Radulov Over-rated??

[duke66]

--- Regular Season --- ---- Playoffs ----
Season Team Lge GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
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2006-07 Nashville Predators NHL 64 18 19 37 26 4 3 1 4 19
2007-08 Nashville Predators NHL 81 26 32 58 44 6 2 2 4 6
2008-09 Ufa Salavat Yulayev KHL 52 22 26 48 92 4 0 2 2 4
2009-10 Ufa Salavat Yulayev KHL 54 24 39 63 62 16 8 11 19 10
2010-11 Ufa Salavat Yulayev KHL 54 20 60 80 83 21 3 15 18 42
2011-12 Ufa Salavat Yulayev KHL 50 25 38 63 64
2011-12 Nashville Predators NHL Statistics Unavailable
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NHL Totals 145 44 51 95 70 10 5 3 8 25

seeing as he's making his debut tonight vs the pens, i posted in the pens section. he's almost 26 years old and these stats don't really jump out at you. does he really put nashville over the top? thoughts?

[skullman80]

Not like Malkin had crazy stats in russia either.

Is he Malkin/Ovechkin level? maybe not, but he's supposed to be very good. Just have to see if he pans out.

[shafnutz05]

Bad timing for this thread.

[Froggy]

Bad timing for this thread.

any other day, and it would be npr, so good timing, i guess?

[duke66]

Not like Malkin had crazy stats in russia either.

in fairness to geno, he was a teen when he played in russia. radulov is mid-20's, and should be a bit more polished. just my opinion.

[Henry Hank]

Radulov led the KHL in scoring the last two seasons and was a near 60 point guy in the NHL when he left at age 21. I'm willing to bet he would have been around a point per game guy if he had stayed in the NHL instead, so I think they are adding a pretty significant talent. Not like adding a Crosby to the lineup, but few players would be. Does he make Nashville western favorites? I think that's going too far. They have a nice team but I think people are starting to overrate them as a team.

[MRandall25]

58 points in his 2nd year isn't that bad. Would've liked to see what he could've done had he stayed in the league

[npv708]

83 points in 54 games... Clearly he sucks.

[Mr. Colby]

Missed opportunity to make a thread called "Raduloverrated"

[npv708]

Radularovsky.

[The Snapshot]

Goaltending in the KHL is horrible. Crosby would even score goals there.

[MRandall25]

83 points in 54 games... Clearly he sucks.

Devils Advocate:

Janne Pesonen had 78 in 56 in the Finnish league, look what that led to.

[Henry Hank]

83 points in 54 games... Clearly he sucks.

Devils Advocate:

Janne Pesonen had 78 in 56 in the Finnish league, look what that led to.

Then again, Radulov has some track record of NHL success. Pesonen wasn't NHL caliber. Plus Pesonen's KHL stats are very underwhelming while Radulov, like I said, has been a league leader two years running. I may be wrong, but I think the KHL is a higher quality league in terms of on ice performance compared to the Finnish league Pesonen was in.

[The Snapshot]

83 points in 54 games... Clearly he sucks.

Devils Advocate:

Janne Pesonen had 78 in 56 in the Finnish league, look what that led to.

IT LED TO THIS!!!

Spoiler:

[wondermoose]

I think his stats in his previous stint with Nashville was a product of playing under Barry Trotz. He's an old-school, defensive-minded coach, and a really flippin' good one at that, so Radulov didn't exactly get to display his full suite of skills. I actually think it was smart for him to go to Russia and gain experience in all areas of the game; he'll be a much better player for it in the long run, methinks.

[littlemoonboot]

I'm sure he'll help out the Preds well enough.


But hopefully not too much tonight.

[Gaucho]

Those are excellent stats in the KHL.

Now watch him get a hattrick tonight.

[It'sagreatdayforhockey!]

Those are excellent stats in the KHL.

Now watch him get a hattrick tonight.

That would allow for the "Is Radulov better than Crosby?" thread in pens related tonight. Hooray. If he doesn't do anything then the "Is Radulov better than Ovechkin" thread would be banished to NPR.

[JTS66]

he will be making pearls with his *** tonight playing against the pens

[KG]

I can't comment on if he's overrated. He probably is...I don't think I've seen him play before...

[mikey287]

He's awesome...he almost single-handedly got a player drafted in the first round...