League definitely - definitely expect more out of someone in junior leagues like CHL/USHL/MHL than men's leagues
Yeah for sure. The way I look at it is that even if you’re projecting a prospect as a shutdown dman at the NHL level, they still need to demonstrate pretty strong offensive game in their draft eligible year, otherwise the likelihood of ever making it to the NHL is basically nil.
I think Silayev, for example, has a decent red flag that he might never create replacement level offense in the NHL. 8pts in 41 MHL games in his D-1 year, and 11pts in 63 KHL games does not inspire confidence he is more than size and skating (just looking at the stat line, I haven’t watched a second of him playing; but I have seen/heard concerns about his offensive game from several media scouts). This is just going from the theory that offense should be expected from any defense prospect. Perhaps the indicative threshold for MHL/KHL is very low?