracek is my all-time favorite. And it’s not even close. He was a beauty on and off the ice. Hockey just isn’t as fun for me anymore since he left the game.

 

[squashmaple]

Voracek is my all-time favorite. And it’s not even close. He was a beauty on and off the ice. Hockey just isn’t as fun for me anymore since he left the game.

This! Voracek was my first favorite Blue Jacket. I grew up in NE Ohio in a county with a single public ice rink and no pro hockey on TV except rarely. I got into hockey in college in the late aughts at OU by chance because the club hockey team needed employees, and the Jackets were on TV. I lost interest in the Jackets during the Carter fiasco and because Voracek was traded. As a lifelong Indians/Guards fan, I was used to my favorites getting traded and sports being misery but I couldn't do two miserable teams at once. I didn't really get seriously back into hockey til I moved to Columbus in 2016, and especially after the 2016 World Series broke my heart and killed baseball for me.

Marchenko is definitely one of my current favorites, though.

 

[Double-Shift Lasse]

Voracek is my all-time favorite. And it’s not even close. He was a beauty on and off the ice. Hockey just isn’t as fun for me anymore since he left the game.

Yeah yeah I’d have to add him to my list too. Being at the draft here when he was drafted doesn’t hurt the fan-dom aspect either.

 

[Viqsi]

Yeah yeah I’d have to add him to my list too. Being at the draft here when he was drafted doesn’t hurt the fan-dom aspect either.

He was involved in two team transactions that made me sad, so that colors my impression of him.

 

[Double-Shift Lasse]

He was involved in two team transactions that made me sad, so that colors my impression of him.

Indeed I hated it when we traded him away and the return trade sent away a lifer. He also had some less than complimentary things to say about Cbus after the first trade.

But what a beauty player and approach.

And yeah I recognize I have derailed the Kirill thread but it was unintentional as I was initially commenting on Marchy. I figure it’ll get back on topic at some point.

 

[koteka]

Hearing Voracek talk about hockey was a treat. Voracek would be an amazing broadcaster if anyone cared about doing a decent broadcast that broke down plays on a white board rather than just asking players what they think about Columbus.

Pivoting back to Marchenko - would love for him to add some muscle and use his size more, but I like the player and he seems to be the informal leader of the Russian contingent.

 

[majormajor]

Their first segment is on Kirill Marchenko.

A lot of information here about his development that I didn't know about.

 

[ViD]

Surprisingly nice start for him

 

[Double-Shift Lasse]

Surprisingly nice start for him

 

[ViD]

23 points in 22 games and +12 rating

Did anyone expect him to break out like that ?

 

[stevo61]

23 points in 22 games and +12 rating

Did anyone expect him to break out like that ?

Is he playing that much better than last year or does he just have a coach that allows offense and is a good partner to Monahan? Feel like we could have seen more out of him last year if we had an NHL caliber coach

 

[ViD]

Is he playing that much better than last year or does he just have a coach that allows offense and is a good partner to Monahan? Feel like we could have seen more out of him last year if we had an NHL caliber coach

Wasn’t he playing on PP2 most of last year ? It felt that the coaching staff did not believe in him as much

 

[stevo61]

Wasn’t he playing on PP2 most of last year ? It felt that the coaching staff did not believe in him as much

Can't remember honestly, blocked most of last year out. But what I do remember is his game grew a lot and he started adding a playmaking/puckhandling element to his game he didn't have initially

 

[Cowumbus]

23 points in 22 games and +12 rating

Did anyone expect him to break out like that ?

Yes.

Last year I said this guy was showing signs of being a great player 5v5, and was getting better each year. We have talent here. His stick skill in tight spaces is borderline elite, the plays he makes along the boards in the ozone are world class.