alko
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This guy created many KHL records and is not finished yet.
Is there any player in this league, that could destroy his records?
Is there any player in this league, that could destroy his records?
But he did in a way. People tend to overlook that, especially in those discussions about Russians not coming over. Only in Mozakin's case the stint was that short, that it is easily forgotten. At the time ALL russian prospects worth mentioning tried to go to NA early. He played 4 games in the Q. Yeah, that is why it is often overlooked. Who knows what exactly happened, but my guess is some people aren't comfortable living abroad and never going to be. Obviously he did not like it there and decided to head home. His track record shows that he definitely had the talent for the NHL(while in his days the brand of hockey in the NHL was way different. He certainly would have been a much more fitting modern day NHLer). He just tried and didn't like it at junior level already. Another very similar case is Zaripov, who is alongside Mozyakin another most accomplished russian player to never set foot in the NHL. The records Mozyakin does not hold belong(and will belong for a long time) to Zaripov. And it was a similar situation. A short stint in the WHL, after which he headed home never to look back. It just happens. Not everyone is willing to go through the adapting grind. You also can't blame it on the money, as in those days they were making scraps in Russia compared to the NA contracts.How come this guy never tried the NHL? You don’t think he could of been a goal scorer there, or he just didn’t care to come?
How come this guy never tried the NHL? You don’t think he could of been a goal scorer there, or he just didn’t care to come?
How come this guy never tried the NHL? You don’t think he could of been a goal scorer there, or he just didn’t care to come?
his almost embarrassing carelessness in the defensive zone
A funny thing to say about a guy who has been +43 in 54 games.
That is a low plus-minus for a player who is one of the leading offensive producers in the league.
His career +169 is fourth highest in KHL history.
Oh, now we remove "outlier seasons"? That is not how statistics works. At least you would have to remove the other "outlier seasons" on the other side of the spectrum and actually also prove that removing makes sense. Then you of course as usual disregard how the +/- stat works. Please revisit all the +/- Ovechkin threads first. And let's not forget the stat is heavily team corelated. On a bad season of bad team no one is getting great +/-, even the ones who are actually not resposible for the desaster of a season.He's the highest scorer in league history. If his plus-minus wasn't in the Top 5, it would be even worse. If you remove that outlier season and make it closer to his <<normal>> then it drops massively.