Nikita Okhotiuk

Okhotyuk has posted three goals, 12 points and 68 penalty minutes in 63 games for Utica of the AHL this season. The 21-year-old defender doesn't have any NHL experience yet. 

It's been an up-and-down season for New Jersey's 2019 surprise second-rounder. Okhotyuk has played fairly well (18 points in 33 games) when healthy, but he missed nearly two months worth of action earlier in the season due to injury. The Devils were happy enough with Okhotyuk's progression that they signed him to an entry-level contract this past December. The Russian rearguard figures to play with AHL Binghamton next season.

Okhotyuk -- who was drafted by the Devils in the second round of the 2019 NHL Draft -- was sidelined for much of the OHL season thus far due to injury but has racked up five helpers in nine games since getting back into the lineup. The Russian blueliner should probably be considered a long shot to make the 23-man roster next season, instead spending the 2020-21 campaign in the minors with AHL Binghamton.