Back to Russia With Glove
from Drinnan:
G Alexander Pechurski (Tri-City 2009-10) has returned to Metallurg Magnitogorsk (Russia KHL). He had a 2.71 GAA and a .912 SP in 27 games for the Tri-City Americans last season. He also played in one game with Pittsburgh (1.67 GAA, .923 SP), one game with Metallurg (6.00 GA, .571 SP), and five games with Stalnie Lisi Magnitogorsk (Russia MHL, the Russian national junior league; 2.81 GAA, .917 SP). . . . Metallurg GM Valery Postnikov told the Russian website Sovsport.ru: “We loaned Alexander to the (Pittsburgh) Penguins and now the loan is over. Pechurski has a long-term contract with Metallurg. Maybe he wants to go back to North America but it’s not about his desire, it’s about our needs.” . . . Pechurski was quoted in the website Championat.ru after his one game with the Penguins in Vancouver last season: “After this season I will go to Magnitogorsk, where I have one more year left on my contract. But my dream is to play in the NHL.”
So that answers that.
1 comments:
Didn't he come to North America to get more playing time because Magnitogorsk wasn't giving him any? It didn't sound like they needed him that much...so, to me, the GM saying that it's not his desires but what the team needs sounds just a little arrogant. I mean, what the team needs comes first and I don't know what the team needs now, but I'm really hoping he gets to see some more playing time so he can develop his skills a little more.
I hope Ray Shero has the sense to sign him. I know you don't like him that much, but I have a lot of respect for this kid. The first time I saw him was in the game he played for the Pens in Vancouver and he impressed me: here was a kid my age who got thrown into the fire and held it together admirably. If I was in his shoes, I would have been terrified and botched the whole thing. As it is, he's made a (generally) positive impression on the Pens fanbase here in Pittsburgh. I hope he ends up here; there's definitely talent and drive there, he just needs the right coach to harness all that.
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