[Signing] Nikita Okhotyuk signs 2 year deal with CSKA

[fastpuck]

Sounds like he will be fined or banned from IIHF for signing a contract with a sanctioned country Russia.

[getbak]

Originally Posted by fastpuck

Sounds like he will be fined or banned from IIHF for signing a contract with a sanctioned country Russia.

Does that really matter since Russia is banned from IIHF competitions anyway?

[#-3]

I'll go with at worse average asset management from Conroy at this point.

Worst case a 5th round pick turns into 9 games played for your team, which is a pretty average result. I randomly looked at the 2001 draft for example as one of the more recent drafts where there would certainly be no active 5th round picks left. there were 34 players picked, averaging 83 games, but only 10 of them played more than 1 game. So better result than average quantitatively, worse than average qualitatively. Kind of a push in a round where you are rolling the dice.

Best case, Mark Giordano. Come on down.

Reality remains to be seen, but a sensible risk none the less.

[Robbob]

Ones of the other things I looked at when this trade was made is that they were adding a player type that they were lacking in their system. Most of the Flames D prospects that we all tend to like are the ones smaller stature, but can skate. I think Conroy saw the need to get someone that played a heavier game. Risk was well worth it. At this point I think it is a bit of a bonus that he is going to develop in the KHL. With the number of Dmen that we have coming down the pipe I think the Flames are going to struggle finding playing time.

[Yeah_Baby]

After much consideration, I have decided that this signing is a good thing for me personally. Now I don't have to put any effort in to learning to spell Okhotyuk.

[Sidney Crosby's Hat]

Originally Posted by getbak

Does that really matter since Russia is banned from IIHF competitions anyway?

It's not that, specifically. It's that CSKA in particular is not allowed to participate in player transfers until 2026 because of the way they handled the Fedotov situation. Fedotov himself his banned for a handful of years from IIHF competition which I think will be extended to Okhotyuk as well. That part seems inconsequential right now due to Russia's overall ban but I think that ban is coming to an end.