I like that top 13 too, think the team is going to be adding a prospect we can really get excited about. Silayev is the one guy I'd like them to avoid, simply because he's never produced offensively at any level yet. I get that he is playing senior mens pro hockey but the way the game is going drafting for size/physical tools and projecting that his offence will come seems like a big gamble that early in the draft. Also when you look at the flames roster and prospect profile, it's the high end offence/scoring ability that is missing. No doubt he'll play in the NHL but watching his videos and looking at his numbers, he doesn't ever seem like a guy that will drive offence. And the league has changed a lot since Chara's era where physical dmen who can fight, check and hit are really a lot less valuable.
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