Long Shot prospects

[arin 0]

I was looking at some of the prospects on RWC and wondering what you all think of them? Are most of the Russian prospects(Seluyanov, Stolyarov, Maximenko) going to stay in Russia? Did they resign Maximenko before? Or do we just have his rights still from '99? RWC also says that Agarkov is in the organization still after being drafted in '94? What is that about?

What do you guys think of Andreas Sundin(Finn - 2) and Tomas Kollar(Swe - 2)? They both have about a point per game - is that good for the Finnish & Swedish 2nd tier leagues?

[WingMan56 0]

I was looking at some of the prospects on RWC and wondering what you all think of them? Are most of the Russian prospects(Seluyanov, Stolyarov, Maximenko) going to stay in Russia? Did they resign Maximenko before? Or do we just have his rights still from '99? RWC also says that Agarkov is in the organization still after being drafted in '94? What is that about?

What do you guys think of Andreas Sundin(Finn - 2) and Tomas Kollar(Swe - 2)? They both have about a point per game - is that good for the Finnish & Swedish 2nd tier leagues?

All of the Russians will likely finish their careers in Russia. None of them have done anything to earn a contract. Sundin is extremely inconsistent and is playing in a very low level, I think he's playing in Finlands 3rd level. Kollar is interesting. I mentioned last year that they should sign him and bring him over, but he doesn't appear to be on their radar for whatever reason.

[chooch 0]

Couple of things:

1. Russia never signed up to the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) agreement with the NHL so our rights to those players are open-ended until they do (hence Agarkov) Stolyarov has had limited success this year so he is still of interest. Seluyanov never developed the way the Wings hoped (consistency - size/strength. Don't pay attention to stats - the scouts don't).

2. The IIHF agreement stipulates that for a player drafted lower than the 3rd round in the NHL draft; An NHL team bringing said player to North America will have to pay IN ADDITION TO THE NORMAL TRANSFER FEE $250,000 if that player doesn't play a minimum number of games (30???) in the NHL in his first year over here. The idea is to keep the NHL from stripping the Euro leagues of players. It means no Euro player will be imported 'just for a look'. You've got to feel real good about a player (like the DRW does about Jonathon Erickkson) to do that.