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Flames Darkhorse Targets 2016: Vitalii Abramov

Players expected to go in the first round of the draft sometimes fall, for whatever reason. We know size can be a factor in a prospect going later than he perhaps should have; xenophobia can be another reason, too.

Vitalii Abramov is expected to be taken in the late first round of the draft. But he's also a 5'9, 170 lb. Russian right winger, so who knows if that's where he ends up going?

He's young, though, having only just turned 18 on May 5. He also put up 38 goals and 93 points over 63 games, leading the Gatineau Olympiques (which should help offset some of the xenophobia) in scoring by a margin of 20 points.