In June, while many Blue Jackets fans were still wringing their hands over the selection of Pierre-Luc Dubois in lieu of the more fashionable pick of Jesse Puljujarvi, and others were scurrying to hockeydb.com to find out who the hell Andrew Peeke was, the Blue Jackets made a third round selection that might just have been the steal of the draft.
Entering the draft, Abramov was ranked as high as #9 overall, and as low as #51, depending who you chose to believe. However, the consensus appeared to be that he was a veritable lock to be picked somewhere late in the first round, with NHL Central Scouting pegging him at #29.