I'm kind of surprised Sillinger wasn't the consensus 10th skater or wasn't part of the "top 9". I have a feeling that if there was a full WHL season, he would have been. He had a higher PPG pace in the WHL in 19-20 than Guenther did. And he's a center. We absolutely got a gem with that pick. I'm stoked.
Sillinger strikes me as a 35G/35A kind of guy. I really think his floor is a 20G/20A player too.
Johnson is not Sonny Milano, IMO. I do find it interesting that people knock his skating, because you have to have good skating to play the kind of game he does. If his skating is actually a concern, then that is a potential issue, but I'm not convinced it actually is. He's also not short, which is what I found interesting, I assumed he was in the low half of the consensus 9 because he was small, so now I'm wondering why he wasn't closer to 5 OA. His vision and hockey sense are next level, and that's what we need. He's definitely a risk, but given where he'll be developing, I think he'll pan out. Needs to put on 15-20 pounds of muscle and he'll be good to go. If he hits, I think he's a 20G/55A player. But his floor, unlike Sillinger, is AHL/KHL scorer.