With absolutely nothing going on in the hockey world in the heat of summer, it’s the perfect time to take a look into a prospect that’s worth keeping an eye on: The Philadelphia Flyers’ 2024 sixth-rounder from Russia, Ilya Pautov.
There’s not an overwhelming amount of information out there about players in Russia’s junior hockey league, the MHL, and the same goes for 17-year-old Ilya Pautov of Krasnaya Armiya Moskva. One crucial aspect of the MHL, though, is that most high performing players are in the 18- to 20-year-old range, with the exception of quite good to really good 16- to 17-year-olds.