ag3r
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- Dec 26, 2019
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Pros are paid to play and rookies are paid less because they aren’t established pros and may need time to establish themselves.
Beyond that I’m not talking about people that came over and failed I’m talking about Russian prospects from Russia that choose to stay in Russia to develop. It’s seems in this board North Americans cannot accept that in Russia players need to earn playing time because here players are force fed it if they show skill at a young age. The KHL is the Russian version of the NHL not a development league if a kid doesn’t get minutes there learning to be a pro from other professionals is valuable just like a kid playing fourth line minutes in the NHL learning from pros. The difference is if a kid is played on the 4th line with limited minutes here in NA they’re developing if a kid plays limited fourth line minutes in Russia everyone is kicking and screaming to get them here to develop.
As I, recall rookies in KHL often play 2-4 minutes because of the stupid rule that requires one u21 player in KHL team. So KHL teams just select their best rookie and force him this 5 shifts instead of time in VHL.
Another problem with KHL teams is complete lack of long-term planning. In NHL, some teams are rebuilding or simply weak and they are willing to give icetime to rookies even if they are losing points because of it. In Russia, we ALWAYS demand results, rebuilding as concept does not exist here, in long-term perspective your new shiny rookie will play in SKA/CSKA, so why bother with him.
That's why I think that stupid u21 limit should be abolished and loan system should be implemented to really help young players develop properly