MOSCOW, Jul 7 Toronto Maple Leafs General Manager Kyle Dubas said that Russian players are eligible to be selected in the National Hockey League (NHL) Draft. Earlier, NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly expressed doubt that clubs would be ready to select Russian players in the first round of the upcoming draft. «All Russians are eligible for the draft . It has become a little more difficult to collect the same information about them as about other players, due to the restrictions that are in place due to the situation in Ukraine. They are eligible, we will evaluate them as they appear on our lists and are ready for our selection,» Dubas was quoted as saying by the Maple Leafs Hot Stove.
