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Fantasy Summary

Fantasy Summary – Athletic and proactive with active hands at the top of the crease. Needs to work on the fundamentals but has upside as a low-end 1B in the future.


Observations

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August 2024 – After an up-and-down first season with Dinamo Minsk of the KHL, appearing in seven games at the KHL level but also only playing 15 games total, Velmakin is ready for a larger role. During this preseason he has played pretty well, flashing a lot of what he previewed during his time with the Carolina Hurricanes development camp. Velmakin has shown improvements in his vision, using his hands at the top of the crease a lot more, as well as making routine saves not entirely complicated. He mentioned wanting to go back to Minsk to become the best version of himself and so far, he has shown that. His potential might top out at a low-end 1B starter at the NHL level, but he has shown enough to have an NHL future.

Attributes
Fantasy Upside 3.5
NHL Certainty 5
Country RUS
Position G
Roster Type Europe
Shoot/Glove Left
Date of Birth April 8, 2003
Height 6‘1”
Weight 181 lbs
Drafted 2023 Round 7; Overall: 222

Stats

 Season Team League GP GAA SVS%      Playoffs GP GAA SVS%
 2015-2016 Russia Selects U13WSI U136 - .964|      
 2016-2017 SHD Global Selects U14WSI U144 2.29 .932|      
 2018-2019 Rus Moskva U16Russia U1610 2.03 -|      
  Team Moskva U16Districts Cup U162 1.35 -|      
  Rus Moskva U18Russia U181 8.72 -|      
 2019-2020 Rus Moskva U17Russia U1723 3.23 -|      
  Rus Moskva U18Russia U1810 1.54 -|Playoffs2 3.00 -
 2020-2021 Buran Voronezh U18Russia U18- - -|      
  HK RossoshNMHL13 1.54 .942|      
 2021-2022 HK RossoshNMHL22 1.71 .928|Playoffs8 1.67 .917
 2022-2023 Buran VoronezhVHL12 2.17 .937|      
  Proton NovovoronezhNMHL21 2.30 .915|Playoffs1 0.88 .971
 2023-2024 Dinamo MinskKHL7 2.89 .868|      
  Dinamo-MolodechnoBelarus8 2.65 .926|      
 2024-2025 Dinamo MinskKHL3 3.28 .924|      

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