New Jersey Devils select Nikita Shcherbakov with the 44th Overall Pick in the 2026 Entry Draft

With the later rounds coming fast and furious, Sunny was right back on the clock and selected a big Russian Defenseman at pick 44. He stands 6’5” and 187 lbs, starting the season in the KHL for Salavat Yulaev Ufa, however after 7 games he spent most of the season with Toros Neftekamsk, Salavat Yulaev’s MHL team (their AHL):

Shcherbakov profiles very similarly to another big Russian…