No. But while Silayev is a good skater, he is not as good as Tyler Myers or Nikita Zadorov were.
Maybe, but Simashev skates better for example. Or Edvinsson skated better at the same age.
I called his early season hype and his draft rankings a fraud. You don't see the difference?
So yes, you called him a fraud.
I mean, I don't see it as the same thing. The player can be good but not as good as the hype. The hype can be the problem. Maybe the wording isn't to your liking, maybe fraud was the wrong word choice, but I think the point is clear that Garl thinks the player is good but not as good as his first 20 games and subsequent hype.
Except that Garl has pretty consistently been anti-Russian, so it’s hard to take his opinion on Russian players seriously.
Plus Geekie & But up front. Would be a fun little experiment
This is a very generous assessment of his takes on Russian prospects. I haven’t seen anyone who thinks Silayev is as good as his start to the season. If that was happening, he would be ahead of Celebrini and one of the best defensive prospects in history
Let it be noted that I always, 1000% of the time, abide by the rules and regulations of HF boards for com.
I've read all the controversial threads and I think he's given more of a bad rap than he deserves. Sure, he tweaks people, just like Pavel and Fantomas and others tweak people by being rabidly and excessively hyped about eg Michkov, but Garl hasn't explicitly been anti Russian, he's just typically more skeptical of very hyped Russians.
He returned to the game after that though.
