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Filatov Can’t Get Hitchcock Off His Mind
by Paul on 12/19/09 at 09:28 AM ET
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from Tom Reed of the Columbus Dispatch,
Blue Jackets prospect Nikita Filatov regrets some of the comments he made after leaving the club a month ago, while saying that others were taken out of context.
But the 19-year-old winger, who went home to Russia unhappy after being unable to earn substantial ice time under coach Ken Hitchcock, stands by one of his primary reasons for departing.
“I got my own opinion about Hitch and about what I think he thinks of me,” Filatov wrote in an e-mail to The Dispatch. “I am not going to let everybody know about it. I think it’s pretty clear that he didn’t give (me) a chance and opportunity to prove that I can play.”
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Hitch isn’t one to give opportunity to someone who thinks they deserve it. Earn it the ol’fashioned way.
Posted by MOWingsfan19 on 12/19/09 at 10:24 AM ET
I’ve read that Filatov was unreliable in his own zone—if true, probably not the best way to ingratiate yourself with a coach like Hitchcock.
Posted by Quarkstar from Out there on 12/19/09 at 06:40 PM ET
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It’s more likely that GM Scott Howson cannot get Filatov off his mind. A terrible utilization of a #1 pick who is NHL ready. And the odds are that he won’t return to Columbus.
Posted by Truth Serum on 12/19/09 at 09:49 AM ET