Vasily Podkolzin is developing terrifically for the Vancouver Canucks. Supporters of the team should be thrilled with his development. There were some concerns about his trajectory this season after he struggled to find ice time in the KHL at the start of the year, but all doubts should be put to rest. He was a divisive prospect at the 2019 NHL Draft last June. While some analysts considered him to be a top-five prospect in that class — he began the year as the consensus third-best prospect —, he dropped to tenth overall. The Canucks, who should not have been able to draft a player of this caliber, were once again the recipients of good fortune.
Podkolzin’s quality of play at Russia’s highest professional level is evident in today’s edition of Eight-Minute Insights. Our presentation features his performance on March 5, 2020 in Game 3 of the 2020 KHL playoffs against Vityaz.
This game is just one of many towards the end of 2019-20 KHL campaign in which Podkolzin thrived. He scored 11 points in his final 17 games, regular season and playoffs combined, all while averaging approximately twelve minutes of ice time per night. The improvement of his offensive totals is not the only good news for Canucks fans, however. He has successfully been able to adapt his overall game to the KHL level, implementing into his performances the intelligent, two-way style of play he has become known for throughout his career.
Read the full article at Nucks Misconduct: https://www.nucksmisconduct.com/2020/4/3/21206888/vasily-podkolzin-khl-analysis-cambiekev
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He already looks like the most nhl ready out of the 2019 nhl draft. He's relentless on the forecheck, battles hard in the corners, doesn't let himself imposed to bigger player in a men's league since he can get physical along the boards. His puck skills are just unreal, the way he can get the puck away from traffic almost makes you think the puck is glued on his stick. His playmaking is just as good as his goal scoring. If he translate his game to North America, he will be the 2nd best player in the draft after Jack Hughes.
2:50 look at Podkolzin's vision, he sees the pressure coming towards him and uses his edgework and a quick backhand pass to get out of danger. 4:00 or that little play off the boards. These are the little things I love about Podkolzin's game, he extremely smart even under pressure.
You can tell which one is Podkolzin without looking at his number just by the way he plays.