I actually don’t know what sort of rules there are and I actually don’t know if there really are too many limitations about pick protection. Feels like as long as the two teams agree and it’s clearly written out for the league, it’s fine.
That might be setting up Ed to disappoint a little.
But I’m rooting for you guys to turn it around, I always enjoyed our little rivalry and was pretty sad to see you guys go to the East. Also, I’m a little obsessed with Seider, what a player man.
Not too sure yet. Seems like a pretty average class a year out, but the thing I like about it is there seems to be a lot of high-end defensemen, which we obviously really need.
Yeah... I see Ed somewhere on a sliding scale between post-Florida Jay Bouwmeester and Hedman. Happy with any of it but the closer to Norris/Conn Smythe Hedman the better. lolThat might be setting up Ed to disappoint a little.
Let’s meet in the Cup Finals in five years.
Seems like the next one that has major potential is the 2025 draft, as the whl has another potential star that is doing big things at 15-16 like Bedard. Or after looking it up, I guess the OHL.That might be setting up Ed to disappoint a little.
Let’s meet in the Cup Finals in five years.
Not too sure yet. Seems like a pretty average class a year out, but the thing I like about it is there seems to be a lot of high-end defensemen, which we obviously really need.
Kiviharju is supposed to be the best defense prospect since Dahlin at the time of the draft.
Well if this Kiviharju ends up being like Paul Coffey good, id hope he’s a Shark at that point. preferably EK goes before the draft this year and we end up with multiple 1sts in 23 and a 1st in 24. Like if we can get a top 5 pick and another pick in the mid to late teens this year, I think that potentially sets us up nicely for the future. Add in a 1st for Meier and we’re sittin pretty.
I have a hot take, which is that Kiviharju will be Timothy Liljagren 2.0. Don’t like a 5’9” defenseman without elite skating.
Liljegren actually has been pretty good for the Leafs in the last year to year and a half. They’re pretty different players though. Liljegren has been more defensive leaning in the NHL and Kiviharju is a little more offensive leaning.
Sure, which is why I’m not saying Kivi is a future bust, just that he’s not in the same stratosphere as Dahlin, or even Power/Hughes/Jiricek, and will probably go in the latter half of the top-10 rather than top-3 like the post I quoted made it seem.
I mean I’m just saying that Kiviharju has been wildly seen as the best defensive prospect since Dahlin whether right or wrong by a ton of experts.
It's an interesting question. I'm starting to feel more and more that Meier will go at the deadline and Karlsson not until the summer (if at all). There are some ways to make Meier fit with teams that could use him, and his age is appealing, whereas I could see some teams that could use Karl not being able to manage it until the summer--and also thinking that if he can make it through this entire season healthy (fingers crossed!) and consistently productive, then four more years of him on that contract (or like 75% of it) might actually be okay.
What experts? Finnish fans on HF? Most actual draft rankings for 2024 in the past few months have Kivi in the 5-10 range.
This is just from a quick google search:
eprinkside.com
www.sportingnews.com
The first article is from last April and the latter two don’t say anything about where he’s ranked relative to the rest of the class. And all articles acknowledge his glaring weaknesses that will stop him from being taken top-3.This is just from a quick google search:
2024 NHL Draft Preview: Aron Kiviharju the next super talent in Finnish hockey
Aron Kiviharju, a 16-year-old defenceman, was just named to Finland's U18 World Juniors squad, the youngest player to do so. And that's only the beginning of his historic season.
Who is Aron Kiviharju? Meet Finland's 2024 super draft prospect who was cut from the World Juniors | Sporting News
The 16-year-old is the youngest player at the World Juniors.
Never once seen him below 3.
I wish they could work out a cap dump instead of retention. I hate the idea of Sharks paying for another team's player.
Getting three low 1st round picks for eating $3.8 M in cap space during years where we will be garbage anyway would be a coup. I suspect the actual return would be much lower.
