The thing about Sieloff is that he really only has one significant quality, and that's his mean streak. Aside from that he is either average or below average in pretty much every other category. I appreciate his fearlessness and think he was a worthwhile gamble, but he has yet to show that he's anything more than a kamikaze-style d-man. He's also not big enough to survive in the NHL playing that style. Look at a guy like Denis Gauthier, who played a similar style -- his performance in juniors was significantly more impressive than Sieloff, he had more size than Sieloff and even he was nothing to write home about apart from his hip checking ability.
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