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T25U25: The Case for Semyon Kizimov

I voted for Semyon Kizimov in the T25 this year, and I’m the only voter who ranked him. No one knows anything about Kizimov, beyond his place in the site meme that Kyle Dubas only drafts guys from the Soo or named Semyon, which is partly why he got no votes. This is his story.

Semyon Kizimov was drafted by the Leafs in 2018 in the seventh round. He is a left-shooting winger, who usually plays the right side, and he has spent his serious playing years in his hometown of Togliatti, Russia, playing for Lada. After moving up the junior ranks in the club, Kizimov was in the MHL (top junior league in Russia) full time at the time he was drafted.