The young Russian forward has size and skill that can't be taught, which is how his first year in North America turned out to be such a success. How high will he go?
We're at the point on our draft board where things really open up, as all 11 of the guys we had on yesterday's ballot picked up at least one vote. The big winner, though, was winger Evgeni Svechnikov, who just outpaced Swedish defenseman Oliver Kylington by picking up 32 percent of the vote to Kylington's 26 percent.
Based on the consensus out there now, this is just about the right place for Svechnikov to show up on the board -- the majority of ranking services have him somewhere in the 16 to 18 range, so 15 is a fair spot to have him.