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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
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.
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I don't want you to think I'm drawing everyone off his offensive production. Byron Baders model uses historical data for players with his numbers from previous years to project a hit rate and it is not favourable to players of his archetype.
That being said if you are correct and he is indeed a unicorn these projections are bunk and he will definitely beat the model!
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