Russia is on the fast lane to becoming North Korea. Not many teams with a high pick will be willing to draft Michkov. He will drop to Washington, a team that will likely take the chance due to OV being there.
- Smith is gone at 4
- Michkov is a no draft.
- I don't think Reinbacher will be considered an option by HuGo.
- Benson, although very talented, is tiny, not ultra fast or a great shooter, and would compete as a LH winger with the deepest part of our prospect pool (Slaf, Farrell, Roy and Heineman).
That leaves players like Leonard, Wood, and Dvorsky. One of them will be in Montreal.