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Who is Toronto Maple Leafs draft pick Yegor Korshkov?

The Leafs surprised pretty much everyone with the so-called off the board pick of Yegor Korshkov, an overage Russian forward from the KHL taken with the second round pick at number 31 in the 2016 draft.

Who is he?

First, the name thing. His name is u0415u0433u043eu0440 u041au043eu0440u0448u043au043eu0432. And that gets romanized most often as Yegor Korshkov, and that is the form the official English site of the KHL uses. But I've seen Igor, Egor, Korschkov and Korchkov, so like a lot of Russians, he is a man of many names.

Second, the age thing. He was born on July 10, and he will turn 20 in a few days.