Breaking: Leafs sign big forward Egor Korshkov

The Toronto Maple Leafs have made it officially.

The team has annouced this morning that they have signed forward Egor Korshkov to a two-year, entry-level contract.

The Maple Leafs have signed forward Egor Korshkov to a two-year entry-level contract through 2020-21. The 22-year-old Russian (drafted 31st overall in 2016) also signed a PTO with the Marlies and will join the club for the AHL playoffs.
— Joshua Clipperton (@JClipperton_CP) May 1, 2019

We wish all the best to Yegor Korshkov in the @MapleLeafs organization. But if something goes wrong, you know who you need to call ?
— HC Lokomotiv (@hclokomotiv) May 1, 2019

Korshkov was the Maple Leafs' second round pick (31st overall) at the 2016 National Hockey League Entry Draft but he has since been developing while playing in the Kontinental Hockey League.

The young Korshkov has spent all of his time in the KHL, the past five seasons, with the Yaroslavl Lokomotiv and has obviously performed well enough that the Leafs feel he deserves a shot in North America. In his previous season Korshkov played in 52 games for the Lokomotiv and recorded eight goals and 16 assists for 26 points over that stretch but he has appeared in only 19 games thus far this season. Through his 19 games in the 2018-19 season, Korshkov has just three goals and two assists for a total of five points on the season.

He signed a PTO as well in order to join the Marlies for their playoff run in the American Hockey League.

The Marlies open their second round AHL playoffs series against the Cleveland Monsters on Wednesday night.