Kevin Musto
Hard for Bedard
- Feb 16, 2018
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Shouldn't put too much stock in tournaments anyway.It's relevant because we can't watch them compete against the best teams in the world (Canada, US, Sweden, Finland. etc)
They haven't played at the highest level possible yet because they're banned from international competition....that makes drafting a Russian risky imo.
It's really only an issue for Demidov because he hardly played outside the MHL.
The other top Russian players (Silayev, Artamonov, Chernyshov) got KHL games. The KHL isn't what it used to be, but it's still a lot easier to make projections on it compared to the MHL.