Every year, the three leagues that make up the Canadian Hockey League get together for an Import Draft. Every team is allowed two players born outside of North America and not every team has to use their two picks in a given year. This year's first overall pick was Pavel Zacha by the Sarnia Sting, and Zacha is one of the top-ranked European players in next year's draft. Portland did not use a pick this year, as they are sticking with Oliver Bjorkstrand and Anton Cederholm. Erie decided to use both picks, taking Anton Karlsson and Igor Vladykovskyi, meaning that Andre Burakovsky is likely heading to the pro level with the Washington Capitals system, as he is eligible to be in the AHL despite being under 20 years old, as he was with a Swedish league team when he was taken by the Capitals last year.
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