When Semyon Der-Arguchintsev was drafted in the summer of 2018, he immediately became the symbol of the New Maple Leafs, the Kyle Dubas Maple Leafs. Is that all he is? A symbol?
When Nick Robertson was drafted this summer, it was a case of déjà vu.
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The two of them, teammates on the Peterborough Petes in the OHL, are almost exactly one year apart in age, and while Der-Arguchintsev is a centre to Robertson’s winger, neither of them is getting by on power alone.