The Lethbridge Hurricanes had a pair of picks in today’s CHL Import Draft and
used both to pick a pair of forwards, Nikita Milekhin and Pavel
Skumatov.
The Hurricanes used their 3rd overall pick to select Milekhin,
a 1997-born right winger who played for Moscow Dynamo last season. In 26 games,
Milekhin tallied 21 points, including 13 goals and added 12 PIM’s. He followed
that up with 6G, 1A in 15 playoff games. The scouting report on Milekhin is that
he is a very good skater, with good quickness, speed and skill. He stands out
with good hockey sense and vision. He also reads the play well and his game is
moving ahead as his progress has been excellent.
Lethbridge Hurricanes
General Manager Brad Robson adds “he’s a good sized, strong player with skill
that comes from the Moscow Dynamo program. He comes from a good family
background and his father also coaches in Russia.”
In the second round
(63rd overall) the Hurricanes added left winger Skumatov who is 6’0 and 165
pounds. As one of the youngest players on his team where he played in the MHL
(U20 Vityazi Chekhov), he had a pair of assists in 26 games. Scouts like his
size, speed, skating ability, decision making, hockey sense and his reliability
and well as his compete level.
Overall, General Manager Brad Robson is
pleased to get both kids they had listed in their top five. “Both players have
good skill and will give us some secondary scoring; we expect both of them to be
top 9 players. In addition, both players have a desire to come to the CHL and
play for the Hurricanes.”
(From Esther Madziya, Hurricanes Media Relations)
Thanks,
Pat
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I sure hope that last sentence is true!
ReplyDeletecanesrock
Enough of the "secondary scoring". How about players that are going to put up big numbers and excite the fans. Canesrock is right. Will they report, sign and play here?
ReplyDeleteDon't get it? Robson tells Lethbridge media he's going after a Euro D man and then gets fleeced by McCrimmon again, Provorov was the best Euro Dman in the draft, Robson leaves him on the table for a small forward??? Gotta wonder about the scouting ability of the Canes right now???
ReplyDeleteLBJ
Actually no LBJ. If you read my Euro draft preview Robson said his intention was to draft two forwards. Not defence at all.
ReplyDeleteKingsmith tweeted 6 days ago that Robson was "targeting a Dman" with the second pick with the outright release of Khenkel? Would be nice if they could get some of their drafted prospects signed? Lots will depend on how they start this season, hopefully Anholt provides some strong leadership from his experience in this league...
ReplyDeleteLBJ
From the article.......As one of the youngest players on his team where he played in the MHL (U20 Vityazi Chekhov), he had a pair of assists in 26 games. Scouts like his size, speed, skating ability, decision making, hockey sense and his reliability and well as his compete level.
ReplyDeleteI will admit I don't know shite about the MHL (U20 blah blah blah league) but 2 assists in 26 games. I could get 2 assists in 26 games and I can hardly skate.
canesrock