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Originally Posted by robertsfanatic
i will start by saying that i have not really dug into this too much but why wouldn't we want this guy if he is available? he looks to be pretty skilled...
i assumed it was because he might not come to NA but he's here now.
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This is what Mckenzie had to say based on his scout surveying, so it looks like he just hasn't impressed enough at this point... He dropped him from 5 to 19.
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But Ryabkin’s season got off to an inauspicious beginning and he terminated his contract with Dynamo Moscow to join the Muskegon Lumberjacks of the USHL. He scored three goals in his first four games before getting a three-game suspension for slew-footing. He’s back playing now.
Scouts are still hopeful he’ll re-establish his game and move back up the ladder into Top 10 contention, but if he fails to get traction in the USHL, he could slip and slide some more.
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https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/matthew-schae...king-1.2240142
And this is what Scott Wheeler had to say about him today, after dropping him from 5 to 17 on his list today:
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His work rate wavers, though, and there were some rumblings about him not being the easiest kid to play with/coach even before this season. (...) It’s hard to find centers with his skill and offensive sense/intuition, and he remains a top player on talent in this class, but there’s a very wide range of opinions on him, he’d go lower than where I have him if the draft were held today (I wouldn’t even be surprised if he went in the second round), and he’s now going to have to continue to prove himself.
I thought about ranking him lower here and he may well finish further down my list. A lot rides on how he looks in the next couple of months — more so for him than maybe any other player in this class.
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https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/610...ler-midseason/