Danila Yurov has emerged as one of this year’s highest upside prospects, and with good reason. He is a highly-skilled, dual-threat forward who is able to attack with a blend of creativity and high-end smarts. The most noticeable aspect of his offensive game is his skill and creativity with the puck on his stick. He’s capable of making flashy one-on-one dekes to beat opposing defenders while attacking on the rush, leveraging his smooth puck skills, intelligence and patience to wait out defenders to open up holes to attack through. He sees the ice very well, particularly in the offensive zone where his spatial awareness allows him to identify soft areas of ice to make himself available as a shooter or set up passing lanes into high-danger areas for his teammates. He has a very capable shot that can beat netminders from medium range with either a well-placed wrist shot or a strong one-timer from the circles, while also showing advanced ability as a puck distributor that allows him to make quick reads and find teammates with difficult passes. He also has demonstrated strong smarts on the backcheck and in his own zone, able to pick off errant passes and quickly transition those turnovers into scoring chances. He has been a dominant player at the junior level, and will simply need to learn to penetrate the middle of the ice against stronger and quicker opponents at the pro level with more consistency as he develops. He has the potential to become an impact top-six forward at the NHL level with the ceiling to become a bonafide top-line winger and cornerstone piece for the NHL franchise that decides to draft him. That is, if Yurov is able to continually put all of his tools together while on the ice.

– FCHockey’s 2022 NHL Draft Guide