2015 NHL Draft Review: Russia a factor in this year's draft selections

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Photo: Metallurg Magnitogorsk goaltender and Washington Capitals prospect Ilya Samsonov was the only goaltender chosen in the first round of the 2015 NHL Draft (courtesy of Ken McKenna/HF)


</p> After a few years in which drafting Russians was considered a risky practice, NHL teams turned their attention back to that country, selecting 18 Russian players at the 2015 NHL Draft, including 10 playing in the different Russian leagues.

The “Russian Factor†seems to be a thing of the past when also considering the many prominent Russian players, like Artemi Panarin and Mikhail Plotnikov among others, that decided to leave the KHL to sign with NHL teams this offseason.… read more

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