[Dhaliwal] Cette histoire dit que Vitaly Kravtsov a signé dans la KHL. Un contrat de 2 ans à Traktor Chelyabinsk. Kravtsov a disputé 16 matchs avec les Canucks cette saison.
This story says Vitaly Kravtsov has signed in the KHL.
A 2 year deal in Traktor Chelyabinsk.
Kravtsov played 16 games for the Canucks this season.
https://t.co/iW39VQjyNo— Rick Dhaliwal (@DhaliwalSports) May 23, 2023
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Do they keep his NHL rights?
Was worth a shot
[Also, per Dhaliwal, this gives us 875k against the cap back.](https://twitter.com/DhaliwalSports/status/1660815239213121537)
So we wasted Lockwood for nothing?
Thats too bad. He showed flashes of skill with us but never enough to really warrant a spot higher in the lineup. I wanted to see him get a more extensive look this year but he probably looked at the depth chart and realized he was the 8th or 9th best winger and figured he wouldnt get a shot to play in the top-6 for quite a while
Good riddance floater!
A Russian with tons of skill not being able to be crack it in the NHL (first time around at least). Low risk gamble and Canucks still hold his rights.
Goldobin v 2.0
We tried. He sucked.
Oh no
Anyways, cap space
Shame it didn’t work out, but much like the Goldobin and Dahlen gambles they were good deals and good process. Kravtsov was given ample opportunity to show his stuff, and his stuff amounted to a big old pile of nothing. Shockingly low intensity player. There’s some skill and size there but without a motor and the will to use it, it will never amount to anything.
He probably would have ended up on waivers at the start of the year. This way he can go home try to grow his game and maybe come back a legit player for us. If we qualify him and retain his rights.
Was worth a shot. Guy doesn’t have the heart to be a regular
It happens. Good for him for securing another deal. We’ll see him the Canucks qualify him to keep his rights, but at this point idk, I doubt it
Will Lockwood traded for nothing 😞😢😭
oh well the trade was still worth it 🤷🏻♂️
No regrets on the trade, it was well worth the shot and we barely gave up anything. He sucked, but we also didn’t really have much of a spot for him anyways. Maybe he does well in the KHL and makes a comeback
I guess we needed a Tryamkin 2.0 to talk about (if we qualify him to keep his rights of course)
Little under a mill of cap space back we can use for something else
🤷♂️
Oh no! Anyways..
Peace Out
🤷🏼♂️
but buut he was a former top 10 pick!!
Correct me if I’m wrong: the Canucks can qualify him, but since he’s already signed a KHL deal there’s no risk of him accepting it, the team shaves ~900k off the cap while he spends 2 years developing his game. If he never comes back, that’s fine, and if he turns into the 9th OA pick everyone projected and wants to return to the NHL, the Canucks have his rights and that’s a win. Right?
We gave him a shot and he didn’t work out so I’m more than fine with this. We also get some cap freed up which is a great thing.
If Jim was around he wouldve gotten 8×8 thank god now both are gone because Kravstov wasnt worth it and Lockwood seems like a AHL calibre or Europe player so a wash of a trade
There was just not much there at the end of the day.