He's an interesting one. Super physically strong, throws his body around a lot, just a chaotic bulldozer at times. He's a good enough skater for his size, not really reaching the bar that Silayev has set, but when he gets going, he's pretty shifty and the puck shielding skills make him a tough player to dispossess. He is good at dispossessing himself, though, his vision and decision making on breakout passes are a work in progress and he has an urge to skate with the puck directly into an opponent in an attempt to murder them, really. I think he has the potential to be a really interesting transition defenseman, though. Flashes of good problem-solving puckhandling to kill forechecks and give himself plenty of time for his next move (but, like I said, the next move isn't often that great if he looks to play the puck forward). Really aggressive defending - eats entries at the blueline, suffocates along the walls. He doesn't have that east-west mobility down from what I've seen, so he ends up turning his whole body rather than keeping his body positioning and has a tendency to get caught out by that. Offensive game is mostly just hyper-aggressive pinches to keep plays alive and quick shots. Must be noted that he's only one day off of being a 2024 eligible, so he's basically the oldest player in the 2025 Draft.
