There are only six players who will be taken after Semyon Kizimov, the Toronto Maple Leafs’ choice at 211st overall. So it’s safe to say that our expectations for this Semyon should be a little lower than the one taken at 76th overall.

This player is an 18 year old right wing who shoots left, and is listed at six feet tall and 176 lbs. Or, the traditional 80/180, or near enough, of a small-ish European.

Kizimov is from the Lada Togliatti club, and yes that is named after the famous Soviet car.  He’s played in their system since at least his early teens, and he has been in the MHL most of the last two years.  That’s the Russian junior league.

Ranking the European leagues for draft prospect evaluation

In the points translation system discussed in the post linked above, the MHL came out as the junior league in Europe with the highest multiplier factor. In other words, points mean a little more on average there than they do in the Swedish league.

Semyon Kizimov  via Elite Prospects

SeasonTeamLeagueGPGATPPIMPlayoffsGPGATPPIM
2014-2015Lada Togliatti U16Russia U1630114
2015-2016Lada Togliatti U16Russia U16145101551
Lada Togliatti U17Russia U18814510Playoffs
2016-2017Lada Togliatti U17Russia U171068146
Lada Togliatti U18Russia U1875386
Lada Togliatti U17Russia U17 Finals622410
Ladia TogliattiMHL3823520
2017-2018Ladia TogliattiMHL306121832
Russia U18 |WJAC-19|WJAC-1940114
Russia U18WJC-1832130
Russia U18 (all)International-Jr17561122
2018-2019Ladia TogliattiMHL-----
Lada TogliattiVHL-----

Lada is not a wealthy club, particularly, or a very good one. Their junior team finished well out of the playoffs last year, so judging a player is difficult in that setting. He’s not anywhere near the top of the MHL points totals though.

Like Vladislav Kara before him, we’ll just have to wait and see how he develops. As a Russian player, the Leafs retain his rights indefinitely.

He’s the first assist on the first goal in both of these:

NHL DraftMaple Leafs Prospects