New Jersey Devils Anton Silayev will be making his way to North America this offseason
The Sheet: David Pagnotta on The Sheet with Jeff Marek the New Jersey Devils 2024 first-round draft pick, 10th overall, Anton Silayev. Silayev is playing for Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod of the KHL, and there is interest in getting him signed to an entry-level contract once his season is done.
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Marek: “Is the NHL about to get taller? We have, you know, Tyler Myers and Matt Remke, Matt Rempe and (Elmer) Soderblom, etc. Is it about to get even bigger? What is happening with Anton Silayev (6′ 7″)? First round draft pick New Jersey Devils 2024, currently playing in the KHL.”
Pagnotta: “And his contract expires at the end of, at the end of the season in the K. They’re in the playoffs right now. I think that starts in a few days over there.
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But the plan is for him to sign his entry-level contract with the New Jersey Devils, and then come on over to our side of the pond. Now, not easy. It’s not an easy process. There are a lot of hoops and all that to go through the visa process in order to come over. It’s going to take a little bit of time. So depending on how long their season goes, that’ll dictate how long this visa process is going to kind of play out.
Now my understanding is the goal for the Devils, for the player in his camp, is to be on this side of the pond in time for development camp at the end of June, after the NHL draft. End of June, early July. So that’s kind of the target, to bring him over, sign, go through that, those steps in order to come over to North America and then be part of devs, the Devil’s dev camp, excuse me, once, once the draft passes.
But that’s, that’s the timeline. Every indication is he will be signing with the Devils. It’s just a matter of his season having to end, and then after he signs, just how long it’ll take for him to get over here.”
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