Torpedo Defender Anton Silaev said he tried not to pay attention to the scouts from North America.
Silaev is 17 years old, in the current regular season of the Fonbet KHL championship he played 31 matches and scored 9 points (2+7) with a utility indicator of “-5”.
— When did you start thinking about the project? That this is something real in your life?
– Yes, I always thought about it.
“There’s just an opinion that it’s not the most important thing in a player’s career. Panarin was not drafted at all. Kaprizov – in the final rounds. Why is this important for young players?
– This is a difficult question. I don’t know. Probably the most valuable thing is that we are monitored and our work is appreciated.
— Larionov recently said that half of America, I mean the scouts, are coming to watch you and Artamonov. Do you feel the way these people are looking at you?
– Actually, it’s a difficult subject for me now, all these scouts, these drafts… It’s very difficult.
—Is all this distracting you?
— It’s distracting, I try not to pay attention, to distract myself. Maybe someone will not admit this to you, but I will tell you clearly: this is a big obstacle, because if you always think about it, it will be harmful. If you learn to ignore that and play the way you play, it won’t interfere. There are many examples where players were mulling over the draft, then were selected in the first round and simply fell off the radar. Lots of stories like this. So I try not to think about it and play my hockey.
“Some people think about the draft so much that they go to North America to play in junior leagues. Did you have such impulses?
– No. I spoke to my agent and we started working three years ago and decided that I would play in Russia, at Torpedo, and not go anywhere. I have every chance of flourishing much better here than there. Why should I rush somewhere and leave? – Sport24 quotes Silaev saying.
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