RED WINGS ADD FORWARD DMYTRO TIMASHOV FROM TORONTO
The Detroit Red Wings have claimed left wing Dmytro Timashov off waivers from the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Timashov has spent his first NHL campaign with Toronto, totaling nine points (4-5-9), a plus-one rating, 16 penalty minutes and 34 shots on goal in 8:06 average time in ice in 39 games. The 23-year-old made his NHL debut on Oct. 2 vs. Ottawa and picked up his first NHL assist and went on to add his first multi-point game (0-2-2) in his third career NHL game on Oct. 12 at Detroit. Timashov spent the previous three seasons with the American Hockey League’s Toronto Marlies, totaling 107 points (38-69-107) and 117 penalty minutes from 2016-19. He helped the Marlies win a Calder Cup championship in 2017-18, posting 12 points (6-6-12) in 20 postseason games as a second-year pro. In 2018-19, Timashov posted a professional career-best 49 points (14-35-49) in 72 games with the Marlies to rank third on the team.
Originally drafted in the fifth round (125th overall) of the 2015 NHL Entry Draft, Timashov produced above a point-per-game pace in his junior career, racking up 175 points (41-134-175), a plus-44 rating and 133 penalty minutes in 123 games with the Quebec Remparts and Shawinigan Cataractes from 2014-16. The 5-foot-10, 192-pound winger led all QMJHL rookies in assists (71) and points (90) in 2014-15 and was named to the QMJHL All-Rookie Team, in addition to winning the league’s Rookie of the Year Award. A native of Kirovograd, Ukraine, Timashov spent his development years in Sweden, making his professional debut in 2013-14 when he skated in three games with MODO in the Swedish Hockey League and 10 games between Mora IK and IF Bjorkloven in the second-tier Allsvenskan. He represented Sweden at the 2016 IIHF World Junior Championship and tied for third on the team with seven points (2-5-7) in seven games.