In 2016, the New York Islanders drafted Russian born Anatoly Golyshev 95th overall. He wasn’t the biggest player in the draft, but the 5’9″ forward was putting up points in the KHL.
The then 21-year-old had a 44 point season for the KHL’s Yekaterinburg Avtomobilist in his draft year. You never know if Russian born players, already in the KHL will ever come to the NHL, but the Isles took a shot at him with a fourth-round pick.
With his contract up at the end of the season, perhaps he might want to make the jump over the North American and join up with the team that drafted him?