Nikolai Chebykin
Drafted – 2016, Round 7, #182
Age-22, Winger, 6’4, 216lbs
Chebykin sat at 8 points from his first 20 VHL games when we last wrote about the European prospects. Over the past month he has continued to improve, adding another 8 in his last 10 appearances.
That has his currently sitting at 16 points (4-12) in 30 games. Whilst that certainly isn’t anything the write about, Chebykin has consistently improved across each month, notching three, five and eight points in each respective update (each update has been across a 10 game span).
As mentioned in the previous article though, Chebykin likely holds little to no value to the Toronto maple Leafs organization.
Vladamir Bobylyov
Drafted – 2016, Round 5, #122
Age-22, Winger, 6’3, 205lbs
Vladimir Bobylyov is the last of our current group of Russian junior league prospects. Bobylyov, who plays on the same team as Nikolai Chebykin, has added 6 points in his 10 appearances this past month.
Bobylyov has fewer points than his teammate at 15 (9-6-15) yet likely holds a tiny bit more value than Chebykin when it comes to the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Bobylyov has North American ice experience and a physical edge to his game that Chebykin can’t match. However, at the age of 22 it’s unlikely this duo see any time with any of the Toronto Maple Leafs affiliates considering their production in a junior league at their current age.