Then they get a text from Filip Hallander - "Lol, f***ing idiots."
I think after the Flyers took Michkov, other teams weren't going to risk letting the talented ones slide down too much. Habs taking Demidov at where he went, Caps took Miroshnichenko and got him to come over rather quickly too. That Flyers situation with Michkov and Fedotov was curious. A lot felt Michkov should have gone higher but you know, Russia stuff, then Fedotov had the contract issue that the Flyers, NHL, and IIHF looked over and they won and he came over.
Was it 2021 where teams were very hesitant? I recall maybe 1 or none were taken in the first round.
Not really. From a week ago:
"An additional factor supporting Murashov’s move is that he has yet to renew his contract with Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, which only made him a qualifying offer to retain the player’s rights in the KHL."
Сергей Мурашов, перспективный голкипер из Ярославля, неожиданно оказался в тренировочном лагере «Питтсбурга», вызвав волну интереса и ожиданий среди фанатов и журналистов. Его участие на льду произвело отличное впечатление, что подогрело слухи о возможном контракте
ryb.ru
I hope he signs and stays with the Penguins and reports to WBS and thrives, just to see dipshits like Rossi and Yohe have to praise his potential and knowing who drafted him. I like how they entirely ignore it when discussing Jack St Ivany.
Murashov's issue at his draft was that he was smaller, but his numbers were insane and then he also grew to a very good size for a goalie to still fill out the net and not be "smaller" for the NHL at 6'2" - Stating that to be his previous height, he'd have to be Sheshterkin good (listed at 6'1" and Murashov at his draft was 6'). Being right handed glove is interesting as well, not many in the league that are right handed catchers - Lindgren, Francouz, and Petersen were the regulars that I saw.
Vokoun was a righty, in his brief but memorable time as a Penguin and he was called an "anomaly" for it most of the time, or it was definitely mentioned a f*** ton for random trivia or mentions by pbp teams. Even if Murashov's numbers are basically elite level in MHL/KHL, it's a massive grain of salt since we never really got to see him in a proper IIHF tournament after 2021-22 (he had good stats for 1 game as well - he won that one).
I'd be cool if him and Blomqvist ended up being our goalie tandem of the future. It all started so promising more than a few years ago, we got to brag we had Murray and Jarry and now it's like yeah...next chapter already please!
I think the issue is contract limit - Penguins are at 48, adding Murashov means they'd be at 49 for a limit of 50. Kindergarten Kyle needs to punt Nieto or Acciari or both asap.
At Penguins development camp, enigmatic goalie prospect Sergei Murashov said he "needs to make a decision" on where he'll play next season.
www.wbspenguins.com
That said, Russia was previously more of a culturally monolingual country, like France or the US. But, I think even now, video games and streaming have made English really the lingua franca the way that nothing has ever been before. 
