This draft’s emotional story belongs to a top prospect.
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Photo by Maksim Konstantinov/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty ImagesAmong all draft-eligible players this year, Ivan Miroschnichenko might have had the worst luck and it wasn’t his fault at all. For reasons out of his control, the gutsy left-winger was originally set to join the USHL’s Muskegon Lumberjacks for his first taste of North American hockey and get more of a profile set up ahead of his draft as one of the top prospects. Instead, he stayed home in Russia and was mostly featured in their version of the AHL, the VHL, for Omskie…
