Once again, another non- North American propsect. With the issues with the Russian players potentially not coming over, and doing their development work in Russia rather than the North American path, would like to see the Devils move away from their recent pattern of drafting players who are either planning to stay overseas or head to the NCAA. Not that I am criticizing those choices, it is just you need a balance, and as you can see by Utica's results and roster they seem to have lost that balance.
I’m not sure there’s a “Russian players not coming over” thing anymore. Feels like Nikishin, Demidov, Kaprizov, Michkov, and now Gritsyuk have put that to rest in recent years. NA/EU shouldn’t matter if the prospect is talented.
Once again, another non- North American propsect. With the issues with the Russian players potentially not coming over, and doing their development work in Russia rather than the North American path, would like to see the Devils move away from their recent pattern of drafting players who are either planning to stay overseas or head to the NCAA. Not that I am criticizing those choices, it is just you need a balance, and as you can see by Utica's results and roster they seem to have lost that balance.
I’m not sure there’s a “Russian players not coming over” thing anymore. Feels like Nikishin, Demidov, Kaprizov, Michkov, and now Gritsyuk have put that to rest in recent years. NA/EU shouldn’t matter if the prospect is talented.