Scouting report on Dmitri Ovchinnikov:
- Really good skater, both north/south and east/west
- Decent hands. Was both a playmaker and goal scorer in the mhl. Not really a sniper or shooter, but will crash the net or high danger areas if they're open
- Was used on both pp/pk in the mhl. He has the skating to pk for sure
- At the khl level, he has struggled to translate his skill but that may be due to poor development as they should have temporarily let him play on a bad team like what magnitogorsk did for grebenkin.
- His development was horrible. Spent too much time in Russia. He would play less than ten minutes per game. They did not have a plan for him even though Sibir was meh.
- Projects to be a bottom six player. I don't know if he has the skill for the top six unless injuries happen. I am pessimistic whether he has that extra gear or patience to make the nhl, but anything can happen.
- There's quite a bit of depth on the marlies so 10 points in 20 games is not too bad
If I was toronto, I would have tried to unload Abbruzzese instead.