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Originally Posted by Flames Draft Watcher
Where are Radulov and Kostitsyn playing this season? The KHL. Both top 15 Russian/Belorussian picks.
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Who cares? I don't, not every single Russian is like the very select few you posted about. For every Zherdev, Radulov and lol kostitsyn there are other players who have stayed, played and taken their bumps.
As a fan all I can hope for is they do their homework before making any pick. If you have to wait two years to see Nichushkin come over then it will be worth the wait. And that will be painfully obvious when he gets picked between 2-8 in the draft.
If you are right and there is a risk, he will drop like a rock through the draft. but since the majority of scouting organizations don't feel this will happen, this Russian factor you speak of holds zero meaning right now. Nothing out there says teams should be afraid of picking this player.
As for your add on, thats the risk of the draft. For every Zherdev there is a Daigle, Schremp, Stefan and Hickey and countless other high draft picks from other countries who have failed at making the NHL. not much of an argument there.