WCSF: Vegas Golden Knights [PAC1] vs Edmonton Oilers [PAC2] Vegas wins 4-2

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Originally Posted by EldrickOnIce

Definitely don't want the Oilers to be able to fill the bottem half of their roster with players like Kostin. A great young player is probably a stretch. But solid and capable. I'll take him on the Flames instead

https://theathletic.com/4527388/2023...s-klim-kostin/

i stopped reading at:

Oilers fans are a sophisticated group

becuz i was laughing and becuz the 'paywall' screen came up... but mostly becuz i was laughing

[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by transplant99

How's that?

All that aside he really does have the size and skills to become a proverbial "power forward" that every team in the league wants to acquire. Agreed the potential exists. So does the Russian factor though.

Those guys take much more time to develop and figure things out. Often not getting there until they are 25-27 years old.

Hard to believe Holland would give up on him right now IMO.

Originally Posted by Spurs

PPG?

Potential for what though? The poster said he was a great young player, 24 isn't really young and he seems to maybe have the potential to be a poor 2nd line player at best.

There is nothing about his play, nothing in his background to indicate he is anything more than a run of the mill 4th liner/AHLer.

Points per game, not power play goals. 21 points in 57 games is decent - about .4 ppg, especially considering he gets no powerplay time and 10 minutes or so a game atoi. With, say, a guy like Backlund, and maybe second unit time, he'd get 35-40 points.