CroSen Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 Perhaps a risky pick however if he is Chara like I can see why Benning would go after him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davinci Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 sticking with the draft rankings worked out for us well last year, this year we could have had Mckeown and Glover - two d men projected much higher than where we would have picked them, not happy with these niche moves - tryamkin - did we really need to take him in the third? i think ppl over think the whole drafting thing way too much - they think they know something that the ISS doesn't Mckeown and glover would have made this draft a home run on top of demko, mccann, virtanen instead we dip into obscurity - which is what we have done classically He was the second best russian dman at the WJC behind Zadorov. He's not an obscure dman. We didn't have a 4th round pick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugor Hill Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 He was at the draft? He was. Twitter pic proved it. So yeah ok thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugor Hill Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 He was the second best russian dman at the WJC behind Zadorov. He's not an obscure dman. We didn't have a 4th round pick. Plus, as a 19 yr old playing pretty much full time in KHL bigger ice rink says something. I'm interested to see this kid in the AHL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuck nit Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 Already a pro under contract with massive size. This is no kid hopeful but a proven professional. Wondering who scouted him and recommended him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aqua59 Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 Can we get some stats on this guy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Standing_Tall#37 Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 Perhaps a risky pick however if he is Chara like I can see why Benning would go after him. Chara was a regular In the nhl by the time he was 20....just sayin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Stanley Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 Already a pro under contract with massive size. This is no kid hopeful but a proven professional. Wondering who scouted him and recommended him? the canuck's russian scout sergei... which is hilarious that we have a russian scout because we havent used him for 7 years but we make him scout for us all year round Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SID.IS.SID.ME.IS.ME Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 Could be a great pick. A few months back, I was reading posts by people who've followed him pretty closely. They were talking seriously about taking him as early as the late-1st or early-2nd. If we've scouted this one correctly, we have a real player here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grape Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 Could be a great pick. A few months back, I was reading posts by people who've followed him pretty closely. They were talking seriously about taking him as early as the late-1st or early-2nd. If we've scouted this one correctly, we have a real player here. Overager though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Industrious1 Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 Did a little digging and definitely like the looks of this kid.Could be a diamond amongst all the post-1rst round picks. Let's hope this pans out and that he likes the NHL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuck nit Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 Overager though Ready to step in and play.although under contract in the K. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gizmo2337 Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 Can't believe the size...wowzers. This guy is scary big. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2SKATES1STICK Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 Chara was a regular In the nhl by the time he was 20....just sayin Nikita played 2/3ds of in the KHL by the time he was 18, and a whole season by the time he just turned 19... just sayin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuck nit Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 the canuck's russian scout sergei... which is hilarious that we have a russian scout because we havent used him for 7 years but we make him scout for us all year round Interesting,that aspect,eh? Benning is the scouting GM so maybe he is testing his Russian counterpart's abilities? Perhaps he knows the Canucks Russian scout already and has some faith in his talents? No matter,I find it interesting and exciting to have tried out a big,Russian defender. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeddingCrashers Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 Any offensive potential? Or is it just the he is a monster on skates? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJDDawg Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 I don't really like this pick. A big defencemen who needs to work on his skating vs the fast puck moving guy in McKeown we could have taken with our earlier pick (snapped up by LA). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRAY Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 Great pick. Hes an absolute man-child! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugor Hill Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 Can we get some stats on this guy? http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=123119 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRAZY_4_NAZZY Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 I like this pick. A bit out there, but he has time to progress in the KHL and quite possibly could have a good pick on our hands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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