With the 164th overall pick in the NHL Draft, San Jose selected Timur Ibragimov, a left winger from SKA-1946 St. Petersburg of the MHL. Ibragimov stands at 5-foot-11, 163 pounds, and is a left-handed shot.
Fear the Fin colleague Sheng Peng had this information about the Sharks’ most recent pick:
KHL source on 5'11" Timur Ibragimov: "Not big, but flashy winger with a good scoring touch...All about shooting and scoring. Main weakness is his defensive game."
Ibragimov played for SKA's MHL team. Like Spiridonov, it'll be achievement if/when he cracks one of KHL's top teams— Sheng Peng (@Sheng_Peng) June 22, 2019Based on this evaluation, I can’t help but draw the comparison between Ibragimov and Sharks alum (as well as Russian countryman) Nikolay Goldobin.