Not to turn this into a Simashev vs Silayev thread but holy shit Simashev only has 2 shots in his last 11 games. Simashev only has 18 shots in 26 games on the season. Silayev has 18 shots in his last 11 games. Silayev has 44 shots in 27 games on the season. He only had 1 the first 5 games so he's basically at 2 a game over the last 22. Both are playing 17 minutes a night with no PP time as well
Prospect Info: Anton Silayev (LD - #10 Overall - Round 1 - 2024 Draft)
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Jason MacIsaac
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As I said with Mukhamadullin and L Hughes, leave him develop. Given his physical traits and skills, NJ should be interested in the long game with him. Lets see if offensive instincts develop, if not you have a shutdown beast with a hard shot.
Guadana
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Both are great defensively, both are great skaters, overall Silayev is little bit better I think, I like Simashev in D zone with the puck more, I like Silayev without the puck more in personal play one on one, Simashev I think is little bit better with understand the situation all over the ice around him. I think Simashev has more stick skills overall, Silayev from his starting speed has little more as potential defenseman who can sleep through the zone from the blue line to be second volume shooter.
I really like both.
evnted
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torpedo back in action today
- game had some extra jump to it. quick to pucks/on retrievals, assertive on the puck, aggressive in transition/making himself an option off the rush, really alert pinches, incorporated physicality on most shifts
- saw him get beat a little more than usual off the rush today (particularly wide) and even cleanly at one point, which really doesnt happen. issue seemed to be twofold: MMG attackers were quick in transition/good at slipping behind defenses, and they were also surprisingly strong on the puck/great at leveraging their frames to protect it. first aspect kept silayev on his heels/in a position of having to recover more often, and second part inhibited his ability to get to the puck to make a play. now, this plagued TOR as whole, but i really only care about our boys performance and how he tries to adapt
- it also didnt help that his stick wasnt the usual puck magnet it typically can be. good intensity with stickchecks and whatnot per usual, but just wasnt getting the same touches. best example came early on: good decision to stand up an entry at his blue line, successful poke attempt, and flat out whiffed the reception (which got him turned around)
- i dont want this to sound like it was all bad, though. he was still hard on puck carriers, he still made a bunch of stops, he was still good with engulfing attackers along the boards, its just that rush defense gave him a bit more issue today
- small area passing, particularly with starting breakouts, was so good that i kept double checking if it was actually him. quick decisions under pressure, staying in motion, getting pucks through traffic, mix of attempts (fore/back/shovel/etc). thats not to say his passes were perfect (most were good), but we're talking inches off the mark rather than full blown misfires like hes historically had
I wasn't fully locked into the game but yeah I thought his play on the puck was quite good today while the defense was a bit more of a struggle than usual. He got beat pretty bad on that disallowed goal. Also caught out in no mans land a bit on the GA he was out for. Decided to play the passing lane instead of challenging the guy behind the net but then doesn't stop the pass either and the puck is in the net.
