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Toronto Maple Leafs News: Martins Dzierkals, Martin Marincin

When the Toronto Maple Leafs selected Martins Dzierkals 68th overall most people responded with: who?

The Leafs, though, know who this kid is and they’re planning on bringing him to North America to keep a close eye on the development of his hockey skills.

An update to this: CHL import draft is Tuesday. Expect someone to take Dzierkals. Because he is coming to North America.

— James Mirtle (@mirtle) June 28, 2015

The move to the CHL – I’m guessing OHL for watchful reasons – will make it easier to control Dzierkals development and ensure he has all the resources available to him to become the best possible player – and, apparently, the player the Leafs think he can be.