Simashev registered 10 points in 29 MHL games in Russia.
The Arizona Coyotes acquired one of the top defensemen of the 2023 draft when they selected Dmitri Simashev No. 6 overall on Wednesday night.
His valuation by experts has varied in the leadup to the draft, but most agree that Simashev’s frame and elite mobility gives him the potential to be a shutdown defenseman at the highest level. Still, the Russian’s appearances in the KHL show just how serious his professional potential is; if his game continues to grow over an entire season in the ‘K,’ the Yotes’ may have landed one of the steals of the draft.
Simashev’s KHL commitments and inability to appear on the world stage as a Russian are among the reasons his stock was so hard to pin down, but there is no doubt that his ceiling is as high as any blueliner in the draft.
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