LaffyTaffy
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Pretty much the only reason Rykov had a tough go here is the early high ankle sprain. Thats literally it. He has all the tools.
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Unless it really did dramatically affect him after he came back, IDK. Once he was back, even ~20 games in, he still made plenty of mistakes with the puck on his stick and in his coverage. He also didn't look as fast as he did in the KHL. He didn't look like he was struggling to move, but he just wasn't getting around as quickly. Could be the ankle, could be the sometimes-deceiving difference between leagues.
The mistakes weren't surprising for a rookie, but he came over as a "ready" player and didn't look at all ready to me. That's not to say he can't be a good NHL player, but I'm way less sure of it than I was coming into the season (though I was not as high on him as others). To compare him to a countryman that we never really got to know, I think Bereglazov looked better in his brief time in Hartford than Rykov did at any point.
It could be the ankle, though. It's a shame, too, because if he does use the EAC, he'll be RFA at the end of 20-21 without any NHL experience, at age 24, and I would guess he'd be more inclined to stay in Russia where he is established as a very good player, rather than fight to make the NHL team. Just my speculation, though. Who knows.
He was just a guy at TC before he got hurt. You have to jump out at TC just to be a guy in the NHL. He didn’t.
His scouting reports were real solid. I hope they tell him what he should know. There is a least one spot wide open on the left side. Really should be two. I respect Staal but it's time to move on. He's not part of the rebuild here. I'm sure he's good with the kids but Lindgren and Fox are mature beyond their years. DeAngelo has matured a lot. Trouba is a vet now. I'd like to see both Hajek and Rykov make the team next season. Those guys are more stay at home d guys which should make it a little easier to break in. They really don't have to pinch or join the rush with all the guys we have on d that can do that.
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don't remember if this was mentioned but the red wings cancelled traverse city for this year...not unexpected but it was made official the other day
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per Stevenson today, apparently Rykov not invited to July camp, Reunanen neither
not there and not invited aren't the same though...camps don't open till the 13th and zibanejad wasn't there either a day ago. It would not surprise me if they aren't (disappointed but not surprised) but I'm not sure this tweet confirms anything yet.
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yeah, i was drawing an unconfirmed, maybe premature, conclusion, from the chatter that all the Euros had arrived ..
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Cornell will not be playing hockey for a little while, and if they do, it'll probably be a shortened season or some kind of inter-conference schedule
Morgan Barron has to decide if he wants to turn pro or wait it out. Hopefully they get him under contract and have him play somewhere. Not sure NCAA hockey is going to be the best place to develop under these circumstances.
Hopefully he loaded up with online credits this summer and is doing the same for the fall so he can graduate by the time Rangers camp starts in November.
to be fair we still have no clue what the AHL will look like so its possible that he and others will have no where to play until dec/jan
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I think the jump from college to the NHL is bigger than you think for a guy like Barron. I'm not saying he can't make the jump but I am hesitatnt os ay he would be better than what we have now straight out of camp
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Also, the best thing for Barron's development may not be playing 5-8 minutes on the 4th line in the NHL
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Hayes and Stepan did it, but they were exceptions.
McD went down for a few months, so did Hags, Skjie for a year
I'd like to see Barron in Hartford playing more minutes and situations.
They already may have compromised the development of Howden and Lias by not following step-wise ramp-up as a pro
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Yeah. Hayes and Vesey did it after a full 4 years in college.
Stepan is definitely an exception after year 2.
PS: I sent you a DM.
Agreed. And those that think that a jump straight from college is very easy, they are quite mistaken.
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Yeah, I think Khodorenko and Barron are quite similar in terms of their odds to make the team
Im not really eager to continually take prospects with some upside and bury them on the 4th line getting 10 minutes a game. If we're talking about prospects in the mold of Gettinger, Fontaine, Edstrom who might not have much upside but can fill a useful role than sure but a kid like Barron, no.
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