I have absolutely no appetite for moving this guy. I was starting to waver a bit and said I’d move him for a comparable forward but the more I thought about it and looked back over Casey stuff that thought went away. He’s a fucking stud. I was super high on him in his DY and thought he should’ve been like 15 at the lowest. Even being high on him his 2 years at Michigan have massively exceeded my expectations. Back to back years with one of the best microstat profiles in the NCAA. He finally got to assume the PP1 role after years of playing 2nd fiddle to Hutson at the NTDP and Luke in Michigan and he responds by having a top 5 most productive U20 NCAA Dman since the turn of the century. Only surpassed by Buium, Hutson’s 2 seasons, and Luke’s 19 yo year. He had basically the same PPG as Fox 18 yo year (1.13 Casey vs 1.14 Fox). He’s also wayyyyyy better defensively than some give him credit for. Getting him 46 was a massive steal.
We’ve already seen how well Luke-Nemec pair together as they CRUSHED their minutes together last year. Silayev and Casey compliment each other perfectly and cover for any of the others potential weaknesses. Silayev’s got the size and explosiveness to make up for Casey’s stature and lack of explosiveness to his (otherwise great) skating that could potentially hinder Casey defensively at higher levels. Casey’s a cowboy offensively who can create like crazy so if Silayev’s offense never comes who cares. Casey’s a wizard in transition who can do the heavy lifting for Silayev if his troubles handling forechecking pressure never resolves itself. They’d be a monster 2nd pair and that’s an absurd top 4.
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I have absolutely no appetite for moving this guy. I was starting to waver a bit and said I’d move him for a comparable forward but the more I thought about it and looked back over Casey stuff that thought went away. He’s a fucking stud. I was super high on him in his DY and thought he should’ve been like 15 at the lowest. Even being high on him his 2 years at Michigan have massively exceeded my expectations. Back to back years with one of the best microstat profiles in the NCAA. He finally got to assume the PP1 role after years of playing 2nd fiddle to Hutson at the NTDP and Luke in Michigan and he responds by having a top 5 most productive U20 NCAA Dman since the turn of the century. Only surpassed by Buium, Hutson’s 2 seasons, and Luke’s 19 yo year. He had basically the same PPG as Fox 18 yo year (1.13 Casey vs 1.14 Fox). He’s also wayyyyyy better defensively than some give him credit for. Getting him 46 was a massive steal.
We’ve already seen how well Luke-Nemec pair together as they CRUSHED their minutes together last year. Silayev and Casey compliment each other perfectly and cover for any of the others potential weaknesses. Silayev’s got the size and explosiveness to make up for Casey’s stature and lack of explosiveness to his (otherwise great) skating that could potentially hinder Casey defensively at higher levels. Casey’s a cowboy offensively who can create like crazy so if Silayev’s offense never comes who cares. Casey’s a wizard in transition who can do the heavy lifting for Silayev if his troubles handling forechecking pressure never resolves itself. They’d be a monster 2nd pair and that’s an absurd top 4.
[22-23 microstats](https://twitter.com/lassialanen/status/1630618732983644161)
[23-24 microstats](https://twitter.com/lassialanen/status/1734608647895052403)