Rumor: [UTA] D Dimitri Simashev expected to sign ELC with the Mammoth (3 years)

[Summer Rose]

 

[Yukon Cornelius Habs]

Nice! Interested to see how this kid pans out.

 

[Mrfenn92]

Interested to see how he does

 

[Summer Rose]

Interested to see how he does

The popular opinion with my fellow Utah fans (which I'll agree with since I don't know any better and didn't form an opinion on my own) is that his floor is a top 4 defenseman who plays more of a shutdown role than providing offense. The offensive talent is there and has the potential to be refined for him to produce at the NHL level as well, but if that doesn't happen, he can still play on the 2nd (or even 1st) pair in a shutdown role.

 

[Canovin]

That's quick after having won the Gagarin Cup moments ago

 

[Mrfenn92]

The popular opinion with my fellow Utah fans (which I'll agree with since I don't know any better and didn't form an opinion on my own) is that his floor is a top 4 defenseman who plays more of a shutdown role than providing offense. The offensive talent is there and has the potential to be refined for him to produce at the NHL level as well, but if that doesn't happen, he can still play on the 2nd (or even 1st) pair in a shutdown role.

If he can anchor the 2nd d pair and pk it’s not bad at all. Don’t really need to drive the offense from the backend with sergachev and durzi there.

Just be able to make the simple passes and put the puck on net when needed.

 

[Summer Rose]

If he can anchor the 2nd d pair and pk it’s not bad at all. Don’t really need to drive the offense from the backend with sergachev and durzi there.

Just be able to make the simple passes and put the puck on net when needed.

Sounds about right. The current player I'd compare him to, assuming he reaches about his full potential, is Jaccob Slavin. Plays a shutdown role because that's what's needed by his team, and although the offensive potential is there, he doesn't need to use it, but his excellent defensive play allows his D partner to open things up and create offense, knowing that he can trust his partner to cover for him if things go south.

 

[Meuracas]

A mammoth undertaking…




…I’ll show myself out…

 

[TheLegend]

That's quick after having won the Gagarin Cup moments ago

May not be official yet…. still has to be recorded with the league.

Social media “journalistas” try to be the ‘first’.

 

[BKarchitect]

I would assume But is coming over as well?

 

[BHD]

The popular opinion with my fellow Utah fans (which I'll agree with since I don't know any better and didn't form an opinion on my own) is that his floor is a top 4 defenseman who plays more of a shutdown role than providing offense. The offensive talent is there and has the potential to be refined for him to produce at the NHL level as well, but if that doesn't happen, he can still play on the 2nd (or even 1st) pair in a shutdown role.

So a Hjalmarsson type of guy?

 

[Summer Rose]

So a Hjalmarsson type of guy?

That kind of works too, I suppose. I'm not really sure about how I'd rate Hjalmarsson's potential ability to create offense, since I didn't watch him a lot except for his time on the Coyotes where he played an almost purely shutdown role in order to unleash his D partner.

 

[Voodoo Glow Skulls]

Good shit.

 

[mouser]

Looking forward to seeing Shimashev play. Was an interesting late riser at the 2023 draft, rumors many teams had him above the “consensus” draft rankings.

 

[Voodoo Glow Skulls]

Looking forward to seeing Shimashev play. Was an interesting later riser at the 2023 draft, rumors many teams had him above the “consensus” rankings.

Please tell me his nickname is Shimmy.

 

[Schemp]

Please tell me his nickname is Shimmy.

Shmashville...

 

[TheLegend]

No contract has been signed yet...... but they are talking.

Craig Morgan does have connections with the Utah staff and many agents.

 

[Canovin]

He probably signed with champagne

 

[seafoam]

1 assist in 20 playoff games? Even as a 20 year old, you would think he’d get a few phantom assists…

 

[Kshahdoo]

1 assist in 20 playoff games? Even as a 20 year old, you would think he’d get a few phantom assists…

When your team plays trap for 60 min it's very hard to score for a young defensive defensman.

 

[tnnr]

Sergechev - Durzi
Simashev - Marino
Maatta/Cole - Kesselring/Lamourex

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Not a bad D-Core when healthy.
Can see them wanting to push Simashev down a pair to shelter him initially.

Utah is set up really nicely with another top 5 pick this year and their plethora of young players + prospects

 

[CheckingLineCenter]

1 assist in 20 playoff games? Even as a 20 year old, you would think he’d get a few phantom assists…

They don’t give them out in the KHL. Needs to be a clean play to be an assist IIRC. Maybe a KHL watcher can confirm.

 

[FlyguyOX]

The popular opinion with my fellow Utah fans (which I'll agree with since I don't know any better and didn't form an opinion on my own) is that his floor is a top 4 defenseman who plays more of a shutdown role than providing offense. The offensive talent is there and has the potential to be refined for him to produce at the NHL level as well, but if that doesn't happen, he can still play on the 2nd (or even 1st) pair in a shutdown role.

That's very valuable. Should be a good player

 

[Anaheim4ever]

So he's the Russian Hampus Lindholm ? Dynamic defensively and as long as he doesn't have a Randy Carlyle style coach he should be 35 to 40 points. Hampus was always held back offensively by not getting PP minutes and the team overusing Fowler and his weak muffin shot on the PP but Lindholm managed to have 10goals or more three times in his career despite mostly defensive zone starts and no PP minutes.