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Originally Posted by HighLifeMan
Nikita Okhotiuk is an interesting player. I really like his size, skating, physicality, and defensive IQ. He certainly needs to work on developing his puck skills and composure under pressure but he could become a very effective defensemen if those areas even become NHL average.
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He is an interesting player. I don't quite know what to make of him yet. He has played large stretches of games where I don't notice him at all, for the bad reason. Typically it has been seeing the number 28 and reminding myself that he is in the line up. For a defensive Defenseman that isn't a bad thing. Don't really expect the flashes from him like Mirmanov.
I will say that I expected a bit more physicality from him, but that probably has more to do with watching that clip of him plastering Draisaitl and him wearing 28.