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Originally Posted by Vulcan
The only way I draft a Russian in the first round is if he's NHL ready in a year or two at the most. Spending two more years in junior and expecting him to spend another possible three years in the minors before he's ready would probably send him back to the KHL where he can earn more money.
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If you take Svechnikov at his word, he said he will play through junior and the AHL if that is what it takes to be an NHL player. He even downplayed the KHL as an inferior league at one point. He sounds very motivated.
He is also probably one of the NHL ready prospects available outside of the top 10 as well.