Yakemchuk / Parekh / Silayev / Dickinson / Buium

[majormajor]

I watched Silayev last year in the KHL and MHL and came away confident that he'll be a fixture on a very good shutdown unit and score about 20 points a season in the NHL. There's no reason to expect more offense from him than you would, say, Lian Bichsel. He has no special offensive tools and thinks the game like a pure shutdown player.

 

[bert]

some draft/prospect rankers asked the same thing. both Demidov and Silayev were seen as to have a small chance at going 1st OV. Demidov for his skill and Silayev because he's an athletic freak who barely brushed the surface of what he's capable of.

But he dropped to 10th... Thats a far drop. No bias though right... I like the prospect but you're projecting him to be a 70 point 6'7 D man. Those simply dont drop that far. I think He can be a high end shut down d man that scores 20 to 30 points. Which is still worthy of a top 10 maybe even 5 pick but I think you maybe a little generous with the offensive output.

 

[Xirik]

But he dropped to 10th... Thats a far drop. No bias though right... I like the prospect but you're projecting him to be a 70 point 6'7 D man. Those simply dont drop that far. I think He can be a high end shut down d man that scores 20 to 30 points. Which is still worthy of a top 10 maybe even 5 pick but I think you maybe a little generous with the offensive output.

Why are you replying to me? I think you were wanting to reply to strawman.

 

[Bounces R Way]

Not much love for Parekh which I find surprising. Set a OHL record for the most goals by a 16 year old dman his first year in Major Junior and became only the 2nd D to score at least 30G in their draft season in his next. The OHL has had tons of great dmen come through it. That kind of offensive catalyst on the blueline is rare. Tons of forwards can go point per game, usually you can count the ones that do in a season for the NHL on one hand.

I do think he was the biggest swing on talent, but that's because the talent was worth swinging on.

 

[Shroud of Orrin]

Agree on Parekh. Likely the most offensively talented D drafted since Luke Hughes in ‘21 and sounds like a future Captain when he speaks.