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Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) -  Despite the difficulties of late for Russia producting defensive prospects, the top-end is certainly interesting, with many players who might adapt well in the jump overseas. Recently it has been very tough to decipher who would report to the NHL and who would not, and the apparent drive towards North America played its role in these rankings.

Top 10 at a glance
1. Maxim Goncharov (Phoenix Coyotes)
2. Yuri Alexandrov (Boston Bruins)
3. Dmitri Orlov (Washington Capitals)
4. Pavel Valentenko (New York Rangers)
5. Mikhail Pashnin (New York Rangers)
6. Andrei Zubarev (Atlanta Thrashers)
7. Denis Bodrov (Philadelphia Flyers)
8. Vyacheslav Buravchikov (Buffalo Sabres)
9. Alexei Emelin (Montreal Canadiens)
10. Vitali Anikienko (Ottawa Senators)
(Hockey's Future article by Alessandro Seren Rosso) READ MORE

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National Hockey League (NHL) -  New York Rangers' development camp has started on June 30th and Evgeni Grachev (New York Rangers) is skating with the team. Having him in the roster the next season is a long shot, but surely he raised his stock after his first excellent OHL season. The team's new Russian draftee, Mikhail Pashnin (New York Rangers), won't report for the camp. READ MORE

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National Hockey League (NHL) -  In the 2009 NHL Entry Draft a total of seven players has been picked up by different NHL clubs. Here follows a list:

14. Florida Panthers - Dmitry Kulikov
55. Washington Capitals - Dmitri Orlov
76. Anaheim Ducks - Igor Bobkov
78. St. Louis Blues - Sergei Andronov
109. Montreal Canadiens - Alexander Avtsin
122. New York Islanders - Anton Klementyev
200. New York Rangers - Mikhail Pashnin

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Continental Hockey League (KHL) -  The first ever KHL Draft has been held in June 1st and many interesting players have been drafted by the KHL teams. The first overall pick has been Mikhail Pashnin , picked up by CSKA Moscow. Among them there are Evgeni Molotilov and Stefan Stepanov (Atlant Mytischi), Alexander Gogolev (Spartak Moscow). Goalie Dmitri Shikin landed in Khabarovsk while defender Nikita Zaitsev in Novosibirsk. The teams did draft some interesting foreigners like Victor Hedman, Zack Kassian, Taylor Hall and Magnus Paajarvi-Svensson. Some of the Belarussian promising talents, like Mikhail Stefanovich (Toronto Maple Leafs) and Kirill Gotovets have been drafted too. (Internationalhockey.net article by Alessandro Seren Rosso) READ MORE