Dmitry Zhukenov | C

[ShakyWalton]

Is this guy on the Russian team this year..haven't seen the Russian lineup.

[Phat Fingers]

1 hour ago, ShakyWalton said:

Is this guy on the Russian team this year..haven't seen the Russian lineup.

 

Dont think so. I think we would have had some posters linking to that. 

[coryberg]

19 hours ago, ShakyWalton said:

Is this guy on the Russian team this year..haven't seen the Russian lineup.

Our only 2 prospects in the tourney are jasek and juolevi 

[ShakyWalton]

3 minutes ago, coryberg said:

Our only 2 prospects in the tourney are jasek and juolevi 

He is playing pretty well in the Q..not good enough?

[coryberg]

5 minutes ago, ShakyWalton said:

He is playing pretty well in the Q..not good enough?

Russia has a pretty deep team. I think the fact he is playing in the Q hurt him more than anything. Other players at home get the nod simply from exposure and proximity.

 

Chances are if he was playing in Russia he would have made the team.

[stonecoldstevebernier]

A goal and two assists for Zhukenov today, earning him first star honours and putting him back at the ppg mark (12-19-31 in 31 games). Also won 11/20 faceoffs - he's at 55.1% there so far this year.

[stonecoldstevebernier]

Two more assists for Zhukenov today vs Rimouski, and 9/16 on faceoffs. 12-21-33 in 32 games now.

[-Vintage Canuck-]

 

[elvis15]

I love that he didn't fall over when they collided. Size is not his strength.

[stawns]

On 27/12/2016 at 11:47 AM, coryberg said:

Russia has a pretty deep team. I think the fact he is playing in the Q hurt him more than anything. Other players at home get the nod simply from exposure and proximity.

 

Chances are if he was playing in Russia he would have made the team.

 

TSN mentioned, in the Canada-Russia game, that Russia left most of their CHL players off the roster.

[logic]

On 02/01/2017 at 2:24 PM, stawns said:

 

TSN mentioned, in the Canada-Russia game, that Russia left most of their CHL players off the roster.

That is a headscratcher considering it's on NA ice and the best of the best play in the CHL.. oh well Russia you do you

[stawns]

1 hour ago, logic said:

That is a headscratcher considering it's on NA ice and the best of the best play in the CHL.. oh well Russia you do you

I understand though, kind.  If players are at a similar level, they opt for the player who stayed in Russia.  We would expect the same if it were Canada.

[Boudrias]

2 hours ago, stawns said:

I understand though, kind.  If players are at a similar level, they opt for the player who stayed in Russia.  We would expect the same if it were Canada.

I wonder if they are feeding this crew? That Shanahan doc was classic!

[-Vintage Canuck-]

Dmitry Zhukenov with 1 goal today. He now has 34 points (13 goals and 21 assists) in 33 games.

[stonecoldstevebernier]

One assist for Zhukenov and 8/14 faceoffs won today. Now at 13-22-35 in 37 games and holds a 54.6% faceoff rate.

[Bandwagon38]

Utica should be getting some talent next year!!!

[-Vintage Canuck-]

Dmitry Zhukenov with 1 assist today. He now has 36 points (13 goals and 23 assists) in 38 games

[-Vintage Canuck-]

Dmitry Zhukenov with 1 assist today. He now has 37 points (13 goals and 24 assists) in 39 games.

[SID.IS.SID.ME.IS.ME]

Zhukenov clocks in at #10 on the Canucks Army midterm prospects rankings: http://canucksarmy.com/2017/1/18/canucks-army-midterm-prospect-rankings-10-dmitry-zhukenov

 

I've already posted their #11-20 rankings in the respective threads for those prospects, so it looks like I'm committed to this process and should see it through the remaining top-10.

 

Anyway, on to the writeup.

 

As with the others I've posted, I've hidden it inside a spoiler to avoid cluttering things up for people uninterested in reading these.

 

EDIT: But to be honest, these are probably better read using the links, since there tends to be some format issues when reposting items like these. But I'll keep posting them (inside spoilers) anyway for those CDCers--you guys know who you are --who prefer to read stuff here and avoid clicking links and giving out extra page views.

 

Open below to read Canucks Army's writeup on Zhukenov, their 10th ranked Canucks prospect:

 

 

 

Dmitry Zhukenov is a player that many in this space expected a leap forward from this season. Perhaps no one more so than yours truly.

Playing in his second year with the Chicoutimi Sagueneens, Zhukenov's failed to build on a strong if unspectacular start to his North American career. Playing in the Sagueneens' top six, Zhukenov has 37 points in 39 games. For Zhukenov to start to impress upon us his long-term NHL prospects, he's going to have to start translating his high-end hockey sense and awareness into tangible production.

For now, though, Zhukenov checks out as the tenth ranked prospect in the Canucks Army Midterm Prospect Rankings. Exactly where he was when we last checked in.

 

QUALIFICATIONS

Before I delve too deeply, let's quickly review the criteria for a qualifying prospect: 

 

• The player must be 25 years or younger, and
• The player must be eligible for the Calder Trophy next season.

As a result, players that are considered to be "graduated" to the NHL (Brendan Gaunce, Nikita Tryamkin, Jake Virtanen, Anton Rodin) are not eligible.

 

 

 

STATS

THE RUNDOWN

 

It's not hard to see what parts of Zhukenov's game drew the Canucks attention. For a player on the smaller side of the ledger, he's not shy of playing in front of the opposition's net and his intelligence and vision make him value added from the defensive zone. None of that's changed for the worse in the two years he's spent in their system.



Zhukenov's role on the Sagueneens changes from game-to-game, and looking therein we might be able to find out why it's been difficult for the Russian import to distinguish himself as a prospect. With Nicolas Roy playing on the Sagueneens' first line, Zhukenov is either playing on his left wing or as the club's second-line centre. It's fair to wonder if Zhukenov could produce well above the point per game clip he's at now playing in a premier role.



As friend of the Army Shane Malloy was apt to point out, Zhukenov has high-end hockey sense and works the give and go well in tight spaces. And whereas Zhukenov's offensive production has, more or less, plateaued, Malloy indicated on the Gametime Decision Podcast that Zhukenov's defensive game has taken a significant step forward this season.

 

Players who produce at below a point per game pace in their draft or higher season don't generally tend to have NHL success, which reflects itself in Zhukenov's paltry 1.7% expected success rate. Players in Zhukenov's cohort with NHL success averaged about 33 points a game, which makes sense, given a third line centre is about as optimistic a projection one can grant him

 

One of my biggest regrets is that the Russian Ice Hockey Federation didn't grant us the opportunity to see Zhukenov play at the World Junior Hockey Championships. I tend to think there was a strong enough case for Zhukenov, but he was a long shot ever to make that team the second he left the MHL for the QMJHL.

For now, we're left waiting to see how Zhukenov will fare against stiffer competition than that offered in the 'Q'. It's entirely possible we'll be left waiting next season, too. As Ryan Biech wisely pointed out, the Canucks don't have to sign Zhukenov this season to retain his rights. They can wait it out until next summer. That could mean he'll play his overage season in the 'Q'.

Here's hoping Zhukenov finds another gear offensively in the mean time. It's put up or shut up time for the 19-year-old as a junior prospect.
 

Edited January 19, 2017 by SID.IS.SID.ME.IS.ME

[elvis15]

Thanks Sid, was going to help you out today after noticing you'd been adding the previous links if you hadn't posted already, but here you are, 6 hours ahead of me!