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2024-25 Hurricanes Prospects and Minors Thread

Canes prospects through 04/06/2025:

Nikita Artamonov W (2nd Round 2024 KHL Nizhny Novgorod/VHL Gorky NN):

With KHL Nizhny Novgorod: 63 Games 22 Goals 17 Assists +5 *** PLAYOFFS: 4 Games 0 Goals 0 Assists Even Nizhny Novgorod was eliminated in their first round series 0-4
With VHL Gorky NN: Did not play in regular season. PLAYOFFS: 2 Games 0 Goals 0 Assists -1 Artamonov was sent to play for Gorky NN despite having not played a single regular season game there. Gorky NN won their first round series 4-3.

Dominik Badinka RHD (2nd Round 2024 SweHL Malmö/J20 Malmö/AHL Chicago):

With SweHL Malmö: 49 Games 2 Goals 3 Assists -5 *** PLAYOFFS: 8 Games 0 Goals 0 Assists EVEN Malmo lost their quarterfinals series 2-4
With J20 Malmö: 4 Games 1 Goal 1 Assist -2 *** J20 Malmo did not make the playoffs.
With AHL Chicago?: Has not played yet *** Apparently assigned back to Chicago. We will see if he plays.

Vladimir Grudinin LHD (5th Round 2022 KHL Cherepovets): 63 Games 3 Goals 11 Assists +10 *** PLAYOFFS: 5 Games 0 Goals 0 Assists -3 Cherepovets lost their first round series 1-4. Grudinin's season is over.

Nikita Guslistov C (7th round 2021 KHL Minsk/Vladivostok/Belarus Brest/VHL Barnaul):

With KHL Minsk: 9 Games 0 Goals 0 Assists Even
With Belarus Brest: 14 Games 2 Goals 4 Assists -4
With KHL Vladivostok: 4 Games 0 Goals 0 Assist -2 *** PLAYOFFS Has not played. Vladivostok lost their first round series 2-4. Guslistov's season is over.
With VHL Barnaul: 11 Games 4 Goals 4 Assists +5 *** Barnaul did not make the playoffs

Timur Kol LHD (6th Round 2024 MHL (Russian Juniors) St. Petersburg/KHL St. Petersburg)

With MHL St. Petersburg: 16 Games 2 Goals 5 Assists +2 *** PLAYOFFS Has not played. St. Petersburg is up in their first round series 2-0
With KHL St. Petersburg: 11 Games 0 Goals 0 Assists +3 *** PLAYOFFS Did not play. St. Petersburg lost their first round series 2-4

Andrei Krutov LW (7th Round 2024 MHL (Russian Juniors) Nizhny Novgorod/VHL (Russian Minors) Gorky NN/KHL Nizhny Novgorod)

With MHL Nizhny Novgorod: 10 Games 7 Goals 2 Assists +7 *** PLAYOFFS: 1 Game 1 Goal 1 Assist +2. Nizhnyh Novgorod won their first round series 2-1
With VHL Gorky NN: 36 Games 15 Goals 7 Assists +2 *** PLAYOFFS: 6 Games 0 Goals 1 Assist Even. Gorky NN won their first round series 4-3.
With KHL Nizhny Novgorod: 12 Games 4 Goals 0 Assists -2 *** PLAYOFFS Did not play. Nizhny Novgorod lost their first round series 0-4

Timur Mukhanov LW (6th Round 2023 KHL Cherepovets/MHL (Russian Juniors) Cherepovets):

With KHL Cherepovets 60 Games 3 Goals 10 Assists -1 *** PLAYOFFS: 5 Games 0 Goals 2 Assists +1 Cherepovets lost their first round series 1-4. Mukhanov's season is over.
With MHL Cherepovets 1 Game 1 Goal 0 Assists +1 *** PLAYOFFS: Did not play. Cherepovets lost their first round playoff series 1-2

Alexander Nikishin LHD (3rd round 2020 KHL SKA St. Petersburg): 61 Games 17 Goals 29 Assists +19 *** PLAYOFFS 4 Games 2 Goals 1 Assist Even. St. Petersburg lost their first round series 2-4. And the Nikishin signing watch is officially on. I will leave him on the active list while we wait for him to (hopefully) sign an NHL entry level contract.

Joel Nyström RHD (7th round 2021 SweHL Färjestad/AHL Chicago):

With SweHL Färjestad 51 Games 6 Goals 21 Assists +19 *** PLAYOFFS 6 Games 0 Goals 1 Assists -1.
With AHL Chicago: Has not played yet *** Officially re-assigned to Chicago. We will see if he plays...

Alexander Pelevin LHD (7th round 2022 VHL (Russian Minors) Gorky NN/KHL Nizhny Novgorad):

With VHL Gorky NN: 48 Games 2 Goals 10 Assists +9 *** PLAYOFFS: 7 Games 0 Goals 0 Assists Even Gorky NN won their first round series 4-3
With KHL Nizhny Novgorad: 2 Games 0 Goals 0 Assists Even. *** KHL NN was eliminated from the first round of the playoffs 0-4

Alexander Perevalov LW (3rd Round 2022 KHL Omsk/VHL Omskie/Novokuznetsk)

With KHL Omsk: Has not played yet
With VHL Omskie: 21 Games 3 Goals 3 Assists -8
With VHL Novokuznetsk: 26 Games 8 Goals 15 Assists +17 *** PLAYOFFS 7 Games 0 Goals 2 Assists -2 Novokuznetsk lost their first round series 3-4 (against Alex Siryatsky and Magnitogorsk). Perevalov's season is over.

Justin Poirier RW (5th Round 2024 QMJHL Baie-Comeau): 58 Games 43 Goals 37 Assists +14 *** PLAYOFFS Has not played. Baie-Comeau is up in their first round series 3-2

Alexander Rykov RW (4th Round 2023 KHL Chelyabinsk/VHL (Russian Minors) Chelyabinsk/MHL (Russian Juniors) Chelyabinsk)

With KHL Chelyabinsk: 22 Games 2 Goals 4 Assists -2 *** PLAYOFFS 4 Games 0 Goals 0 Assists -2 Chelyabinsk won their first round series 4-2
With VHL Chelyabinsk: 22 Games 7 Goals 7 Assists +5
With MHL Chelyabinsk: 1 Game 0 Goals 0 Assists Even

Roman Shokhrin LHD (6th Round 2024 MHL (Russian Juniors) Loko-76 Yaroslavl/Loko Yaroslavl):

With MHL Loko-76: 9 Games 0 Goals 6 Assists +9
With MHL Loko: 36 Games 2 Goals 15 Assists +19 *** PLAYOFFS: 2 Games 0 Goals 0 Assists +1 Loko is tied in their first round series 1-1

Alexander Siryatsky LHD (4th Round 2024 MHL (Russian Juniors) Magnitogorsk/VHL (Russian Minors) Magnitogorsk)

With MHL Magnitogorsk: 6 Games 0 Goals 3 Assists Even
With VHL Magnitogorsk: 49 Games 0 Goals 10 Assists +3 *** PLAYOFFS 7 Games 0 Goals 2 Assists +1. Magnitogorst wom their first round series (against Alex Perevalov and Novokuznetsk) 4-3
With KHL Magnitogorsk: 1 Game 0 Goals 0 Assists Even

Oskar Vuollet F (5th Round 2024 SweHL Skellefteå/SweJ20 Skellefteå)

With SweHL Skellefteå: 44 Games 4 Goals 5 Assists -3 *** PLAYOFFS 8 Games 2 Goals 0 Assists -2 Skelleftea is down in their second round series 0-2
With J20 Skellefteå: 2 Games 2 Goals 1 Assist +5



********* PLAYERS WHOSE SEASON HAS ENDED ************
Fyodor Avramov LW (6th Round 2024 MHL (Russian Juniors) Stupino/KHL Sochi/VHL Rostov)
Michael Emerson F (6th Round 2023 Hockey East Merrimack So.)
Simon Forsmark LHD (4th Round 2022 SweHL Timra)
Noel Fransén LHD (3rd Round 2024 SweHL Färjestad/HockeyAllsvenskan Vasteras/SweJ20 Färjestad)
Vladimir Grudinin LHD (5th Round 2022 KHL Cherepovets)
Nikita Guslistov C (7th round 2021 KHL Minsk/Vladivostok/Belarus Brest/VHL Barnaul)
Anttoni Honka RHD (3rd round 2019 SwissHL Ajoie)
Nils Juntorp RW (via Trade HockeyEttan (Swedish 3rd tier league) Dalen/HockeyAllsvenskan Vasteras)
Timur Mukhanov LW (6th Round 2023 KHL Cherepovets/MHL (Russian Juniors) Cherepovets)
Alexander Perevalov LW (3rd Round 2022 KHL Omsk/VHL Omskie/Novokuznetsk)
Jayden Perron RW (3rd Round 2023 NCHC U of North Dakota So.)
Stanislav Yarovoi LW (4th Round 2023 KHL Vityaz Moscow Region/VHL (Russian Minors) Moskova)

Patrik Hamrla G (3rd Round 2021 Czech3 Vyskov)
Yegor Naumov G (7th round 2021 Belarus Melodechno) - Never played anywhere this season as far as I can tell
Nikita Quapp G (6th round 2021 DEL Dusseldorfer)
Yegor Velmakin G (7th Round 2023 KHL Minsk/Belarus Molodechno)
Jakub Vondras G (6th round 2022 Czech2 Pardubice/Czech Pardubice)
 
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Badinka has left Malmo, next stop Chicago.

Dominik Badinka, 19, is leaving the Malmö Redhawks after the Redhawks' loan agreement with the Carolina Hurricanes expired. He has now returned to the NHL club's organization after two seasons with the Malmö Redhawks.

– Dominik has taken big steps during the season and we are happy to see that he has had a good development with us. We wish Dominik the best of luck with the next step in his career, says Oscar Alsenfelt.


View: https://x.com/malmo_redhawks/status/1909154184336646446?s=61&t=ZT8KDHkGMyk7V3JAuh5_ag
 
Chicago Wolves last week:

Apr 2 @Grand Rapids W 4-3 Martin with the win. Slavin, Jaaska, Nadeau and Robidas with the Goals
Apr 5 @Manitoba W 4-3(OT) Tokarski with the win. Fensore, Slavin, Smith (OT winner) and Nadeau with the goals
Apr 6 @Manitoba W 3-2 Martin with the win. Fensore, Suzuki and Nick Swaney with the Goals.

Getting hot approaching the playoffs? Chicago actually is locked in a battle for 3rd place with Grand Rapids in the AHL Central division. They will finish no worse than 4th.

The Central division has a 4 v. 5 play-in round so there is value if Chicago can manage to finish 3rd. They have 5 more games left and Grand Rapids has 6. They are tied in points right now but Chicago has the RW tiebreaker.

2 Games this week @Milwaukee (1st in Central) Sat and v. Texas (2nd in Central) Sun.
 
andyt said:
This story is primarily about Habs prospect Ivan Demidov but there is information on Nikishin too. Negotiations apparently haven’t started and the visa situation is unclear.

rg.org

“Most Likely VHL or MHL”: Demidov’s Camp Aims for NHL, But SKA’s Trophy Push May Delay Move to Canadiens

SKA blocks Demidov's NHL jump: “Chances are slim” his deal gets terminated. Trophy focus now shifts to MHL and VHL.
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I cannot imagine that negotiations with Nikishin to be a problem if SKA let's him go as planned. What really is left for him in the KHL at this point...
 
There really is almost nothing to negotiate beyond the burning of the first year of his entry level deal. Nikishin should be treated as if he is a top 3 overall pick as far as the max entry level salary, signing bonus, and entry level bonuses. All of that has clearly defined minimums and maximums that should be very easy to figure out.

Actually getting him released by SKA and to North America will be more challenging than the contract.
 
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andyt said:
To quote a former team…

Whatever it takes
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As I understand it, until the KHL's calendar season is over (June 30 in the NHL, not sure in the KHL), if Nikishin is going to sign with anybody else before that time then the league needs to approve it. And that probably has to happen first before Carolina can do anything than have informal talks with his agent. And the visa issue is very real. If it's going to take a week or two to get the visa approved then that's one thing. If it's longer (or more likely, if it's unclear), then you can't really expect just to plug the guy into the playoffs cycle midstream. That's just unrealistic.

So, there's plenty of moving parts aside from Carolina sending over a standard contract form for a signature. The money isn't the issue, because as CM says, it's basically spelled out in advance.
 
Let's hope that the process can move along in our favor without too much drama - and if it's delayed, that might not be such a bad thing. He'll need time to get acquainted with a whole lotta stuff.
 
It's actually good for the club if Nikishin burns his entire ELC period actually playing full seasons for the Canes. So long as they get him in for camp this fall, it's fine. Would it be nice to supercharge the D group right now? Sure. Are they suddenly Cup favorites if Boom joins them now? Nope.
 
So Badinka and Nystrom both join the Wolves blueline. Sounds like Morrow is probably just sticking around in Raleigh at this point, right?
 
jeffbear said:
So Badinka and Nystrom both join the Wolves blueline. Sounds like Morrow is probably just sticking around in Raleigh at this point, right?
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I don’t think Badinka has arrived yet, but he’s under contract, so it’s just a matter of time. I don’t see why Morrow would go back to Chicago unless the Canes are eliminated before the Wolves.
 
Sounds like SKA has granted Ivan Demidov his release to join Montreal ASAP. Still no word on Nikishin but several of the media that follow the KHL were surprised the kid Demidov was released without much delay.
 
CanadaCanes said:
Sounds like SKA has granted Ivan Demidov his release to join Montreal ASAP. Still no word on Nikishin but several of the media that follow the KHL were surprised the kid Demidov was released without much delay.
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Which is the opposite of what we've been hearing. Supposedly, they wanted Demidov to go to the MHL or VHL, wherever the other SKA teams were still playing. Who knows. At this point, if he comes, he comes, as long as he’s here for training camp.

But…one other thing I saw, and as with all of this, take it with a salt mine worth of salt, is that the Canes were already negotiating his 2nd contract. Which they can’t do until he’a in the last year of his existing contract. But if he isn’t released before the Canes are finished, he’ll still have 2 years left.
 
Chris Johnson from Sportsnet now reporting Demidov has already signed a three entry deal with the Habs with the first year burned off, so that was uber fast all the way around. Boom, get on with it!
 
andyt said:
Which is the opposite of what we've been hearing. Supposedly, they wanted Demidov to go to the MHL or VHL, wherever the other SKA teams were still playing. Who knows. At this point, if he comes, he comes, as long as he’s here for training camp.

But…one other thing I saw, and as with all of this, take it with a salt mine worth of salt, is that the Canes were already negotiating his 2nd contract. Which they can’t do until he’a in the last year of his existing contract. But if he isn’t released before the Canes are finished, he’ll still have 2 years left.
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There's still time. The Canes don't play their last game until 4/17 and the NHL season isn't over until the following day. So there's still more than a week for this to come together ... if indeed it's coming together this season.
 
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