RD Artyom Minulin - Metallurg Magnitogorsk, KHL (2017 undrafted)

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[Sticks and Pucks]

Well, he went undrafted...

 

[EnglishDevil]

Well, he went undrafted...

Definitely one of the more surprising kids who went undrafted, I wonder why teams stayed away from him.

 

[JJTT]

What happened? He was supposed to go in the first round not too long ago.

 

[StayAtHomeAv]

How in the world did this guy go undrafted? He scored at a .71 PPG pace, which I can't remember the exact odds, but Dmen who score over .55 ppg in the CHL have a good NHL success rate. And he has the size to play. Is his skating that bad? Some sort of character problem? I'm straight baffled.

 

[TT1]

Both him and MacAuley Carson were big non drafts from my list, had them both ranked as 3rd rounders.

But like i said previously the more i saw him play the more he slid on my list, i had him 6th among WHL dmen behind Valimaki, Foote, Brook, Jokiharju and Fleury.

 

[maaran]

Is his defensive game not up to par?

 

[MaxV]

Is his defensive game not up to par?

I think the issue is skating.

 

[JetsFan815]

Is his defensive game not up to par?

He should have been taken in the 2nd. It has to be more than that to have 31 teams pass him over for 6 rounds. I wonder if there is something else going on here, a KHL scare or something else like the Pilon situation? Just wondering. If he stays in NA and plays in the WHL for another season then this draft would truly have been baffling

Edit: If teams just passed him over because "defensive game was not good enough" then there are 31 stupid NHL teams. That stuff can always be taught to someone as skilled as this guy

 

[mazmin]

This one baffles me. Teams, like the Jets, are taking 20 year olds in inferior leagues while a player like this is passed over.

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

Agree with the person who questioned his skating, but that should've dropped him from like a 1st or 2nd round talent to 3rd or 4th, not undrafted.

 

[93LEAFS]

I would think something else is at play here, whatever it was, I don't know what it is. Maybe it's the combo of "Russian factor" with terrible skating. But, he can't be a much worse skater than Hoefenmayer who got drafted.

 

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Received a dev camp invitation from the Wild.

 

[ulvvf]

Definitely one of the more surprising kids who went undrafted, I wonder why teams stayed away from him.

From what i have seen, he is not the most mobile player I have seen. But there is plenty of players that are not so mobile that get drafted.

 

[SI90]

I wanted the isles to draft him in the 4th 5th round.

 

[Mark Kandy]

So, how was he in the Wild development camp?

Still shocked this kid didn't get picked. 50 points in 70 games for a 17-18 years old defenseman playing with an average team is kinda impressive.

 

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Named as an invitee on the Wild prospects roster for the Traverse City tournament.

 

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[Atas2000]

Pretty uneventful showing against WHL. Glad he's gone.

 

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Returning to Russia, as he signed a 2-year deal with Metallurg.

 

[Atas2000]

Stupid kids coming back.

 

[JadedRandom]

We probably won't see him back on NA ice for the rest of his career. I really thought he could have been something back in his draft year but low effort level on-ice and a off-ice lack of motivation led to Minulin's failure to develop (at first his game stalled, then he lost confidence and he actually managed to get progressively worse in the end, something fairly few players manage) and ultimately spelled the doom of his NHL dreams.

Lesson learned, dedication is important too in prospects and even if you look to defend well, skate okay and have a pretty good toolset, without the necessary character you won't make it in unless you're amongst the o,ooooooo1% of elite talents.

 

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Extended with Metallurg until 2022 after playing pretty solid at the end of the KHL season.