Player Discussion Vitali Kravtsov - Signed 2-Year Deal with Traktor Chelyabinsk

[I Hart Conor Garland]

Kravtsov scores a goal! 4PTS in 4GP now this regular season

We want, Florida

 

[EdJovanovski]

Krav just scored seconds into his first shift of the home opener!
5pts in 4 games & a few seconds of the 5th now

 

[VanJack]

Makes you wonder that if Kravtsov had simply stayed in the KHL for a couple of years after he was drafted by the Rangers, would he be a totally different player by now?

 

[LordBacon]

Makes you wonder that if Kravtsov had simply stayed in the KHL for a couple of years after he was drafted by the Rangers, would he be a totally different player by now?

From what I read the rangers handles prospects worse than the Canucks so yea probably

 

[arttk]

From what I read the rangers handles prospects worse than the Canucks so yea probably

Not the worst, not the worst, not the worst, not the worst

 

[joelCAMEL]

Makes you wonder that if Kravtsov had simply stayed in the KHL for a couple of years after he was drafted by the Rangers, would he be a totally different player by now?

He probably would not be Canuck property now and would be out of sight / out of mind on HF Canucks.

 

[Vector]

 

[LordBacon]

Acting like a canucks already

Hope he recovers quickly, he looked like he was just starting to get into the groove.
what bad luck.

 

[EdJovanovski]

Brutal, especially after such a blazing hot start to the season. I know it'll fuel the "kravsoft" memes but that was a devastating hit by the Trouba of the KHL. Could've happened to anybody

 

[Hodgy]

That was a real suicide pass for Kravtsov.

 

[Three On Zero]

That suicide pass was brutal and coupled with Kravtsov having 0 spatial awareness. Beautiful hit though

 

[LordBacon]

Going off topic but we call passes like that the hospital pass overhere.
You are welcome for this piece of useless information

 

[VanJack]

Kravtsov's pro hockey career has gotten off to just as about as rocky a start as you can get. Hopefully he matures and puts all the turmoil and injuries behind him.

Four to six weeks with an 'upper body injury' sounds like some sort of shoulder problem to me......and sometimes those injuries can take some to heal. But fortunately a lot of hockey left to be played.

 

[Raistlin]

Going off topic but we call passes like that the hospital pass overhere.
You are welcome for this piece of useless information

going off topic, but that article could totally have been done by AI.

 

[MarkMM]

Kravtsov's pro hockey career has gotten off to just as about as rocky a start as you can get. Hopefully he matures and puts all the turmoil and injuries behind him.

Four to six weeks with an 'upper body injury' sounds like some sort of shoulder problem to me......and sometimes those injuries can take some to heal. But fortunately a lot of hockey left to be played.

As bad as that sounds much rather that than a concussion.

 

[EdJovanovski]

Back from injury, and he starts right where he left off

 

[Slapshot_11]

Too bad he's useless in the nhl

 

[LemonSauceD]

Too bad he's useless in the nhl

Playing on the 4th line with Dries and Studnicka of last year. I don’t think he’s as bad as he looked given the circumstances.

I’ll take a chance on Kravtsov than a journeyman AHL’er like Lockwood.

 

[Lindgren]

Back from injury, and he starts right where he left off

Great news! (Well, great news for those of us interested in following long-shot prospects .Keep posting, I say.)

 

[VanJack]

Kravtsov is a decent longer term investment for the Canucks......After two years in the KHL, he's eligible to return to NA in the fall of 2025.

He was acquired for minimal risk, (William Lockwood and a 2026 7th round draft pick). And I see the Rangers didn't even both qualifying Lockwood.

So basically the Rags traded a former opt-10 draft pick for a 2026 7th rounder. Ouch!

 

[EdJovanovski]

7pts (4g 3a) in 8gp now

 

[LemonSauceD]

Wearing an A too I see.

7pts (4g 3a) in 8gp now

 

[VanJack]

Kravstov looks like a shrewd investment by the Canucks.....let him play a couple of years in the KHL and then review where he's at as a 25-year old.

I see Will Lockwood wasn't even qualified by the Rangers and ended up in the Panthers organization on what appears to an AHL contract. And the 7th rounder the Canucks gave up has a less than three percent chance of amounting to anything.

In essence, Kravstov was 'dumped' by the Rangers. Any time you can acquire a former top-10 draft pick for nothing, it's hard to argue with it.

 

[EdJovanovski]

Just scored on a breakaway to give Traktor the lead with 3 min left in the 3rd, now 8pts (5G 3A) through 9gp.

 

[The Iron Goalie]

Just scored on a breakaway to give Traktor the lead with 3 min left in the 3rd, now 8pts (5G 3A) through 9gp.