The Toronto Maple Leafs have selected Vladislav Kara as their fourth round pick at 124th overall. He is a centre/left wing who shoots left in the same club system as the man the Leafs spent a lot of time scouting this season, Vladimir Tkachyov. Toronto got this pick from Pittsburgh in the Eric Fehr/Frank Corrado trade.
At 19, he’s older than most draft prospects and is a total left field pick. He was not even ranked by NHL Central Scouting. The Leafs found this gem all on their own. Is he a diamond? Or something less exciting? We’ll have to watch him to know.
Mark Hunter referred to him as a winger in his post-draft remarks.
In case #Leafs fans were wondering who is that Vladislav Kara guy. #TMLtalk pic.twitter.com/gNheaxVyEA
— Russian Prospects (@RUSProspects) June 24, 2017
Vladislav Kara via Elite Prospects
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | Playoffs | GP | G | A | TP | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-2015 | Draguny Mozhaysk | MHL B | 40 | 21 | 27 | 48 | 109 | ||||||
| HK Trnava U18 | Slovakia U18 2 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 24 | |||||||
| Russia U17 (all) | International-Jr | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |||||||
| 2015-2016 | Ak Bars Kazan U18 | Russia U18 | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||
| Irbis Kazan | MHL | 41 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 22 | |||||||
| 2016-2017 | Bars Kazan | VHL | 34 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 4 | ||||||
| Irbis Kazan | MHL | 31 | 11 | 9 | 20 | 10 | Playoffs | 7 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
What do you think of this one? This was a very unusual pick.
