LW Makar Khanin - Dynamo St. Petersburg, VHL (2024, 210th, MTL)

[B17 Apricots]

Still just 18, doesn't turn 19 for a couple months. Undrafted last summer. Great production for a teenager in the 2nd tier pro league in Russia. Tied with Carolina's sleeper pick last draft, Alexander Rykov, for top u20 point scorer right now in the VHL. 25 points in 34 games. Tons of skill. For such a creative player he's not afraid of contact either. Willing to go to the dirty areas. Willing to get in shooting lanes to block shots.

Could've had a couple assists today on some great feeds. One scenario where he was coming in off the rush, undressed the first defender, 2nd defender was essentially beat immediately after and took a tripping/obstruction penalty to stop him from getting in alone on the goalie. I have a hard time finding highlights for the kid but that would be an awesome one.

Side note, I was impressed with his teammate, (D) Magomed Sharakanov. He's another overager who wasn't drafted last season. They have a few interesting ones on that squad. Take this with a grain of salt because I watched Sharakanov very briefly last year.. his production was nice and all but looked unpolished. Very junior-like. Maybe I didn't see enough so again don't take much away from it... but he was very effective today playing pro hockey. Has some KHL games under his belt this year. His puck skills are fun

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Some highlights maybe:

 

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[Pavel Buchnevich]

Imagine how good of a hockey player you must be that they are renaming Russian hockey players after you.

 

[Kshahdoo]

Imagine how good of a hockey player you must be that they are renaming Russian hockey players after you.

Yeah, Makarov was really good so Makar (I mean Colorado guy) should be proud of his name...

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

Yeah, Makarov was really good so Makar (I mean Colorado guy) should be proud of his name...

Is that where the name comes from or is it a common name in Russia?

 

[Kshahdoo]

Is that where the name comes from or is it a common name in Russia?

Makar was used to be a really popular first name in Russia, during Soviet period it became a little bit archaic, but now Russian traditional names are popular again.

 

[MMC]

Welcome to Montreal

 

[B17 Apricots]

Damn... there he goes ! Montreal should he excited. This kid is f***ing electric. Let's see if he can build off last season

 

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Apparently he has signed a try-out deal with Dynamo Moscow.

 

[MXD]

There's no way I'm not calling him Cale Makar The Dog.

 

[Wats]

Damn... there he goes ! Montreal should he excited. This kid is f***ing electric. Let's see if he can build off last season

He had pretty good VHL numbers for u20 age, wonder why he was on ones radar.

 

[montreal]

He had pretty good VHL numbers for u20 age, wonder why he was on ones radar.

he's #7 in white, you can see his assist, 20:03.

 

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Apparently he has signed a try-out deal with Dynamo Moscow.

Reports are that he has passed the try-out and signed a KHL deal with them for the next season. Probably will still stay with Dynamo St.Petersburg for the time being though, as they have an affiliation agreement.

 

[montreal]

goal - 10:13

 

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Primary assist here:

 

[montreal]

Ryabkin Backhand Pass 6:11
Assist 7:14
Ryabkin Nice Pass 8:07
Khanin Toe Drag/Feeds Ryabkin 8:37
Khanin Pass/Ryabkin Just Misses Goal 9:32
Khanin Great Slot Chance 10:16
Assist 16:29

 

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Primary assist here: