Semyon Der-Arguchintsev is scheduled to be the fourth-line centre tonight against the Buffalo Sabres. He’ll play on a line with Dmytro Timashov and experienced centre Chris Mueller as his other winger.
The surprising thing about this scrum with the youngest player on the Maple Leafs training camp roster is that it is a scrum. This isn’t one of those carefully staged interviews with Paul Hendrick away from the press corps.
Der-Arguchintsev, also known to us as SDA and to his teammates in Peterborough as Sammy, sounds like a veteran at this PR game.