Dmitri Semykin a signé un contrat de 3 ans d'une valeur de 2 440 000 $ avec les Lightning de Tampa Bay, le 7 mai 2020. Le contrat comporte un cap hit de 813 333 $.
I just feel it isn't best for his development, but people develop differently.
If you look at a lot of the KHL players that come here to play in the NHL, they are usually put in the AHL first anyway. It's a huge difference. In some ways the AHL is faster and more physical than the NHL at times. There isn't really a better place to mold someone into a North American hockey player.
If you look at a lot of the KHL players that come here to play in the NHL, they are usually put in the AHL first anyway. It's a huge difference. In some ways the AHL is faster and more physical than the NHL at times. There isn't really a better place to mold someone into a North American hockey player.
That makes sense
If you look at Tampa's AHL's defense, I don't even see a spot for him. I hope he can at least play constantly.
If you look at Tampa's AHL's defense, I don't even see a spot for him. I hope he can at least play constantly.
*peers at Syracuse Crunch roster* they only have 2 right-shot defenders: Cal Foote and Ben Thomas. Luke Witkowski does what Brendan Smith and Mark Pysyk do and swing between defense and wing.
besides, the AHL is a developmental league: there's a limit on the number of vets that can dress for any given game. they'll find a spot for Semykin.
Probably agree, but it's going to be better than be lucky to play 10 minutes a night on the bottom pairing in the AHL.
I mean, we also appear to be making huge assumptions here about how much TOI Semykin's gonna get on the Crunch.
Again. Developmental league. Semykin's a 3rd-round pick; the organization clearly values him at least somewhat. This organization's clearly done a good job with bringing Russian players into the fold: Alex Volkov, Mikhail Shalagin, Oleg Sosunov, Alexei Lipanov. You'd think they know how to develop Semykin properly.