Enroth Selected in KHL Entry Draft

by David Oleksy on Jun 1, 2009 5:32 PM EDT

I have been receiving Press Releases from the KHL since the began late last summer. Up until now there was never anything to talk about but today that changed. The KHL held their first ever Draft and they selected a mixture of young Russian players and players they are hoping will jump ship to the KHL. Jhonas Enroth was among those players selected, he was selected in the third round by Atlant Moscow Reg.

It is unlikely that Enroth would leave the Portland Pirates and play in the KHL at this point in is career. It will definitely be an option for him or any other player that feels they are not getting a fair shot at playing in the NHL. There is no indication that Enroth is unhappy with his role in the Sabres organization.

The Sabres have made it clear that they feel he is the Goalie of the future. He is the goalie of the future but that begs the question, when is the future? Enroth may not be willing to wait for the future and may see this as an opportunity.

There are still a few questions that need to be answered. Will the Sabres just blow this off and continue with their business? Will this force them to move Enroth along at a quicker pace? Will this give the Sabres a reason to trade him away instead of losing him to another league?

It will be an interesting situation to watch but from a distance. I don't think that anything will happen immediately but it still deserves attention.

Dirk has an interesting post on the KHL draft at On the Forecheck. He also posted the entire press release if you want to read it.

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Huh?

Look, last season was a huge disappointment. And there’s a ton of off season concerns. (Is it officially the off-season yet? For me that begun about 40 days ago.)

But this kind of concern would be micro-management as far as I see.

If Enroth thinks his future professional career path lies with playing for Atlant – I say go for it. Jeez. You give this league… a half a planet away from the real professional league… more credit than the WFL (back in the day).

Seriously D.O. I haven;t posted much since right before the season ended. Sorry. But this post demanded it. You really think this deserves attention?

I disagree.

by dfderie on Jun 1, 2009 9:05 PM EDT reply actions

I forgot to say

welcome back

D.O.
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by David Oleksy on Jun 1, 2009 10:39 PM EDT up reply actions

This is a legitimet concern

The KHL may not ever rival the NHL as a league but there is definitely a competition for players. This league has an opportunity to make it because it is in another country, in another part of the world. I don’t think that you will ever see superstar players go play in Russia but it’s the players like Enroth that may jump to the KHL.

There isn’t a person within the Sabres organization that questions the talent of Enroth. It would be a terrible situation if he were to jump to the KHL. I don’t see that happening yet but i may be an option in the near future.

D.O.
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by David Oleksy on Jun 1, 2009 10:37 PM EDT reply actions