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Originally Posted by Calgary4LIfe
I think NJ is the team that takes him, but he probably falls a little bit further back. I would, however, be shocked to see him much past pick 20. Kid will be an NHL'er quick, but how good he becomes is the question mark from what I have seen/read. I would rather the Flames pick something more certain and that has more offensive ability to start building around. If the Flames had a few top-end offensive guys at various positions to build around, then I would have zero qualms about taking the chance on this kid at around 10 (again, saying this before I go through the list myself). I don't think the Flames are in a position to take him without having more dynamic pieces in the system.
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If Silayev is still on the board for the Flames Vancouver pick, which I hope will be in the low 20s, then I don't know how you pass up a unicorn like him. But it seems very unlikely he'll still be available by that point.
And given the Flames recent interest in smooth skating Russian d-men...