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Originally Posted by Canada 02
How many top Russian draft picks have come and left?
Filatov, Radulov and Zherdev are the names that come to mind. Any others?
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Andrei Kostitsyn, Viktor Tikhonov and Ivan Vishnevskiy are other 1st rounders that left for the KHL.
Between 2003 and 2008, 5/9 Russians (not inlcuding Cherepanov who died) drafted in the 1st round now play in the KHL. Some of those could be that they were flat out busts anyway, but it could also be argued that the existence of a KHL safety net was a factor on their lackluster NHL efforts.