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Originally Posted by dammage79
I dont know. I'd wager a ton of Russian kids want the hell out of there. Aside from the billionaires the vast majority of common folk or even well off folk is way too turbulent.
Guess we will see.
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Oh I agree completely. But you're going to take the risk in this political climate of drafting a Russian kid? Things can continue to spiral negatively in this fragile situation where Russians will not be allowed to play in the NHL, public pressure increases for employing Russian players etc. etc. etc. There is currently a ton of things that could go sideways drafting a Russian. Not to mention this is on top of the already known flakiness of drafting Russians without all the new political climate.
So you're going to go draft a Russian, when the next kid down the line is how much "worse" than the Russian you're targeting?
Risk not worth the potential reward. You can draft a kid that has no risk, or you can draft a kid with risk, and what upside are you getting? The difference between these kids is not that huge past the first few picks, let's be honest. A lot of success comes from development IMO.