With the season reaching its halfway point, it has become clear that outside of North America, Russia is the region with the most high-end talent in this year's draft.

There are four to five players with legitimate first-round aspirations, including two potential top-five picks in Ivan Demidov and Anton Silayev. Meanwhile, this could be the first year since 2010 to not see a Swede go in the first round, and while Finland could also churn out three to four first-round picks this year, they're still likely to lose the head-to-head matchup against Russia.

With that said, let's take a mid-point check into how some of the top Russian draft-eligibles have performed recently.