Kyle Dubas has a short record as the man ultimately in charge of the Maple Leafs drafting strategy, but we can still analyze his selections using modern scientific methods to enable us to guess who he’ll look at this year.
We subjected his prior draft record to rigorous analysis and came up with six possible picks in this year’s draft based on patterns shown in past drafts.
Semyon Chistyakov is a defender, albeit a lefty, but you have to have some of those too, who is making some waves in Russia. He’s good enough to be on the NHL Central Scouting for European Skaters list at number 16.