Article: Danila Yurov Intends To Sign In Minnesota At the End Of His KHL Season

[Luke Sims]

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[FredJohnson]

But has he EARNED his spot? (sarcasm)

[FredJohnson]

But is he big enough for the playoffs?

[FredJohnson]

Does he have grit?

[Imyourhuckleberry]

A number of the scorers for his team have missed time this season, which likely has lowered his point totals, but very promising to see Yurov leading his team in +/- at +11 this year, after leading his team in points last season. This year's team really struggled early on while he was returning from injury.

Very excited to see he'll be joining the Wild in 2025!

[Citizen Strife]

Finally

[Mateo3xm]

This is fantastic news. I honestly think he’s still getting over his shoulder surgery and that’s why his production is down. Having that surgery can take a year or even longer to get back to how he was previously.

[Burnt Toast]

“A Star is Born”, (Next Year) or “Gone in 60 Seconds”. (Unlikely Arrival from KHL after this season’s over.) Honorable Nonmentions… “Titanic” “ Fail to Launch”

[Pewterschmidt]

1 minute ago, Burnt Toast said:

“A Star is Born”, (Next Year) or “Gone in 60 Seconds”. (Unlikely Arrival from KHL after this season’s over.) Honorable Nonmentions… “Titanic” “ Fail to Launch”

Dishonorable Mention:

Big Red One

 

[OldDutchChip]

1 hour ago, FredJohnson said:

Does he have grit?

what do you mean here freddy?

[FredJohnson]

48 minutes ago, OldDutchChip said:

what do you mean here freddy

 

[Thatoneguy]

3 hours ago, FredJohnson said:

But is he big enough for the playoffs?

He needs to pack on 10-15lbs of muscle.... lol sorry mnfan I couldn't help myself. 

[Imyourhuckleberry]

Since I'm not sure everyone will go to the older thread where I posted this a little earlier, I'm posting it again here.

Russo confirms the plan is for Ohgren on line #2, and a Faber return Saturday!

1. Boldy-Rossi-Zuccarello

2. Ohgren-Eriksson Ek-Hartman

3. Foligno-Gaudreau-Trenin

4. Shore-Khusnutdinov-Lauko

Gaunce

1. Middleton-Faber

2. Chisholm-Bogosian

3. Merrill-Jiricek

Dermott

[Citizen Strife]

Faber being back already makes the lines a lot better.  Chisholm and Bogo might not be ideal 2nd pairing material , but at least we know Midds and Faber can do work.

[Sam]

They say when you get stage fright to imagine the audience in their underwear. Well I think that it would help Ohgren to pretend that he’s playing against AHL players. Who knows.. it just might work.

[AKwildkraken]

I was a bit worried about Yurov's points this year and then looked at his stats on the KHL website.  I noticed he had minimal if any power play goals or assists.  Meaning that they probably aren't giving him power play minutes, this the reduction in points.  It's BS on how the KHL tries to bully their players.

[mnfaninnc]

AK is right, no PP points. I don't know if this is bullying or if it is due to his injury to start the year. However, if you look at some of his stats, he's one of the leaders of the team in points and goals, and he is leading the team in SOG, which suggests he's having a tough shooting% year. His FO% is around 50%, just below with a lot of draws taken. 

Even in today's game, he had no points but 5 SOGs leading the roster. 

Metallurg is tied for 2nd in their division and 3rd in their conference. They have been surging, so I'd bet on them being a 3 seed for the playoffs, or maybe they can catch Traktor. This is likely going to be another decent playoff run for them, so any help this season is likely out the window for us. 

Luke suggests we didn't have roster space for him. As memory serves, it was never about roster space, Yurov wanted bonuses in his ELC, bonuses we could not afford with the cap penalties. I think he likely would have hit the ground running here and be in our top 6, probably in Johansson spot. Johansson either would have been traded or be our 13th forward, or be on line 4 with Lauko and MaRat. 

I don't think this season Yurov has been bullied to sign an extension. He made it pretty clear last season he was wanting to come over and purposely signed a 1 year extension. Metallurg messed around with him 2 seasons ago, but this season they are defending their Gangarin Cup Championship, likely a greater goal. 

On a different note, the picture above just brings back memories. To me, his body language looked pissed off that we drafted him where we did. It looked like he was surveying the room and franchises that passed him over were going to pay for it. I believe he felt like he was at worst a top 10 pick, and did not like being taken where he did. I do think he likes the potential of playing with Kaprizov, and I think once he gets here, Kaprizov will also like playing with him. 

[Protec]

Yurov! Yurov! Yurov! 

Hynes will have him on the 4th with Fred & Lauko. 😆

[Citizen Strife]

Yurov probably won't just be handed first line center with how Rossi has taken to that role this season.  I think it is up to Ohgren to prove he belongs in that 2nd line wing spot, and then you can see in camp if Yurov beats him out of that or even first wing over Zucc or second center over Ek.  

I would not be surprised if he goes the simple route and even goes 3C with Foligno, Trenin, Hartman, etc.  I don't"to find it some indictment on a player to start there and prove they are capable.  Rossi is too freaking consistent offensively already to just say Yurov is Kap's guy day one.  

It will be up to Ohgren and Yurov to prove the Wild don't need to spend money elsewhere.  Having options and cap spaceto shunt people down the lineup will be a nice change next year.

 

Edited Saturday at 04:07 PM by Citizen Strife

[Mateo3xm]

11 hours ago, AKwildkraken said:

I was a bit worried about Yurov's points this year and then looked at his stats on the KHL website.  I noticed he had minimal if any power play goals or assists.  Meaning that they probably aren't giving him power play minutes, this the reduction in points.  It's BS on how the KHL tries to bully their players.

Exactly. If they know a player is leaving they relegate them to the 3rd or 4th line. Same thing happened to Khusnutdinov before he came here.

[OldDutchChip]

How wild would it be if Zuccy decides to drop the gloves and whoop that Nashville fool? I bet he could! 🍻

[FredJohnson]

14 hours ago, Citizen Strife said:

Faber being back already makes the lines a lot better.  Chisholm and Bogo might not be ideal 2nd pairing material , but at least we know Midds and Faber can do work.

Yeah, you know you're in trouble when Merril is in your top-4 D pairing. 😬

[MacGyver]

38 minutes ago, OldDutchChip said:

How wild would it be if Zuccy decides to drop the gloves and whoop that Nashville fool? I bet he could! 🍻

I think Lauko already called dibs on that job. 

[OldDutchChip]

18 minutes ago, MacGyver said:

I think Lauko already called dibs on that job. 

yeap it'll like be a quick 20 seconds tug of war and nothing else.

we talked about this a ton but i think here a captain or an alternate has to answer for the idiot. that was a crazy dangerous play that took out our captain. it's a series of "bad" plays that targeted and hurt our core players.....so the message has to be sent directly to the top - go after their Captain or Alternates - unfortunately that means one of our top dogs has to step up. that leaves Ek and Boldy to go vs Forsberg. Or Faber (right after his return....no thank you) go after Josi.

Does Ek or Boldy has it in them to do this? Or will they be our Koivus? Likely won't happen. So this "retaliation" is not going to do anything.  

 

Edited Saturday at 06:44 PM by OldDutchChip

[mnfaninnc]

I don't know that it has to be a fight, though fighting L'Hureaux seems pointless. Last time out, I believe it was Foligno immediately going after one of their guys, might have been Carrier. I would suggest starting line 3 with Ek at center, with the express intent of finishing every possible check in an exploding way and see how they react. Right as they take the ice, I think someone needs to tell Bogosian that Forsberg ran over his cat in the parking lot.