Nikita Grebyonkin is a name to watch

Photo by Maksim Konstantinov/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty ImagesWhen the Toronto Maple Leafs drafted Nikita Grebyonkin in the fifth round this summer, you’d be forgiven if you hadn’t heard of him before. He did not get ranked by any of the main scouting outlets that fans may read around the draft. He was a D+1 overager who played last season in the MHL, and was overshadowed by a top prospect on one of the best lines in the league, along with top prospect who wound up being taken 24th overall in the same draft.

So yeah... not very surprising that the pick seemed like a surprise. Watching past games from Russian teams is not easy, especially in the MHL as a junior league. But he did play…