Agreed with this.....you hear it almost every year there's always a Russian in the draft that gets the "he would go higher if he wasn't Russian", that's Nichuskin this year. All things equal he's top 5, being at 2 is maybe a smidge high but when all is said and done it might be justified.

As to the contract, he's signed in Russia for 3 years....not sure if that was a new contract last summer so he's already in year 1, or if it's an extension that won't kick in until next year. Either way it will be 2015 at the earliest before we see him in North America, maybe 2016.

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20 Team Dynasty (points per) - G (25, 50 for defense) A (25) PIM (3) +/- (5) PPG (15) SHG (25) OTG (15) GWG (25) HTr (50) GP (2) HIT (1) BLK (1) Use actual NHL salary

F: Malkin, Tavares, E. Kane, Parenteau, Havlat, Tarasenko, Galchenyuk, Brunner, Boyes, Kruger, Helm, M. Martin, Bergenheim, Carcillo, Stajan

D: Green, Ehrhoff, Ekman-Larsson, Coburn, Daley, Postma

G: Fleury, Mason, Montoya

Farm: Grigorenko, Grimaldi, Kucherov, D. Shore, Hartikainen, Stransky, Kerdiles, Joensuu, Pageau, Murphy, Ceci, Klefbom, Thrower, Donovan, Ekholm, Lehner, Dansk, Poulin, Nilsson, Andersen

Guarantee Nichushkin will be drafted 16th or lower. Maybe even not a first rounder.

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first rounder for sure.....

top 10-15....i dont see it

I never agree with ISS rankings. Same goes for this.

Drouin #1 on my list now, ranked 4th by ISS? Could happen but I doubt it, I see too much Giroux/Kane in him

In saying that, the top 6-7 prospects are really hard to rank and any combination is realistic. NHL scouts are probably torn on most of these guys.