Player's Profile
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- Name: Maxim Chudinov
- Position: D
- Shoots: Right
- Height: 5-11
- Weight: 187 lbs
- Birthdate: 1990-03-25
- Eligible for Draft: 2008
- Drafted:
- Hometown: Cherepovets, Russia
- Acquired: Eligible for the 2008 NHL Draft
- Playing In: Europe
Maxim Chudinov
Profile Contributed By: HF Staff
History
2007-08: Chudinov further built on his success, spending more time with the professional team, though still remaining in a limited role. Beyond competition within Russia, Chudinov also has been a long time member of Team Russia, skating for the 1990 born team on many occasions. Considering his style of play and maturity level, the young blueliner has also not been a stranger to skating on teams from older age groups, including one tournament on an 89 born team and finally his solid performance on the U20 1988 born squad at the Canada-Russia Super Series and at the U20 World Junior Championships. At the Super Series he was one of the few players who impressed, despite the unfortunate late hit incident, with their competitive spirit and aggressive lively play.
Talent Analysis
While not ranked very high, I like this young defenseman for his physical play and his heart, he plays wearing it on the sleeve though sometimes he crosses the line of discipline, his main downside is his lack of size and the question regarding his ability to adopt his style to the more gritty and physical North American style of hockey. Chudinov is reliable in his own end of the ice, though sometimes he can be caught out of position when he gets overly involved in physical play. Offensively, Chudinov is capable of carrying the puck up the ice and join in on the rush, he can also shoot the puck and not only from the blue line but can also come in and use his nice wrist shot to score form closer in, though he rarely does this despite his ability to score, Chudinov more often tries to pass the puck and is actually pretty good at it, while not a passing specialist, he can impress with a creative feed, though I would call his passing ability above average but not great. Overall, Chudinov is an undersized defenseman with an impressive offensive upside, physical edge and proficiency in the defensive zone.
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Profile Last Updated: June, 14th 2008
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