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Originally Posted by Hockey-and_stuff
I was talking about Quinn who they don't have but I understand your point.
To your other point, Silayev better pan out as an elite shutdown guy or picking him at 10OA isn't going to look good.
He's playing in a league I've never watched and I won't claim I know his game inside and out, but typically these low scoring behemoths don't pan out particularly well in the NHL, so if he succeeds he will be an exception to the norm, which is fine but I wouldn't count on it.
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Again though you can't draw that conclusion from KHL stats.
For instance, in his draft year, he broke the leagues under 18 scoring record for most points. And not just for a D...for any player. More than Tarasenko, Kaprizov, or Kuznetzov.
But it was only 11 points in 63 games, and a lot of them came on an early season hot streak where he had a lot of bounces go his way.
He has enough offense that his KHL team plays him on the PP.
I'm not saying he's going to generate offense. I'm just saying we don't know, and you can't draw nearly as much from just looking at KHL stats.
I think there is a fan aversion to big dmen like him. But this guy is very unique. I think NHL teams are sometimes guilty of trying to find the "next Chara" but this guy is the closest to come along that actually could be similar to him. And Chara was a complete x-factor on the ice, including because of his immense wingspan, which Silayev also has. That is a huge advantage in defending because it takes away time and space. You basically make the ice smaller for the skilled players.
Either way we won't know for years. He's signed in the KHL for next season, and then after that he probably comes over.