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Toronto Maple Leafs Recruiting More Talent from KHL Gold Mine

The Russian Kontinental Hockey League is the consensus second best hockey league on the planet behind the NHL. In the past, NHL organizations have been slow to recognize the abundance of talent that the KHL holds. The Toronto Maple Leafs have an opportunity to be ahead of the learning curve.

Multiple tools, including those from @hockeyabstract and Dobbersports.com, have been created based on past data to translate point production from the KHL to the NHL.

Even using the more conservative translations, there were 20 KHL players in 2018-19 whose production would translate to 50 points in an NHL season.