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Originally Posted by Ashasx
Why? Because this team needs to start creating an identity. Right now, it doesn't have one. There's only Baerschi to be excited for next season.
Nichushkin, a Russian, is not a face you can sell as well as MacKinnon, Jones, Drouin, or Barkov. Additionally, despite many scouts ranking Nichushkin 2nd overall, I've seen many more with these 4 locked in the top 4 in some way or another.
Why risk it? You can either take MacKinnon, who is constantly ranked top 3 (many first overall), who is Canadian, captain material, and will no question play in the NHL next season...
...or you can take Nichushkin, who will most likely wait until the 2015-2016 season to make his debut, is less marketable, and really, doesn't have good numbers in the KHL. And that's without mentioning that he's a winger.
I'm not going to act like I've seen Nichushkin play, but there are way too many red flags for a team in our position.
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You should watch him. He's a force, if he gets any sort of angle(which he can create himself through shear force) he's gonna get to the net. He absolutely bullied Seth Jones for a goal(he made Jones look like he was Jaybo even though Jones tried getting a few shots in) and then destroyed Carolina 1st rounder Ryan Murphy.
Nichuskin is literally a bull. The same way Drouin can wow you with any of his stickhandling, you watch him and you're just amazed at his strength.
Start at :20 seconds. Alot of his goals are similar in that he'll just easily gain entrance to the zone and then just power to the net and jam it home.
Waiting for this kid would be worth it, I just don't know if you want him in the top 3....but you might have to take him there.