Birthyear: 1994-05-16
Birthplace: Khabarovsk
Position: Center
Shoots: Left
Height: 188 cm / 6'2"
Weight: 83 kg / 183 lbs
''Great hockey IQ, very skilled with the puck and can make some incredible passes. He also has good shoot and decent skating. Sometimes he looks lazy and uninterested but too much skill to pass''
Comparable too: Joe Thornton
2010-2011
CSKA Red Army 43 17 18 35
Russia U17 (all) 3 2 3 5
Russia U18 WJC-18 7 4 14 18
Russia U19 WJAC-19 4 3 3 6
Birthyear: 1993-10-06
Birthplace: Nizhnekamsk
Position: Right Wing
Shoots: Left
Height: 181 cm / 5'11"
Weight: 86 kg / 190 lbs
''Speedy winger with amazing hands and hockey sense. Know how to score and not afraid go to dirty area to score. Great one timer (A lefty Ovechkin/Kovalchuk like player) Underrated passing skill i would say one of the best passer in OHL. No real weakness, size maybe''
Birthyear: 1992-07-08
Birthplace: Moscow
Position: Left Wing
Shoots: Right
Height: 176 cm / 5'9"
Weight: 74 kg / 163 lbs
''A fast skater with amazing hands. He like to play with finesses, a typical russian player. He is a good skater and has a pretty good shoot and passing skills. He is small and need to work on his defense''
Comparable too: Alexander Semin
2010-2011
CSKA Red Army 38 22 37 59
CSKA Moscow 18 1 0 1
2011-2012
CSKA Moscow 12 2 1 3
CSKA Red Army 22 21 31 52
Russia U20 WJC-20 7 3 6 9
#4 Andrei Vasilevski
Birthyear: 1994-07-25
Birthplace: Tyumen
Position: Goalie
Shoots: Left
Height: 190 cm / 6'3"
Weight: 86 kg / 190 lbs
''He is very calm and read the play well. It looks like he always know were the puck is going, and he is very good at cutting of angles for the attacker. Can also make some spectacular saves.''
2010-2011
Tolpar Ufa 14 1.81 .937
Russia U17 2 2.00 .889
Russia U18 WJC-18 6 2.62 .936
2011-2012
Tolpar Ufa 22 2.15 .934
Russia U19 WJAC-19 3 3.29 .926
Russia U20 WJC-20 5 2.01 .953
#5 Anton Slepyshev
Birthyear: 1994-05-13
Birthplace: Penza
Position: Left Wing
Shoots: Right
Height: 185 cm / 6'1"
Weight: 82 kg / 181 lbs
''A skilled forward with great shoot and puck handling. He know where on the ice he should be and play a smart game for his age. Good size and decent skating and playmaking skills.''
Comparable too: Daniel Alfredsson
2010-2011
Dizel Penza-2 20 8 4 12
Russia U17 3 3 0 3
Russia U18 WJC-18 7 3 1 4
Will there be at least 10 Russians drafted this year at all? Last year there were only nine. It sure looks like there could be more Russians being drafted, seeing that so many this year are playing in NA already.
Will there be at least 10 Russians drafted this year at all? Last year there were only nine. It sure looks like there could be more Russians being drafted, seeing that so many this year are playing in NA already.
Grigorenko, Yakupov, Slepyshev, Kamaev, Zharkov, Vasilevski for sure, someone will draft Gusev too finally... Andrey Makarov also should be drafted, Prokhorkin, Osnovin... I'd say there will definitely be more than 9 this year and it could be around 15 or even a bit more. U18 Worlds still ahead. Then again already last year couple more were expected but only 9... But it should be more than 9.
Grigorenko, Yakupov, Slepyshev, Kamaev, Zharkov, Vasilevski for sure, someone will draft Gusev too finally... Andrey Makarov also should be drafted, Prokhorkin, Osnovin... I'd say there will definitely be more than 9 this year and it could be around 15 or even a bit more. U18 Worlds still ahead. Then again already last year couple more were expected but only 9... But it should be more than 9.
I pretty confident, that Gusev won't be taken. He's in the same position as in previous two seasons, still small, still without a place in KHL just racking up points in the MHL.
I pretty confident, that Gusev won't be taken. He's in the same position as in previous two seasons, still small, still without a place in KHL just racking up points in the MHL.
And he still has excellent skills.
I absolutely think that he is worth a late-round pick.
Just for the record, I'm all for that, just I don't see it happening.
Why don't you see Tampa spending a 3-4 rounder on him (maybe even a 2nd, cause TBL is packed with 1st and 2nd round picks)? They've got Kucherov and to lure him they may draft his usual linemate.
Why don't you see Tampa spending a 3-4 rounder on him (maybe even a 2nd, cause TBL is packed with 1st and 2nd round picks)? They've got Kucherov and to lure him they may draft his usual linemate.
Where would you rank this guy? He's been training hard with Russia's greatest players.
He'd be my first pick!
You laugh but, ask yourself, how many players or goalies in the world would be willing to stop a guy who might just spike their next drink with a radioactive isotope???
You laugh but, ask yourself, how many players or goalies in the world would be willing to stop a guy who might just spike their next drink with a radioactive isotope???
I noticed in the video that the goalies were letting a lot of baby shots go through!
Yeah but this year they saw him in Subway Super Series and WJC. He was the secon best Russian in WJC, after Kuznetsov, and in SSS the leader of the team so I think somebody will take him in round 7, if not earlier. Despite not being able to crack KHL he's also put up a massive amount of points in MHL...
Why don't you see Tampa spending a 3-4 rounder on him (maybe even a 2nd, cause TBL is packed with 1st and 2nd round picks)? They've got Kucherov and to lure him they may draft his usual linemate.
Though this team doesn't have Russian scout they can pick Gusev to reunite teammates who form fantastic duo together... and maybe as a center another Russian pick Prokhorkin who was center forward 11-12 season for both players Kucherov and Gusev.
Though this team doesn't have Russian scout they can pick Gusev to reunite teammates who form fantastic duo together... and maybe as a center another Russian pick Prokhorkin who was center forward 11-12 season for both players Kucherov and Gusev.
and maybe as a center another Russian pick Prokhorkin who was center forward 11-12 season for both players Kucherov and Gusev.
