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Originally Posted by bubbsy
it's still very negative to a franchise. Early "blown" picks still have a chance to be used as an asset (turris, brassard, etc, etc) where there is still hope that a change of scenery/environment can bring out the player's potential.
If the player is not willing to play in hte minors for periods of time, and is more keen on rushing back to the motherland than this opportunity is also lost.
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But which players did that though? Of the "busts", Filatov played 3 seasons in the AHL, Tikhonov played 3 seasons in the AHL, and Vishnevskiy played 4 seasons in the AHL. None of them rushed their way back to the KHL, they all gave around the same time a lot of prospects give in the AHL before they either make the NHL, become AHL tweeners for their career or go to Europe for more money.