Why You Should Want: Marat Khusnutdinov

Matthew Murnaghan l Hockey CanadaIf you’ve been following OTF for a while now, you’ve seen Eric’s amazing prospect reports every year. He does a great job breaking down a prospect’s skills and where they should fall in the draft. What I want to do with this series is take a look at some of my favorite prospects from another angle: how would they fit into Nashville’s prospect pool? I’ll look at things like star probability, underlying numbers, and what I think of a player from my watches to give you all the reasons why you should want the player.

For my first case in the series, I’ll be looking at Marat Khusnutdinov, a 5’9” center from the MHL’s SKA-1946 St Petersburg. Khusnutdinov has…