Prospect Avenue Ep 22: When will Poltapov come to Buffalo?
Prokhor Poltapov has continued his ascension with CSKA Moscow. It breeds the question: when will he come to North America?
Plus updates on Viljami Marjala, Topias Leinonen’s start with Mora, Tyson Kozak’s growing role in Rochester and other notes on the young Amerks, plus a spin around the NCAA with notes on Jake Richard, Brodie Ziemer, Stiven Sardarian, Gavin McCarthy, Maxim Strbak and Patrick Geary, and Matteo Costantini.
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Thanks as always, Kris!
crap – I realized I loaded the incorrect highlight pack for Marjala. That is actually from last year. My apologies in advance. He looks just as good (or better) this year.
The better question? When is the Poltapov Hall of Fame induction ceremony?
Just kidding, I can’t wait to see him on this side of the Atlantic either.
3 years from now i feel a great 3rd line would be Kozak, Poltapov, and Rosen.
I like a 35 minute format, so long as after the 2 minute intro we always see the next 8 minutes on Prokhor Poltapov.
Love Poltapov since his draft year. Still not sure whats up with Kisakov. He came on strong to end the reg season last year, especially playing higher up the lineup like those back 2 back games he played w/ Kulich & Rosen. Then he doesnt play at all during the playoffs. Looked solid at dev camp & preseason, but now hasnt played a single game yet. Is he hurt? Or are they really still concerned about his weight?
Jake Richard is our most underrated, least talked prospect. Love how this kid plays.
That theme song is like watching an Ed Wood film. It's so bad….that it's good!
They have to sign Marjala by this coming June 1st, or he becomes a UFA.
The problem with Kozak is that he’s sub-6’ and listed at 172lbs. The guys they signed were all size/speed guys. Can Kozak hold up to 82 NHL games at 172 lbs? TBH, I have a hard time differentiating between him and Graham Slaggart, who’s not even on an NHL contract.
Greta job keeping us up to date with so many really good prospects! I am a little impatient for the organization to finally get some success from the recent draft picks, not unlike the rest of the Sabrehood!
Love the way you say Poltapov, Kris. Could listen to that all day
This was the Russian draft that I hated . One of the many reasons why our team sucks . So many high draft picks and we miss on so many . Kisakov is showing nothing he was 53rd overall. Power sucks , rosen is small and you got this poltapov .. why did Terry fire like the whole scouting staff a few years ago ? You got the leafs finding knies in the 2nd round and Dallas finding Robertson in the 2nd round yet we can’t hit on any 2nd rounders . We can barely hit on 1sr rounders.. savoie,ostlund and kulich and I bet the best will be savoie .. we rush prospects and either ruin them or they were never going to be good in the first place. They also never age to be full fledged men . They stay looking like teenagers it’s weird
16 points in his first 19 games and 2 points in the next 13 games . Sounds like a perfect Sabres player .. our current team if you even want to call it that has no pride you can watch other teams play and they fly around the whole game but our team skates around like slugs half the time. I don’t even consider them a team it’s just a bunch of players