SteveCangialosi123
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Prospect Info: Anton Silayev (LD - #10 Overall - Round 1 - 2024 Draft)
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Jason MacIsaac
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But is it against North American men…
Captain3rdLine
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He moves the puck very quickly. Sometimes it looks great when he makes a good quick first pass right away. Other times if there isn’t an immediate obvious option he’s just throwing the puck somewhere which is a concern of mine.
He needs to be able to be poised, hang onto picks and find plays that aren’t immediately open.
Yeah he pretty much always moves the puck to his first option regardless of if that guy is the right option and if the guy is open.
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Ya not something I’m a fan of. Would rather have a defensemen who’s holding onto pucks slightly too long looking for better options and you have to coach him to be a bit simpler sometimes than a dman who’s always getting rid of pucks right away and you have to get him more comfortable with holding onto it a bit longer when necessary.
That’s how you end up with somehow who just chucks pucks up the wall or rims it every time.
KHL is extremely competitive, and a teenager is surely more concerned with not screwing up for his older teammates and coaches than a USHLer might be.
Silayev is not a Buium-esque elite IQ guy, but he's really smart and has shown a propensity for generally heady puck decisions. I think a couple of years of experience and Larionov coaching will do wonders for him.
I'd say Silayev is certainly better at the same age than Chara. He still has a lot to learn but so does everyone in the NHL draft, from the 1st overall pick to a 7th rounder.
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Put any 17 year old in this situation and they would do no better. 17 year old defensmen shouldn’t be playing in the KHL unless they are special.
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Yeah, it's a lot easier to look good with the puck on your stick when you're playing against junior level competition vs playing in the KHL. Doesn't mean it's not an area to improve upon in his game but I'd imagine he would have been a lot more confident with the puck on his stick if he spent the entire year in the MHL instead of one the of the best leagues in the world.
I mean tbf he was still that same more conservative guy at the end of the year going back down to the MHL after playing in the KHL all year. Generally guys open up going back down to a lower level but he didn't.
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I’m impressed over the past day and a half you managed to find his MHL film and have time to watch it.
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He was killing it before he was injured for the year in 2009-10. Injuries hurt his reputation in Pittsburgh too but he was a great UFA signing for them.
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17 playing junior. Gotta love junior hockey.
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And Bratt is the smallest.
But yeah... I just want him to be the best HE can be, not be someone else.
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Can’t wait to see this guy in development camp. That’s a great early sign.
Also can’t wait to see him with us. 2 years and he comes over is fine by me. Let him develop in a competitive and strong environment.
Also can’t wait to see him with us. 2 years and he comes over is fine by me. Let him develop in a competitive and strong environment.
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Won't be able to miss him. He'll be the guy who looks like two Seamus Caseys stacked on top of one another
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i want him to attend main camp and start walking up to each player and saying “you soft, you should quit.” At the very least do it at rookie camp.
If he can put the puck off the glass, Dano is going to love this kid.
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Going back and re-reading Bob MacKenzie's write-up in his final draft rankings and can't help but think we really lucked out that he dropped. Seems like a perfect fit for the Devils - not only in terms of need, but being probably the BPA at the 10 spot and someone that seemed unlikely to fall that much.
I was rooting for Dickinson or Buium at the time...but largely because I didn't realize that Silayev was still on the board. I didn't bother reading up that much on him as every projection and mock draft I saw had him going much earlier.
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A few of the best quotes from Bob...
Levshunov is certainly the consensus top defenceman. He was the only prospect other than Demidov to get more than one second-place vote. Demidov had six; Levshunov had three; Silayev had one. Eight of 10 scouts had Levshunov in the top five; the two who had him outside the top five ranked him six and seven.
And yet, for all that, six of the 10 scouts did not have Levshunov as the No. 1 defenceman on their list. Four did, the same number that had Silayev as the top blueliner. Two more identified Saginaw Spirit offensive dynamo Zayne Parekh as their No. 1.
By the time you distill all those numbers, the differences between the trio of Dickinson, Buium and Parekh are minimal. Levshunov and Silayev appear to be in a consensus tier just above the other three, but there are varying degrees of crossover with that group of five blue-chippers.
Silayev is repeatedly referred to as a “unicorn.”
There are no 6-foot-7 defencemen in this draft who move as well as him. There aren’t many 6-foot-7 defencemen on the planet who skate as well as this behemoth. He started the KHL season with a flourish, getting eight points in eight games, but his offensive output really dried up as the season wore on. The early comparisons to Victor Hedman have mostly faded, but the excitement over his future NHL prospects have not.
“At the end of the day, all that really matters is that he’s a 17-year-old who played regularly in the KHL and played well and showed he has all the tools be a shutdown NHL defender who can still skate and carry or pass a puck up the ice,” said a scout. “That’s a unicorn.”
“He’s going to be an elite defender,” another scout said. “A huge minute muncher. That and that alone provides huge value, but he’s not without some offensive ability, but it’s most definitely secondary.”
It doesn’t hurt that Silayev was coached by Hall of Famer Igor Larionov, who is accessible and well connected with NHL GMs, scouts and executive..
I was rooting for Dickinson or Buium at the time...but largely because I didn't realize that Silayev was still on the board. I didn't bother reading up that much on him as every projection and mock draft I saw had him going much earlier.
Bob McKenzie's Final NHL Draft Ranking: Many attractive and diverse options after Macklin Celebrini | TSN
This year’s final ranking, from No. 2 on, is much more challenging to assemble because of two factors - many more divergent opinions and variance on even the top 10 picks and two Russians forcing their way into the conversation in the upper echelon.
www.tsn.ca
A few of the best quotes from Bob...
Levshunov is certainly the consensus top defenceman. He was the only prospect other than Demidov to get more than one second-place vote. Demidov had six; Levshunov had three; Silayev had one. Eight of 10 scouts had Levshunov in the top five; the two who had him outside the top five ranked him six and seven.
And yet, for all that, six of the 10 scouts did not have Levshunov as the No. 1 defenceman on their list. Four did, the same number that had Silayev as the top blueliner. Two more identified Saginaw Spirit offensive dynamo Zayne Parekh as their No. 1.
By the time you distill all those numbers, the differences between the trio of Dickinson, Buium and Parekh are minimal. Levshunov and Silayev appear to be in a consensus tier just above the other three, but there are varying degrees of crossover with that group of five blue-chippers.
Silayev is repeatedly referred to as a “unicorn.”
There are no 6-foot-7 defencemen in this draft who move as well as him. There aren’t many 6-foot-7 defencemen on the planet who skate as well as this behemoth. He started the KHL season with a flourish, getting eight points in eight games, but his offensive output really dried up as the season wore on. The early comparisons to Victor Hedman have mostly faded, but the excitement over his future NHL prospects have not.
“At the end of the day, all that really matters is that he’s a 17-year-old who played regularly in the KHL and played well and showed he has all the tools be a shutdown NHL defender who can still skate and carry or pass a puck up the ice,” said a scout. “That’s a unicorn.”
“He’s going to be an elite defender,” another scout said. “A huge minute muncher. That and that alone provides huge value, but he’s not without some offensive ability, but it’s most definitely secondary.”
It doesn’t hurt that Silayev was coached by Hall of Famer Igor Larionov, who is accessible and well connected with NHL GMs, scouts and executive..
Holy moly - small sample size but the edge work he’s already showing in the clip above and some others has me really excited.
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3rd picture. He's huge lmfao
