Prospect Info: Anton Silayev (LD - #10 Overall - Round 1 - 2024 Draft)

[DerekDevils30]

I am far from a prospects expert. Watching some of the highlights I’ve seen posted in this thread and the breakdowns from our resident experts I can see why he was drafted. The physical traits he has cannot be taught. He has the potential to be an elite shutdown dman in the NHL with that size, speed and reach. Even if he doesn’t ever develop much of an offensive game I won’t be able to fault Fitz and co for drafting this monster. This isn’t a case of “draft him because he’s big.” There’s so much potential here.

 

[evnted]

another viewing on the docket

• good stops per usual. not the same level of physical aggression as last time, but still used his body proactively (including for shot blocks). solid with the stick as always
• panic isnt the word but i thought his response to pressure was a slight step back today, had a couple sloppy clears and shaky moments in puck battles. looked more like early season
• dare i say he was...dangerous offensively? well, in moments at least. the looks really arent producing clean chances, but hes getting stuff toward the net. more passing plays off extended carries, continuing to actively pinch and try to take pucks deep (even went for a wraparound at one point)

little bit of a dull one, not as much to stay. super abbreviated shift in ot, unfortunately, was hoping for more of a chance (TOR had a pp for a lot of it)

 

[JK3]

Looking at those full game clips he needs to get comfortable with having the puck on his stick, be a little more patient and take that extra second to chose the right play. Seems like anytime he's got the puck in the D zone it’s like holy shit get this thing away from me. He just chucks it to a team mate whether they’re open or not, off the wall or rims it around. There were some nice little passing plays when moving up ice though.

What really has me excited is his ability to skate so well backwards and be in perfect position. With that skating and reach he covers the entirety of his side of the rink from the red line into the d zone and just gobbles everyone up, holy crap, you can’t get past him.

This was after he was drafted, sounds like he's still panicky Pete out there? It's only 7 months but hopefully he can really work on this part of his game, might be the toughest one though, he's got all the other tools.

 

[NJDfan86]

It is important to remember the circumstances when we talk about younger defenders with the puck - very few 17/18 year olds have to make plays as quickly as Silayev does facing KHL players. You have to imagine that he would look very composed playing against players his own age. Imagine him playing against CHL or AHL players.

We would all love him to be better on the puck today, but if he was great with the puck in the KHL already we wouldn’t have picked him where we did. We haven’t had the opportunity to see him against age appropriate peers in a few years since Russia has been off the international circuit.

 

[evnted]

This was after he was drafted, sounds like he's still panicky Pete out there? It's only 7 months but hopefully he can really work on this part of his game, might be the toughest one though, he's got all the other tools.

absolutely room for improvement, i wouldnt call it a strength by any means, although i think today was a bit of an outlier in terms of how he had been trending. hes been showing a willingness to circle back and reassess his options when pressured, and in general hes felt more confident on the puck with respect to like breakout decisions and extended carries

the thing that i think gets him most in trouble is really high tempo forecheckers, thats when he starts to get jittery with the puck and can lose his size advantage over how hard the opposing forward plays him. when he plays a meaner, more physical game (which, if we're being fair, is a limited sample size right now), he seems more in control