Can someone please explain what Montreal and Hamilton are doing with RW Alex Avtsin. He's been scratched since the start of Hamilton’s season has been relegated to the fringe prospect group.
Obviously Lefebvre is not happy with him but at least send him to the ECHL to get some playing time and re-build his confidence. Montreal is going to ruin this kid. If they keep scratching him he'll eventually get so frustrated that he'll quit the team and head back to Russia
Can someone please explain what Montreal and Hamilton are doing with RW Alex Avtsin. He's been scratched since the start of Hamilton’s season has been relegated to the fringe prospect group.
Obviously Lefebvre is not happy with him but at least send him to the ECHL to get some playing time and re-build his confidence. Montreal is going to ruin this kid. If they keep scratching him he'll eventually get so frustrated that he'll quit the team and head back to Russia
I'm a little surprised he hasn't done that already since he rarely plays here it seems.
I remember when he was drafted and everyone here (myself included) was excited about him. Lots of skill, but a typical low risk, high reward pick that just didn't pan out. Oh wellz.
Can someone please explain what Montreal and Hamilton are doing with RW Alex Avtsin. He's been scratched since the start of Hamilton’s season has been relegated to the fringe prospect group.
Obviously Lefebvre is not happy with him but at least send him to the ECHL to get some playing time and re-build his confidence. Montreal is going to ruin this kid. If they keep scratching him he'll eventually get so frustrated that he'll quit the team and head back to Russia
The only thing I heard is that they are working with him in practice and said at some point he'll get in the lineup. I'm not the least bit surprised, he regressed as the season went on last year, although as injuries add up he should get another chance.
He's still only 21 so I wouldn't completely write him off yet but with Geoffrion out and Hamilton lacking offense he'll have a good chance to try and gain some playing time.
He just sucks. It happens. Not every drafted russian will be the next bure or kovalchuk or ovechkin.
Kid went .3 ppg in his first season in the AHL coming over from Russia. The skills were there. I've never heard anything about having a bad work ethic, either. When a team is struggling to score and is icing wastes of space like Stortini instead of giving the kid a shot... I dunno. Something weird in the Avtsin situation.
He's just not very good. No toolbox, he makes Andrei Kostitsyn look like a high IQ player.
It's hard to call a high risk late pick like that a bust, but he was a nice gamble that didn't pay off. At this point I feel bad for him because he should be released and given a fresh start back in Russia.
Overrated by us. Should we look for the Trunev threads too? How these guys had unreal skill in foreign junior leagues?
Let's call it for what it is. He was a potential steal but at same time, he didn't reach it, maybe he will but he hasn't shown enough. Sure, he doesn't play much but lets look at the facts. Multiple coaches and neither have faith in him.
Is he being mismanaged? Maybe but considering its a development league with a very young team I find it hard to believe its some kind of unfair bias by the coaching staff.
It's going to happen again, everyone knows it. Bozon, Hudon haven't been hyped up too much surprisingly but they are much better than Avtsin.
I'm starting to be very weary of foreign players doing well in the minor/junior(not CHL) team. We've drafted quite a few but I don't remember any in the later stages working out.
another case of overhyped prospect who is simply not that good. I hope Habs' fans take notice because the same story start all over again after each draft. Habs' prospects are always steals and top prospects until we actually see them in the AHL. People shouldn't keep their hopes too high for the Tinordi's of this world.
Avstin simply isn't very good and doesn't have a future in the NHL........nobody is ruining anything. People need to stop trying to polish a turd around here.
another case of overhyped prospect who is simply not that good. I hope Habs' fans take notice because the same story start all over again after each draft. Habs' prospects are always steals and top prospects until we actually see them in the AHL. People shouldn't keep their hopes too high for the Tinordi's of this world.
Avstin was only highly valued by people who put to much emphasis on skills and not enough on... actual hockey being played.
Can someone please explain what Montreal and Hamilton are doing with RW Alex Avtsin. He's been scratched since the start of Hamilton’s season has been relegated to the fringe prospect group.
Obviously Lefebvre is not happy with him but at least send him to the ECHL to get some playing time and re-build his confidence. Montreal is going to ruin this kid. If they keep scratching him he'll eventually get so frustrated that he'll quit the team and head back to Russia
He's never been really good.... I never understood the hype.
No way he goes to the ECHL. If they demote him he'll go to the KHL. I think they know this, which is maybe why they're keeping him around telling him to hang tight
No way he goes to the ECHL. If they demote him he'll go to the KHL. I think they know this, which is maybe why they're keeping him around telling him to hang tight
If he cannot even make the AHL why would the KHL want him?
Overrated and that is 5 minutes after he was drafted. If he's not in the ECHL, it's probably because of contractual constraints. If he's not back in Russia it's most likely because he wouldn't get any contracts anywhere with the lockout in the NHL having the effect it has. So he's taking it easy, I'm guessing.
I find it bizarre that he never added any weight since he's been drafted.
He is one of the more odd cases we've had prospect wise. Always seems to have real good training camps but has only gotten worse as he's gone along. Plus nobody seems to know why. Never heard anything about a bad attitude, not even a peep.
Sure he wasn't going to live up to the hype but him actually regressing last year and now not even playing is really weird. It seems like there's something going on we don't know about.
