Confirmed Trade: [NSH/VGK] Grigori Denisenko for future considerations

[Zine]

Denisenko is weird.

Was always money at international level, yet so consistently pedestrian at KHL/junior level.
Looks like nothing has changed in the AHL.

 

[biturbo19]

Yeah, he was 15th OA in 2018. Quintessential boom or bust forward. He was said to have every tool--good skater, decent size, unreal hands, great playmaking vision, goal scoring, highly physical, confidence, and a great personality. But was also said to be a purely raw talent who was years away from NHL hockey.

In his Draft+1 year, he lit up the WJC, and Craig Button listed him as like the second best prospect in the world. I think the COVID season did him in. Florida was one of the few teams whose AHL affiliate fully canceled the season, so Denisenko spent like all his time on the taxi squad and occasionally got games with Syracuse. He needed North American ice time, but he never got it.

One of those "swing for the fences" on a flashy smallish skill player with big holes in their game type picks that people 'round these parts always declare the "steal of the draft". Then make repeated excuses for and continue to adore and value super highly even as they fail to establish themselves at the NHL level, multiple times over. Right up until they end up in a deal like this as a traded for imaginary magic beans future currency as an AHL move, and then disappear off to Europe/KHL.

 

[hangman005]

What is Vegas up too ? Lol

Considering the future, before this trade we ran out of ability to consider the future to we had to trade for some more.

 

[Esq]

Grigori: babe i just got traded
Grigori’s spouse: omg what did you get traded for
Grigori: the future

Dramatic bystander: Won’t someone think of the considerations?!?

 

[Petes2424]

Perfect example of a very skilled professional hockey player who just needs that extra second that doesn’t exist in the NHL. Good bet he’s lighting up the KHL this time next year.

 

[hangman005]

Dramatic bystander: Won’t someone think of the considerations?!?

 

[vipera1960]

Considering the future, before this trade we ran out of ability to consider the future to we had to trade for some more.

Yeah, but all you got was Nashville’s future, so you still lost.

 

[hangman005]

Yeah, but all you got was Nashville’s future, so you still lost.

I know Carolina's Future was the lucky one, we should have tried for that again.

 

[LaMasquerade]

At some point I thought he would be a good prospect for FLA.. little did I know..

 

[Laus723]

At some point I thought he would be a good prospect for FLA.. little did I know..

Little did we all know lol.

 

[Michel Beauchamp]

What is Vegas up too ? Lol

Probably just obtaining an extra spot on the 50-player list with an eye on the TDL.

 

[Five Alarm Fire]

Wasn't this guy looked at as a top prospect for the Cats not long ago?

Craig Button was very high on him back in the day. This list is amusing to look back on.

Russian wingers top TSN’s ranking of NHL-affiliated prospects - TSN.ca

Vitali Kravtsov of the Rangers edges fellow Russian right wing Grigori Denisenko of the Panthers in TSN Hockey’s annual list of the Top 50 NHL-affiliated prospects, while the Habs and Canucks lead all Canadian teams in the ranking with three players each.

www.tsn.ca

 

[PredsV82]

Almost 40 posts when one post reading "Ahl filler" would have been sufficient

 

[VivaLasVegas]

What is Vegas up too ? Lol

Oh, Kelly McCrimmon had gone nearly two weeks without hearing the revolving door spin and his wife noticed that he was getting cranky.