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Originally Posted by BACKCHECK!!!
It's funny how Sieloff still gets billing on this site as one of the organization's top prospects and best bets to play in the NHL.
Based on playing half of a decent-but-not-spectacular season in juniors, two years ago?
If a player old can't put up more than 2 points in the USHL in his draft year, just through hockey sense alone, he does not have the hockey sense to play in the NHL. Even with purely defensive skills like holding the line in the offensive zone, being able to make abreakout pass, or just being able to make a simple tape-to-tape pass, you should be able to do better than 1 assist every 12 games in your draft year if you have the goods to play in the NHL.
Other than inexplicably being drafted in the 2nd round, this kid has done nothing to show he's even remotely NHL material.
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What an incredible comment!!??? Robyn Regehr had many seasons where he scored at the same rate. Lucky we got Butler in the trade!!
From NHL.com August 10, 2013 (10 months ago)...
headline: Sieloff a captain candidate for U.S.
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He was a full time regular player on the US team that won a gold medal in 2013 and was eligible to play again last season.
He played well enough (and big enough) in the NHL exhibition season that the Flames thought he was ready for at least the AHL rather than another year of Junior.
He is miles ahead in development and shown more potential for his age than basically any Flame prospect other than Monahan and Gaudreau .
He is over a year younger than Wotherspoon.... because of his missing season his ELC slid for a year.
He would likely have played 20 NHL games last season ahead of Breen and Wootherspon based on his exhibition play.