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

[Kshahdoo]

Another goal. 22+24 after 56 games. 13+9 in the last 20 games...

 

[VanJack]

Another goal. 22+24 after 56 games. 13+9 in the last 20 games...

We might be whipping a dead horse here. No matter how many points Kravtsov wracks up in the KHL, there's a sizable majority on these Boards who are convinced he's 'done' as an NHL player.

And if Canucks had any scoring depth on the wing, I'd say they'd be 100 percent right. But after Boeser and Debrusk, who runs hot and cold, scoring from the wingers on this Canuck team basically falls off a cliff. And other than maybe Lekkerimaki, there's absolutely nothing on the horizon.

But I guess we'll soon find out with Kravtsov. His two year KHL deal is up in just over a month or so; and if he re-signs, then he's probably as good as done in North America.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

This is a real thread ?! I thought for sure it was an off topic secret hide out

This is the thread where we secretly keep track of Josh Leivo's stats, in case we re-sign him.
He's up to 41 goals now. Top scorer in any top pro league outside the nhl.

 

[Nucker42]

How many guys leave and come back and have successful careers? Extremely rare. He’s toasted.

 

[Kshahdoo]

How many guys leave and come back and have successful careers? Extremely rare. He’s toasted.

His problem wasn't talent or skill, but attitude. If he's somehow changed and started to undertand what is it to be a professional hockey player, then there is hope he still is able to restart his NHL career. After all he sucked in the KHL as well before this season...

 

[Bubbles]

Kravtsov is unlikely to come back. He probably won't make it if he tries. But the Canucks hold his NHL rights, and there'll always be a handful of Canuck fans who maintain interest in such players until the door is permanently shut. That's long been the case. Tryamkin. Koltsov. Even Chubarov.

How dare you crush my dreams of a front line of Sergei Shirokov and Anton Rodin, and defenseman Henrik Tommernes??