Dmitri Simashev's Report Card Hints At A Bigger Utah Role

Dmitri Simashev’s first full look in Utah comes with the kind of questions teams love to ask and prospects hate to answer. The Mammoth are trying to figure out whether his game is ready for a larger bite of NHL ice, and that evaluation says as much about the organization’s timeline as it does about the player. These report cards usually look backward, but this one also points straight at what Utah expects next from one of its most closely watched young defensemen.