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Ivan Miroshnichenko Scouting Report

Two years ago Ivan Miroshnichenko was the consensus fourth best player in the 2022 NHL Entry Draft behind Shane Wright, Brad Lambert, and Matthew Savoie. The only objection I have with putting him in the top 5 is that he's not playing for the reigning KHL Champions Avangard Omsk in the KHL yet which is why he fell to 10 where I mocked him to the Seattle Kraken. There's no question Ivan Miroshnichenko may be the best Russian winger to enter the NHL Draft since Alexander Ovechkin. He's not the star Ovechkin was, but he had two hat tricks in last years World Junior Championships with one against Finland and the other against USA. He also got promoted from the MHL to the VHL despite not having any KHL experience. He was my tenth best player at the beginning of the year. Every other scouting service in the country has Miroshnichenko in their top 6 overall. He's done enough to move into the top 9 or 8 based on what I've seen from him in the World Juniors and he VHL with 3 goals, 2 assists, and 5 points in 11 VHL games against semi pros in Russia.

Ivan Miroshnichenko Scouting Report

Two years ago Ivan Miroshnichenko was the consensus fourth best player in the 2022 NHL Entry Draft behind Shane Wright, Brad Lambert, and Matthew Savoie. The only objection I have with putting him in the top 5 is that he's not playing for the reigning KHL Champions Avangard Omsk in the KHL yet which is why he fell to 10 where I mocked him to the Seattle Kraken. There's no question Ivan Miroshnichenko may be the best Russian winger to enter the NHL Draft since Alexander Ovechkin. He's not the star Ovechkin was, but he had two hat tricks in last years World Junior Championships with one against Finland and the other against USA. He also got promoted from the MHL to the VHL despite not having any KHL experience. He was my tenth best player at the beginning of the year. Every other scouting service in the country has Miroshnichenko in their top 6 overall. He's done enough to move into the top 9 or 8 based on what I've seen from him in the World Juniors and he VHL with 3 goals, 2 assists, and 5 points in 11 VHL games against semi pros in Russia.

Ivan Miroshnichenko Scouting Report

Two years ago Ivan Miroshnichenko was the consensus fourth best player in the 2022 NHL Entry Draft behind Shane Wright, Brad Lambert, and Matthew Savoie. The only objection I have with putting him in the top 5 is that he's not playing for the reigning KHL Champions Avangard Omsk in the KHL yet which is why he fell to 10 where I mocked him to the Seattle Kraken. There's no question Ivan Miroshnichenko may be the best Russian winger to enter the NHL Draft since Alexander Ovechkin. He's not the star Ovechkin was, but he had two hat tricks in last years World Junior Championships with one against Finland and the other against USA. He also got promoted from the MHL to the VHL despite not having any KHL experience. He was my tenth best player at the beginning of the year. Every other scouting service in the country has Miroshnichenko in their top 6 overall. He's done enough to move into the top 9 or 8 based on what I've seen from him in the World Juniors and he VHL with 3 goals, 2 assists, and 5 points in 11 VHL games against semi pros in Russia.

Ivan Miroshnichenko Scouting Report

Two years ago Ivan Miroshnichenko was the consensus fourth best player in the 2022 NHL Entry Draft behind Shane Wright, Brad Lambert, and Matthew Savoie. The only objection I have with putting him in the top 5 is that he's not playing for the reigning KHL Champions Avangard Omsk in the KHL yet which is why he fell to 10 where I mocked him to the Seattle Kraken. There's no question Ivan Miroshnichenko may be the best Russian winger to enter the NHL Draft since Alexander Ovechkin. He's not the star Ovechkin was, but he had two hat tricks in last years World Junior Championships with one against Finland and the other against USA. He also got promoted from the MHL to the VHL despite not having any KHL experience. He was my tenth best player at the beginning of the year. Every other scouting service in the country has Miroshnichenko in their top 6 overall. He's done enough to move into the top 9 or 8 based on what I've seen from him in the World Juniors and he VHL with 3 goals, 2 assists, and 5 points in 11 VHL games against semi pros in Russia.

Yegor Chinakhov Scouting Report

The 5-11 179 lb Yegor Chinakhov is a right winger that was alternate captain on his MHL team. He had 27 goals, 42 assists, and 69 points in 2019-2020. Yegor Chinakhov could be picked as early as the third round of the 2020 NHL Draft and as late as the fifth round of the 2020 NHL Draft. I have a fourth round grade on Avangard Osmk's playmaking right winger. The Columbus Blue Jackets took him in the first round of the 2020 NHL Draft. Neither the Columbus Blue Jackets or the Trump administration colluded with Russia when it came to scouting Yegor Chinakhov.


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Ivan Miroshnichenko Scouting Report

Ivan Miroshnichenko Scouting Report

Ivan Miroshnichenko Scouting Report

Ivan Miroshnichenko Scouting Report

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