Sillinger joue-t-il dans la LNH, ce qui nuit à son potentiel/à son développement ?
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Sillinger joue-t-il dans la LNH, ce qui nuit à son potentiel/à son développement ?
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« Teams should be hesitant about bringing newly drafted prospects to the NHL before they’re ready. This could ultimately destroy what they could have been with more time, dominating, in their feeder leagues. This goes for rebuilding teams too. »
The complete lack of regard for Sillingers development is one of the biggest things that has soured me on this front office. He should have been sent straight to Cleveland the minute it was clear he was struggling in year 2. I’m disgusted by the excuses from the front office about not having anybody else who could play. The season was lost by November, they could have brought up or brought in any number of low cost place holders to fill the spot and protect Sillinger.
Jury is still out but yea if silly bombs it’s all the from office in my opinion. Why not let the kid play in Cleveland in a lost season? Why have we as an organization continued to throw our young developing players into the fire? I love the kids and love watching them play but it’s obvious we have been over matched all year and it’s not helping the young guys. Why have we never picked up a waiver guy from another club when they send bottom 6 nhl guys to the ahl? The excuses for cole to be in the league still make no sense
Agree with him 100%. Byron has given lots of kudos to the CBJ front office for their recent drafts. Critique hits differently when it comes from him rather than someone like Dom 🫠
It’s as if they didn’t learn from their mistakes with Gilbert Brule, among others. Obviously that wasn’t Jarmo/JD, but still something that they should be aware that has happened and will happen again if they don’t remedy it.
The coaching staff is weak and he’s been in roles bigger than his play has warranted. It also feels like after last year his ego has gotten too big. In his interviews he carries himself like a perennial all-star independent of what he’s doing on the ice. His skating is very rough, not that he’s slow but his footwork is extremely unpolished. And the dude always has his head down. I genuinely believe his career trajectory would have been best served with him in the minors after he got off to a rough start this year. Hopefully Cleveland makes the playoffs and he can at least go down for that, but yea it’s looking like they botched his development.
It seems likely.
I was frustrated by Larsen’s justification for keeping Sillinger in the NHL even last year. « Just can’t get rid of him » shows that you can’t think beyond the immediate. It’s some really weird meritocracy theory that seems to originate from Jarmo as well.
Something is weird about the organizational lack of using the AHL as a development tool. Bemstrom, Texier and Chinakov were instead placed in low minute, often scratched situations and then Tortorella/Larsen would just bang the « just need confidence » drum.
Sillinger was placed in a favorable position with strong wingers last year. Voracek, Nyquist and Bjorkstrand were able to complement his weaknesses. This is fine if you think Sillinger is learning how to play away from the puck but it’s definitely not making him a play driver. We see that even more this year as injuries took away the players who could have potentially continued to shelter him. Without someone carrying the puck up ice and feeding him in the home plate area he isn’t really able to do anything. He doesn’t use his body to create time and space (his brain and skating are likely equally a factor) and he isn’t getting many in-game moments to work on them because he’s simply over his head. He doesn’t have an identity or any leverageable skills at the moment and it’s hard to create one when you can’t get a grip on the pace of the game.
Maybe he’s still learning and developing in practice but that seems like a big risk for the best, depending on your thoughts on KJ, center prospect in the org. Time will tell, I suppose but many of the other top prospects that struggle after a strong rookie season benefit from a switch to the wing (Dach, Byfield, Lindholm).
People keep saying he could have been sent to Cleveland, but his rights were held by WHL teams. He would have had to go back to Major Junior. I don’t feel like he has developed well and he could have used a season in the WHL, but I think he was physically and mentally prepared for the NHL. The problem with Cole will always be his skating. His offense would have developed better in a league that has more time and space and he would have generated and have more offensive opportunities. Playing with Bjorky helped him tremendously. We lost Gus and we don’t have any more solid veteran wingers who can help him on both sides of the puck. That’s the problem with our roster. It’s all young players or bottom 6 guys. There’s no talent to help Sillinger and Larsen isn’t going to put him with our top talent in the top 6.
He has done well in spite of being an awful skater, his development in the NHL completely hinges on how much he can improve his skating. He honestly has to be insanely strong to get the burst he has because his skating base and stride are awful.
One of the things that really stands out with him this year?
Sillinger has a 3% shooting percentage. League average is around 11-10% for forwards. That sort of statistical blip does not tend to linger. Nick Foligno, Joel Kiviranta, Jakob Silfverberg, Nick Paul are some names that had these sort of « blips » and sudden dips – and then rebounded up.
Sillinger is very likely to rebound. Kid’s 19. Take your time. He can play for another 10 years and still not be 30.