Quoting: CD282
LOL. Romanov is currently playing 3rd pairing in the KHL, he is in no way a surefire top-4 in the NHL and has virtually zero chance of becoming a legit 1st pairing defenseman in this league.
Quoting: Campabee
KHL teams are notorious for their lack of trust in younger players, That coupled with the depth of CSKA's roster is why Romanov never played higher than the third pair not his lack of ability. Besides that is exactly whaat the NHL does as well start young guys on the third pair and slowly move him up the lineup.
Quoting: CD282
He's playing 12 minutes a game because he didn't earn more time. Full stop.
If he was a rookie I could understand, but this was his 2nd full season in the league. And people here like to call Phillip Broberg a bust, despite the Swede being 2-and-a-half years younger... smh.
You guys are both wrong, Romanov played some games on the top pairing with Nesterov, but never special units. The majority of the game he played were on the 3rd pairing, normal he WAS 18 yo. This year, the team says if you don’t sign an extension with us right now, you won’t see ice time anymore. Romanov really wanted to come overseas and decline, so is ice time went to 4 MIN a GAME. Not because he was bad or couldn’t handle the other team, just because he didn’t want to extend with is team. That sucks for is development, but the guy is already a beast so no stress