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Originally Posted by FAN
I would temper my expectations of Sieloff as an NHL defenseman next year. There is absolutely no need to rush him. He has played only one year in the OHL. In terms of game experience he is pretty green. There is some offensive upside to Sieloff so let him develop his offensive game a bit. Let him play big minutes in junior and in all situations and maybe he can flesh out his offensive game a bit which is always useful not for the purposes of being a point producer in the NHL but for the purposes of being able to play top 4 minutes in the NHL. Sieloff should go back to juniors and work hard on improving his puck skills.
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I would definitely agree with this approach. It's also good asset management; no need to burn a year of his ELC.
You can be sure of one thing though: Sieloff won't see it that way & will be pushing hard to make the team. At the very least his presence should push the other defence prospects to up their game.