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Originally Posted by Wastedyouth
I think it's funny people talk about Silayevs "lack of offense" not realizing that he outscored Kucherov at the same age in the KHL, as a D man.
And set the record for most points and games ever played by a u18 Dman in KHL league history.
And will easily break the record for a u19 player and he's still a year away from 19.
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Until you actually see the production, you never know though. It was probably part of the reason why Kucherov was a late 2nd rounder and not a top 10 pick that year. Probably also a big reason why they brought him over to play in the QMJHL after drafting him as well.
Kucherov also lit up the MHL being over a PPG there in his draft year and his D-1 year. Silayev in the MHL only had 8 points in 41 games in his D-1 year. He hasn't produced a lot of points at any level. I am not saying he can't or won't, but he never has up until this point.
Silayev also apparently put up most of his 11 points in 63 games over a short stretch of games, which could have been just a hot streak.