Arseni Koromyslov is a rangy defensive defenseman who excels at using his reach to disrupt plays and cause turnovers. The standout in his game is how well he’s able to cover large areas of ice due to his size, reach, and mobility. He owns a lanky frame that allows him to extend the reach of his stick to deflect pucks and break up plays. He also owns good four-way mobility with smooth crossovers for a player his size that allows him to control and maintain his gaps well while defending in transition. He is an engaged player while he’s on the ice, willing to use his frame to separate players at the junior level from the puck and should find more success in this area at the pro level as he develops and adds more strength to his frame. Where he needs to find improvement to make it as an NHL defenseman are in his reads, skill game, and overall creativity in the offensive zone. He is very inconsistent in his ability to read and adapt to play in his own defensive zone, at times able to find and shutdown attacking lanes as they develop, but more often allows plays to develop around him due to poor awareness of his surroundings and a tendency to puck-watch while defending in his own zone. He is also a very basic player on the offensive side of the puck, showing roughly average skill with the puck on his stick but lacking imagination. He’s a very passive player at the offensive blue line, often sitting at the blue line waiting for pucks to come to him rather than getting involved in play. Koromyslov’s size and mobility allows him to be projectable to the next level as a shutdown defenseman, but he will need to add more to his offensive game and find more consistency to play higher in a professional lineup.

– FCHockey’s 2022 NHL Draft Guide