We discussed yesterday, looking at Travis Dermott, how the Maple Leafs had placed a pretty high premium on acquiring players with a high level of skill in their game in their approach to the 2015 Entry Draft.
At #21 on our countdown, we check in with another prospect chosen along those guidelines in the 5th round. Dmytro Timashov of the Quebec Remparts was a shocking pick, both because he meets the criteria the Leafs set out to follow and because it was curious that he had even fallen that far to begin with.
In Scott's draft day profile, he talked about the fact that Timashov, an offensively gifted winger that uses strong positioning and a gifted passing game to create offence, was ranked 44th on his list (so to be available in the 5th round was a large departure) and how his offensive production for the Remparts compared well against some of his QMJHL draft contemporaries Timo Meier and Evgeny Svechnikov, both of whom were selected in the first round.