Player Discussion Vitali Kravtsov - ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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Are there any rules if he does return? Does he have to pass through waivers or something?
 

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He looks way more engaged this year , but his line-mate is also playing like a young Martin St Louis right now (who also happens to be a year younger and undrafted )
 
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He's not Alexander Semin, but he sure is making a case right about now
 

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I'm cheering for Kravtsov, as I do for any player with a remote chance to contribute somehow to the organization. The big downer for me is not how he played when he was here and not his KHL production, but the mere fact that he left.

The AHL team is just down the street. If he really wanted that NHL career and really believed in himself, he would have taken the trip to Abby with the goal of showing the organization that he was a big-leaguer by the middle of the current season. He didn't. He doesn't believe. I'd be shocked if he comes back.

It reminds me very, very vaguely of when Jonathan Dahlen chose to stay in the Allsvenskan another season rather than moving up the SHL. Sure, it showed loyalty to his club, but in the moment it felt like I knew ... yeah, this guy isn't going to make it.
 

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Koltsov, Shirokov, and Kravtsov are going to bolster the team for our playoff run.
 

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… and he’s being significantly outscored by his undrafted linemate who is a year younger.
That's not really taking anything away from Kravstov at all, Shabanov is playing like Martin St Louis right now
 

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Worth noting that the KHL is kind of a weird league, and that success tends to translate in a less than linear fashion between the KHL and NHL possibly moreso than any other high-end league. Reid Boucher and Nikolay Goldobin were 1-2 and goals and tied for 2nd in the league for points last season.

I think Sheldon Rempal might currently have more points than Kravtsov.
 

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