Darren Dreger: The Toronto Maple Leafs are among the at least 20 teams who have reached out to Alexander Barabanov’s agent Dan Milstein this season.
There is no guarantee that Barabanov is making the jump to the NHL next season. They are going to start having interviews with teams starting early this week.
Lance Hornby: The 25-year old Barabanov has scored between 10 and 20 goals for St. Petersburg of the KHL for the past four seasons.
He is on the small side at 5′ 8″ and 159 pounds.