Will Scouch

I could see it.

Um, if you really fall in love with the physicality in his game, because he, he brings it and, and it's very apparent.

And I think that NHL teams will go, at least I know what I'm getting with this guy.

I know that the physical game and that's that energy and that edge is going to be there and we can work and develop on the rest over time.

The only wild card is that while he's in Russia, uh,

You don't get much interaction with him.

You don't get much of that interfacing and development.

And that's a bit of a dice roll these days.

So you never know, but at least he has that physicality to fall back on.

And if it works, it'll be very entertaining.

Yeah, I mean, Shilov is a tough one for me.

I think if the draft were an exercise in who can have the fanciest dangles, I think he would probably be right up there.

He is one of the fanciest boys available, and there's nothing wrong with that.

But I am very surprised that he played center all year.

I don't really know if there's much of a defensive bone in his body.

He just doesn't really play that style.

It's very like, give me the puck and I will make something happen with it.

And I just find that that is so hard to project to the NHL.

You've got to be an astoundingly good player for it to work.

And