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Leafs steal another, draft Korostolev with seventh round pick

Apparently you can be big and strong with slick hands and an excellent shot and still fall to the seventh round if you're skating is in question.

With their final selection of the 2015 NHL Draft, the Leafs selected Sarnia sting sniper Nikita Korostelev, 185th overall.

Korostelev, my 34th (yeah...) ranked prospect in my final top 60 rankings with McKeen's hockey, possesses one of the best releases in the 2015 draft class.

Hampered by below average skating and a poor offensive team in Sarnia, Korostelev produced at an excellent clip, registering 53 points in 55 games, good for first in team scoring despite having played 13 less games than linmate Daniel Nikandrov, scoring at a better point per game clip than top teammate and sixth overall selection Pavel Zacha.