Comments on: Minnesota’s Christensen signs in KHL

By: cameltoews

cameltoews — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 22:17:39 +0000

As a ranger fan Christensen just never came to fruition. Sometimes he showed flashes of his skill with some slick hands and a dirty wrist shot but it was like once every 20 games. He did center Gaborik for a bit and just couldn’t get any chemistry. The only thing he could do was shootouts

By: lordfletcher

lordfletcher — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 21:26:18 +0000

I don’t remember but as a Wild fan I recall hearing some things about his game in NYR.

wasnt he centering Gaborik for a while last year? Around 40 games or so, and didn’t put up any numbers?

I honestly do not know, or remember, help me out.

I personally think he was given a quality chance in the NHL

By: stakex

stakex — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 20:26:39 +0000

I dont think it was a desire issue, at least with the Rangers. The problem was he was a healthy scratch all the time, and just never was given the playing time to develop. Really sad actually sicne he really did have the tools to be a top six forward.

By: lordfletcher

lordfletcher — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 20:21:38 +0000

skill, sure, but NHL skill, not really. Please name the players the NHL is losing that makes them a worse league?

I bet you anything 99% of the skaters in the world want to play in the NHL if they have the chance. If they’re all about staying home, I won’t blame a man for that at all… if it’s about money, I really can’t fault them either… but most are willing to make the trip to North America where the ice is top notch and living qualities can rival most countries. I would say being a millionaire in America / Canada is about the best life you can have, especailly when you play a game that you are forced to play 9 months out of the year. the other 3 months you can go home or go to space for all we care.

The NHL is as strong as ever, and a good sign of that is the quality of play in the olympic games where most of each teams players are in the NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE.

By: mclovinhockey

mclovinhockey — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 19:27:13 +0000

NHL is losing skill and depth fast. Maybe they don’t like the defense first attitude that everyone has been complaining about and want to play in a league where playing D is a sin.

By: DED

DED — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 19:10:41 +0000

It’s too bad he was never able to take that shootout skill and channel it into regular hockey. Maybe he’ll figure it out in the KHL. I wish him well.

By: lordfletcher

lordfletcher — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 18:49:52 +0000

There is a good chance that this was his last chance at a decent contract from any NHL team but it probably wasn’t going to come… can’t blame him for jumping ship. He has all the tools to be a great player but didn’t seem to ever want it enough. “if that makes any sense”. For a skater with his kind of hands, there should be no reason why he can’t be a 40-50 point player.

Good luck kid, make your money and retire with your health.

By: hky15

hky15 — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 18:22:49 +0000

Lev played in the KHL in 2011-12 campaign in Poprad, Slovakia and for 2012-13 new ownership relocated team to Prague.