Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Cherepanov ya cancanci shiga cikin 2007 National Hockey League (NHL) Entry Draft
bayan kakar 2006/07. A cikin mafi yawan kakar da ta kai ga daftarin, Cherepanov shine mafi girman matsayi a Turai. Kafin daftarin, Cherepanov ya halarci NHL's Scouting Combine, yana ba da damar kulob din don tantance halayensa na zahiri da tsara tambayoyin, idan suna buƙatar ƙarin bayani kafin zaɓinsa. Wadanda suka halarci haduwar sun yi mamakin bayyanar rashin lafiyar Cherepanov, suna nuna karancin adadin maimaitawa na benci, da kuma jikinsa. Ayyukansa a lokacin tattaunawar taron ya fi ban sha'awa, tare da ma'aikatan ƙungiyar da ke sha'awar balaga da kyakkyawan halinsa. A zane, Cherepanov ya zaba ta New York Rangers a zagaye na farko na zane, 17th gaba ɗaya. Wasu sun danganta zaɓin da aka zaɓa na Cherepanov zuwa damuwa game da kasancewarsa ga NHL, la'akari da rashin yarjejeniyar canja wuri tsakanin NHL da International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) game da 'yan wasan Rasha. Mai sharhi Pierre McGuire ya yi imanin cewa Cherepanov ya kasance kyakkyawan fata na NHL, yana mai cewa, "An gina shi ne don NHL na sabon zamani tare da saurinsa, kwarewarsa da kuma iyawar sa abubuwa su faru a kai hari". Cherepanov ya yi farin ciki da aka zaɓa ta Rangers, yana cewa, "Na yi imanin cewa New York ita ce cibiyar Amurka kuma ina farin cikin da New York Rangers ta zaɓa ni".