New York Rangers Breaking News: Mikhail Pashnin Re-signs With CSKA Moscow
by Bryan Winters on Aug 8, 2011 11:34 AM EDT
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PrintAccording to CSKA Moscow's website, the team has agreed to a two-year deal with defensemen Mikhail Pashnin. Pashnin was the Rangers 7th round pick in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft. There is no indication yet if CSKA Moscow will let Pashnin attend the Rangers training camp. If so, he will have the option to return to CSKA Moscow if he fails to make the Rangers line-up out of training camp.
There is also no word on whether Pashnin's deal will include an NHL out clause, which will allow him to compete at the NHL level if he makes the team. A couple of days back, Pashnin was still uncertain where he would play hockey this upcoming season. It seems as if Russia was his best option and is where he wanted to stay.
Last season with CSKA, Pashnin played in 42 games and registered a total of 2 goals and 2 assists.
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well now
That’s interesting
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by Kevin Power on Aug 8, 2011 11:41 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
It is
and I managed to spell his name right this time around!
by Bryan Winters on Aug 8, 2011 11:47 AM EDT up reply actions
congrats
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Maybe he looked around the room and figured he needed a backup plan.
by It may HAVE to Last a Lifetime on Aug 8, 2011 12:18 PM EDT reply actions
This. His agent would have to be an idiot to let Pashnin go into camp without the option of going back to the KHL in the likely event that he doesn’t make the team.
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by The Blue Seats on Aug 8, 2011 3:19 PM EDT up reply actions
This is a money issue.
Why be stuck in CT playing for 65K when he can party in Moscow with all those fine ass Russian bitches making 5 times the money. He’s still a year away, won’t make the jump until he’s reasonably assured of being on the big club. Which probably means next year after Girardi is traded.
by Gabby the Gutless Sniper on Aug 8, 2011 12:22 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
I agree
He is undersixed also which I dont feel will translate well for him since his style is hard hitting in your face shut down defenseman.
I just get the feeling that he is going to be overpowered in this league and wont really be able to strive in the nhl.
If he can play in the KHL being overpowered is not an issue. In terms of physicality the KHL is on par or even more physical than the NHL.
by Zuppa Di Pesce on Aug 8, 2011 3:29 PM EDT up reply actions
is it really? I thought it was the opposite. I thought that because of the larger rink size, and because the hitting is more of a north american style, that the KHL was less physical. I really don’t know for sure, but thats the impression I got over the past few years.
Check out the fights on youtube of the KHL. Some of those guys are straight up thugs, its a man’s league. Its debatable which is one more physical but they are close enough in physicality where its not really an issue in terms of transitioning from one to the other.
by Zuppa Di Pesce on Aug 8, 2011 6:08 PM EDT up reply actions
So much "banter" from you guys about a Commie I've never really heard of
Has he just been completely shredding in the KHL or something?
Were they saying "Boo" or "Boo-urns?"
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better than you think, he was the #1 pick and supposedly was getting top pair minutes at the end of the season and he is young…
As a defensemen, yes he had 4 points. He’s more of a stay at home defensemen, not offensive really.
by Bryan Winters on Aug 8, 2011 9:46 PM EDT up reply actions
And If I'm not mistaken they don't count secondary assists in the KHL
But that is besides the point. Ever since Ranger fans heard that Uncle Glen patted Pashnin on the back last training camp and called him “first star” they have been overrating him as a prospect. Glen loves guys like Pashnin, underdogs. He was a healthy scratch for some time on his team. I just think he isn’t that special, and it takes a special player to crack the NY Rangers defensive corps. Of course, he could always prove me wrong, and I would happily eat crow.
I’m not saying that he is a bad player, I am saying we have better players, now and in the future. It was smart of him to resign with Moscow.
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by The Blue Seats on Aug 8, 2011 10:43 PM EDT up reply actions
No
but he impressed the Rangers brass both in this year’s and last year’s prospects camp. They like him a lot.
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by Joe Fortunato on Aug 8, 2011 8:02 PM EDT up reply actions
speaking of 2009
how is Kreider coming along? Last I heard he was dominating NCAA title games.
There was probably an article about him in the past few months or so but I’m too lazy to look for it haha.
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I guess it could be a technicality if he makes the team which I thought he could have been a dark horse for but unlikely. What’s too bad is that, while I think Girardi may get traded after this year pending the continued development of our young D, I think McIl is who eventually comes in, maybe next yr but the one after at latest, and so Pashnin is just another tradable asset along with valtank and kund, once again depending on development and what Sather can get in return. It’d be nice to have him in North America then as that increases his value…
as per chesnokov on twitter it wasn't a money issue
if this is true screw pashnin
The reason Pashnin didn’t join the #NYR (per his agent) is he “didn’t want a two-way contract… he wouldn’t grow in the farm club.”
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by joereiter on Aug 9, 2011 12:19 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
What that tweet doesn’t say is that per the CBA, ALL players entering their FIRST professional contract MUST be given a two-way deal. He simply cannot be given a one way contract.
His agent was playing a game to get a better offer from CSKA, and it worked.
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