Plesovskikh will undoubtedly be a project pick for the Maple Leafs, who have been known to dabble into the occasional unknown Russian in the past, but for every Nikolai Chebykin (let’s see who remembers that name), there’s a Nikita Grebyonkin who displays signs of a future NHLer in the years following the draft. The fact that he’s returning for another junior season says a lot about how far away he is from the NHL, but in the later rounds, it’s all about taking shots in the dark.