Confident Vancouver Canucks Prospect Makes It Known To GM Patrik Allvin Where He Wants to Play This Season
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Vancouver Canucks prospect Kirill Kudryavtsev has made his feelings known towards general manager Patrik Allvin on where he thinks he should be playing this season.
As the Vancouver Canucks offseason slowly comes to an end in the next coming weeks, the teams lineup still has some major question marks that need to still be answered.
With that in mind, the help of trading for Evander Kane and re-signing core members like Brock Boeser and Thatcher Demko definitely help their cause, but they will need a lot more help if they intend to make it back to the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
Vancouver Canucks prospect Kirill Kudryavtsev has a ton of confidence and intends to make the NHL roster this year
With GM Patrik Allvin not being able to make the big moves during free agency agent or on the trade market, they will need to have some young names and prospects step up and prove themselves in the NHL.
One of the players confident he will earn a shot is Canucks prospect Kirill Kudryavtsev
After a successful campaign in the American Hickey League (AHL), Kudryavtsov is confident that
It's an important camp for Kudryavtsev, as the taste of the NHL he had at the end of last season has left him hungry for more. His two-game audition already put him well ahead of the vast majority of seventh-round picks, but it also taught him that he's perhaps not as far away from the NHL as he might have initially thought.
«It definitely gives you some confidence,» said Kudryavtsev. «When you come down to [the AHL] again, you're like, 'I've been there, I've seen what the guys can do. I'm not that bad. I can do really good, I can play at that level. I just need to work on this, this, this.' Just keep grinding and then, when you get your opportunity, take advantage of it.»
«It definitely gives you some confidence,» said Kudryavtsev. «When you come down to [the AHL] again, you're like, 'I've been there, I've seen what the guys can do. I'm not that bad. I can do really good, I can play at that level. I just need to work on this, this, this.' Just keep grinding and then, when you get your opportunity, take advantage of it.»
Although just a short stint in the NHL last season, sometimes all it takes are those short games to prove to yourself you can actually make it at that level, and that is definitely the case with young defenseman Kirill Kudryavtsev.
Only time will tell
Source: Vancouver is Awesome
Canucks prospect Kirill Kudryavtsev is confident and hoping for NHL opportunity
Canucks prospect Kirill Kudryavtsev is confident and hoping for NHL opportunity
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