Info on Kings pick Nikolai Prokhorkin

With their fourth-round pick (No. 121 overall) the Kings selected left winger Nikolai Prokhorkin from CSKA of the KHL. Prokhorkin, a native of Russia, turns 19 in August and is listed at 6-foot-2 and 191 pounds. This season, he played 15 games in the KHL, with one goal and one assist, and spent the rest of the season in the Russian junior league.

The website hockeysfuture.com described Prokhorkin this way: “Prokhorkin is another potential top-six forward for this NHL draft from Russia, even if he was already overlooked last year, mostly due to injuries that forced him out of the ice for long time. Prokhorkin is a very skilled player with some grit who can play physically along the boards when needed. More a passer than a scorer, the Chelyabinsk native can play either center or winger. Injuries might be some concern with him as this year, once again, he played only about 30 games in the whole season. But skills-wise, he is a very interesting player with all the tools to make the top-six at the NHL level.”

Here’s a video with some highlights from Prokhorkin (No. 93)…