<p>With their fourth selection of the 2022 NHL Draft, the Leafs have selected overaged forward Nikita Grebenkin out of Magnitogorsk&#8217;s system.</p>
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<p lang="tl" dir="ltr">Welcome to Toronto, Nikita<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NHLDraft?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NHLDraft</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LeafsForever?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#LeafsForever</a> <a href="https://t.co/iZ2qo37ZaS">pic.twitter.com/iZ2qo37ZaS</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Toronto Maple Leafs (@MapleLeafs) <a href="https://twitter.com/MapleLeafs/status/1545455946666762246?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 8, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Grebenkin is a 6&#8217;2&#8243;, 176 pound forward who got into just one game at the KHL level last season but put up 17 goals and 47 assists in 58 MHL games. He is a skilled and dynamic forward with good vision who played with 2022 first-rounder Danila Yurov. His puck skills are his greatest attribute as he has the ability to create chances for his teammates by opening up space and beating defenders one-on-one. There is still room for him to improve his play away from the puck but this is the kind of high-upside swing we have come to expect from Kyle Dubas and his staff in the middle rounds of the draft.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Leafs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Leafs</a> take LW Nikita Grebyonkin with the 135th overall pick. Overage Russian who had elite playmaking results in the junior league, a high shot rate that imply more goal upside, and was superb two-way. Don&#39;t really know until he plays pro though, listed at 6&#39;2 <a href="https://t.co/R889pTEmlp">pic.twitter.com/R889pTEmlp</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Kyle Cushman (@Kyle_Cush) <a href="https://twitter.com/Kyle_Cush/status/1545455007922880512?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 8, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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With their fourth selection of the 2022 NHL Draft, the Leafs have selected overaged forward Nikita Grebenkin out of Magnitogorsk's system.

https://twitter.com/MapleLeafs/status/1545455946666762246?s=20&amp;t=FtUrLdO7M2sEHmyi2X4bFw

Grebenkin is a 6'2", 176 pound forward who got into just one game at the KHL level last season but put up 17 goals and 47 assists in 58 MHL games. He is a skilled and dynamic forward with good vision who played with 2022 first-rounder Danila Yurov. His puck skills are his greatest attribute as he has the ability to create chances for his teammates by opening up space and beating defenders one-on-one. There is still room for him to improve his play away from the puck but this is the kind of high-upside swing we have come to expect from Kyle Dubas and his staff in the middle rounds of the draft.

https://twitter.com/Kyle_Cush/status/1545455007922880512?s=20&amp;t=FtUrLdO7M2sEHmyi2X4bFw

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