Ukraine: HC Donbas

[ozo]

Really nice jersey, until some ugly sponsor logo will be put on it.

[Sokil]

You're right, it's missing a giant UKRINVEST and some nice green Megafon decals

[seeep]

there aren't Zhurun,Piskunov,Vasiliev and Borovkov on official site and they were not taken to training camp

are they released ?

[Jeez]

Lukas Kaspar (Barys Astana) 2y deal with Donbass. Good sign IMO

[cska78]

they also signed a d-man from AHL - Clay Wilson

[ozo]

How many players do they actually need?

[Sokil]

[Sokil]

Originally Posted by seeep

there aren't Zhurun,Piskunov,Vasiliev and Borovkov on official site and they were not taken to training camp

are they released ?

vasiliev - donbas-2
piskunov - krasnodar (vhl)
zhurun - unknown?
borovkov - unknown?

[vorky]

Official:
Oskars Bārtulis and Vladislav Shalimov to Donbass

[smitty10]

Found it odd that Bartulis would sign in Donetsk rather than Riga. Good signing for Donbass, though.

Anyone know if Shalimov plans on representing Ukraine internationally?

Of the 8 Ukrainian's on the roster (according to eliteprospects.com), which project to actually make the KHL team?

Vitali Lyutkevich, D b. 1980

Vitali Donika, F b. 1982
Dmitri Isayenko, F b. 1988
Maxym Kvitchenko, F b. 1990
Maxym Martyshko, F b. 1994
Olexander Materukhin, F b. 1981
Sergei Varlamov, F b. 1978
Viktor Zakharov, F b. 1994

[Sokil]

Originally Posted by smitty10

Found it odd that Bartulis would sign in Donetsk rather than Riga. Good signing for Donbass, though.

Anyone know if Shalimov plans on representing Ukraine internationally?

Of the 8 Ukrainian's on the roster (according to eliteprospects.com), which project to actually make the KHL team?

Vitali Lyutkevich, D b. 1980

Vitali Donika, F b. 1982
Dmitri Isayenko, F b. 1988
Maxym Kvitchenko, F b. 1990
Maxym Martyshko, F b. 1994
Olexander Materukhin, F b. 1981
Sergei Varlamov, F b. 1978
Viktor Zakharov, F b. 1994

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:HC_Donbass_roster

it's 6 Ukrainians, remove Isayenko and Martyshko (D2)

it's a minimum of 5 Ukrainians, right? maybe zakharov gets the cut

[Xokkeu]

Anybody with more knowledge of the KHL than I want to place a guess on how Donbass do this season?

[cska78]

Originally Posted by Xokkeu

Anybody with more knowledge of the KHL than I want to place a guess on how Donbass do this season?

fight for a po spot...

SKA
Dinamo
are locks, the rest will be played for by many teams including Donbass, I see them being around a 7th-12th

[Sokil]

Donbass beats LEV

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EETnzMty21s

[smitty10]

Anyone know if Igor Gongalsky ended up returning to Ukraine to play this year? I heard he was considering an offer from a Ukrainian team if he didn't receive an NHL offer. I've seen him play in the AHL once and he looked like a good bottom 6 guy who could play in the KHL. Did Donbass sign him?

[vorky]

Originally Posted by smitty10

Anyone know if Igor Gongalsky ended up returning to Ukraine to play this year? I heard he was considering an offer from a Ukrainian team if he didn't receive an NHL offer. I've seen him play in the AHL once and he looked like a good bottom 6 guy who could play in the KHL. Did Donbass sign him?

signed with Berkut Kiev, ukrainian league as EP says http://eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=12116

[smitty10]

Originally Posted by vorky

signed with Berkut Kiev, ukrainian league as EP says http://eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=12116

Ahh, hadn't noticed that. Thanks.

[Sokil]

they had some starts for the donbass cup recently, had espo there.....oddly

[vorky]

Esposito has a short trip in Europe Junior Club World Cup in Omsk, tourney in Donestsk. He said about Minsk as well during press conference in Omsk if I remember.

[Sokil]

Originally Posted by Sokil

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:HC_Donbass_roster

it's 6 Ukrainians, remove Isayenko and Martyshko (D2)

it's a minimum of 5 Ukrainians, right? maybe zakharov gets the cut

Now that I look at the roster, I'm a bit curious

Right now based on the last game, the D is this:

Puistola - Wilson
Pilar - Bartulis
Polhradsky - Obsut
Esipov - Dydykin

(i guess they're allowed to dress more players for this tournament or something???)

That leaves, I guess, Silnitsky and Tereshchenko in the PHL

last man out is Liutkevych, do they send him to the PHL? He's 32...Does he stay in the press box with Esipov and Dydykin? How many rosters players can a KHL team have active?

[vorky]

Originally Posted by Sokil

Now that I look at the roster, I'm a bit curious

Right now based on the last game, the D is this:

Puistola - Wilson
Pilar - Bartulis
Polhradsky - Obsut
Esipov - Dydykin

(i guess they're allowed to dress more players for this tournament or something???)

That leaves, I guess, Silnitsky and Tereshchenko in the PHL

last man out is Liutkevych, do they send him to the PHL? He's 32...Does he stay in the press box with Esipov and Dydykin? How many rosters players can a KHL team have active?

25 players on KHL roster, 6 guys on VHL (or PHL I think) roster and 30 on MHL roster (I see no equivalent to MHL in Donbass case). It is 61 players under contract (KHL,VHL or farm, MHL)

[ozo]

Originally Posted by Sokil

Now that I look at the roster, I'm a bit curious

Right now based on the last game, the D is this:

Puistola - Wilson
Pilar - Bartulis
Polhradsky - Obsut
Esipov - Dydykin

(i guess they're allowed to dress more players for this tournament or something???)

That leaves, I guess, Silnitsky and Tereshchenko in the PHL

last man out is Liutkevych, do they send him to the PHL? He's 32...Does he stay in the press box with Esipov and Dydykin? How many rosters players can a KHL team have active?

What a mess for an outsider looking in. Doesn't Lyutkevich's passport doesn't make him a starter no matter what?

[Sokil]

Same pairings in the game on the 1st against SKA...

not playing Liutkevych at all. I don't get it.

[Sokil]

Donbass signed Tomas Matousek

http://www.sport-express.ua/hockey/k...vakii-khl.html

cue "sign all the players" meme

http://eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=66012

for D2, of course

[Sokil]

according to khl.ru, zakharov is out and berezin (g) is in

http://www.khl.ru/players/17347/

one of the goalies is injured right? even still, no clue why they would need 3 keepers on the active roster