Post by Chicago Blackhawks on Jan 27, 2016 18:34:10 GMT
Chicago has probably selected two players that the league has never heard of or that haven't been paid much attention to. These two picks may end up being total flops or hidden gems and in rounds 28 and 29 the Blackhawks felt comfortable taking that risk at this point in the draft.
Ziyat Paigin - Paigin was a 7th round selection by the Edmonton Oilers this past draft and has found himself playing his very first year at the KHL level as a 20 year old. Paigin is a huge defenseman standing at 6'6 and 210 pounds he had 1 point in 8 games heading into last years draft. This year is a different story, Paigin has 21 points in 30 games 8 of them being goals as a defenseman he was even nominated to the KHL All-Star game and registed a 96.3 MPH slapshot. Paigin has looked great so far and we are hoping he continues to progress and hope that he can make an impact in the NHL down the road.
Anatoli Golyshev - Golyshev went undrafted in last years Entry Draft and has a KHL contract signed through 2019. Golyshev is a smaller forward standing at only 5'8, however this hasn't stopped him from being a dominant KHL force in his rookie year. Through 49 games Golyshev has 38 points with 24 of them being goals and leads his team Yekaterinburg Automobilist in points. Golyshev is 5 goals away from breaking the KHL record for a player under 24 years old which would be an impressive feat. As previously stated Golyshev has a KHL contract through 2019 and we may not see him signed to an NHL team until then or maybe even longer, if at all. Golyshev has expressed interest in playing in the NHL so lets hope those interests become a reality. Golyshev will be an extremely hit or miss player for the Blackhawk here in Top Shelf.
As stated before both of these players are playing extremely well in the KHL, but that is the KHL and not the NHL. These two picks are gambles for sure and I may have been able to wait a few more rounds to pick them up, but I did not want to miss out on either of them especially at this point in the draft I'll gladly take a gamble on both. Time will tell if these two are failed experiments for the Hawks organization, but at rounds 28 and 29 in the draft, why not?
Ziyat Paigin - Paigin was a 7th round selection by the Edmonton Oilers this past draft and has found himself playing his very first year at the KHL level as a 20 year old. Paigin is a huge defenseman standing at 6'6 and 210 pounds he had 1 point in 8 games heading into last years draft. This year is a different story, Paigin has 21 points in 30 games 8 of them being goals as a defenseman he was even nominated to the KHL All-Star game and registed a 96.3 MPH slapshot. Paigin has looked great so far and we are hoping he continues to progress and hope that he can make an impact in the NHL down the road.
Anatoli Golyshev - Golyshev went undrafted in last years Entry Draft and has a KHL contract signed through 2019. Golyshev is a smaller forward standing at only 5'8, however this hasn't stopped him from being a dominant KHL force in his rookie year. Through 49 games Golyshev has 38 points with 24 of them being goals and leads his team Yekaterinburg Automobilist in points. Golyshev is 5 goals away from breaking the KHL record for a player under 24 years old which would be an impressive feat. As previously stated Golyshev has a KHL contract through 2019 and we may not see him signed to an NHL team until then or maybe even longer, if at all. Golyshev has expressed interest in playing in the NHL so lets hope those interests become a reality. Golyshev will be an extremely hit or miss player for the Blackhawk here in Top Shelf.
As stated before both of these players are playing extremely well in the KHL, but that is the KHL and not the NHL. These two picks are gambles for sure and I may have been able to wait a few more rounds to pick them up, but I did not want to miss out on either of them especially at this point in the draft I'll gladly take a gamble on both. Time will tell if these two are failed experiments for the Hawks organization, but at rounds 28 and 29 in the draft, why not?
