Prospect Info: 2024 Draft (1/11): Sam Dickinson (D) | London Knights (OHL)

[The Nemesis]

Joe is like the character that constantly pops up even though he supposedly retired. There’s rumors that he possibly lives in the practice facility…

Every scene with him in it starts with him bursting through the door shouting "Yeah, bud!"

and raucous studio audience cheering.

 

[timorous me]

Joe is like the character that constantly pops up even though he supposedly retired. There’s rumors that he possibly lives in the practice facility…

"I mean, he does kind of look homeless with that beard."

 

[timorous me]

He really does feel like a lead character in a hockey sitcom. Again, really loving this fun cast of guys Grier is getting - Eklund, Dickinson, Celebrini seems like a good kid, etc.

Speaking as someone who attempts to write serious fiction (say that in your best Dr. Frasier Crane voice), some of it hockey-related, I have been made aware of the very popular world...how?...of the hockey romance novel, and just having seen the covers of some of these books in Target, I can't help but think that Dickinson is basically the model antagonist/ultimate love interest in all of these books.

a swoonworthy college romance about an ice skater and the hockey captain she hates as they're forced to share a rink

I mean, you could totally see him f***ing with someone like this ice skater character, even if you haven't read the book, while she's still deeply hot for him and is annoyed because he's actually witty and not nearly as dumb as he's supposed to be.

 

[Jargon]

Speaking as someone who attempts to write serious fiction (say that in your best Dr. Frasier Crane voice), some of it hockey-related, I have been made aware of the very popular world...how?...of the hockey romance novel, and just having seen the covers of some of these books in Target, I can't help but think that Dickinson is basically the model antagonist/ultimate love interest in all of these books.

I mean, you could totally see him f***ing with someone like this ice skater character, even if you haven't read the book, while she's still deeply hot for him and is annoyed because he's actually witty and not nearly as dumb as he's supposed to be.

Omg what is this why would anyone what

 

[timorous me]

Omg what is this why would anyone what

Tiktok, that's why. (Or so I hear.)

 

[mogambomoroo]

Omg what is this why would anyone what

48 hours full of draft things only can do wonders

 

[The Nemesis]

Speaking as someone who attempts to write serious fiction (say that in your best Dr. Frasier Crane voice), some of it hockey-related, I have been made aware of the very popular world...how?...of the hockey romance novel, and just having seen the covers of some of these books in Target, I can't help but think that Dickinson is basically the model antagonist/ultimate love interest in all of these books.

I mean, you could totally see him f***ing with someone like this ice skater character, even if you haven't read the book, while she's still deeply hot for him and is annoyed because he's actually witty and not nearly as dumb as he's supposed to be.

Just wait until you have your first incidental contact with the wild world of real NHL player slash fiction. That way lies madness.

 

[timorous me]

Just wait until you have your first incidental contact with the wild world of real NHL player slash fiction. That way lies madness.

Therein lies a world in which I refuse to proceed.

 

[Star Platinum]

Speaking as someone who attempts to write serious fiction (say that in your best Dr. Frasier Crane voice), some of it hockey-related, I have been made aware of the very popular world...how?...of the hockey romance novel, and just having seen the covers of some of these books in Target, I can't help but think that Dickinson is basically the model antagonist/ultimate love interest in all of these books.

I mean, you could totally see him f***ing with someone like this ice skater character, even if you haven't read the book, while she's still deeply hot for him and is annoyed because he's actually witty and not nearly as dumb as he's supposed to be.

My wife is reading this book right now and says it's terrible. Apparently UCLA has a competitive college hockey program and gives out scholarships for figure skating.

Write what you know.

 

[Star Platinum]

Just wait until you have your first incidental contact with the wild world of real NHL player slash fiction. That way lies madness.

I think there's some ripe opportunities for true crime hockey/serial killer fiction.

 

[The Nemesis]

Therein lies a world in which I refuse to proceed.

I found out by accident on here years ago when someone found a wattpad or similar site's account where someone had made fics about Sharks players. It's so weird. Making it about real people makes it weird.

I wish I could forget. It was like "Joe Thornton is depressed about losing in the playoffs So Nabokov takes him to his cabin out in the wilderness to collect himself and get over it. And also sex."

 

[LadyStanley]

The Puck Strikes by the collected posters of HF Boards SJS forum.

 

[LadyStanley]

Under the nom de plume Puck Bunny from hell

 

[landshark]

I feel like maybe this is why...

 

[Star Platinum]

The Puck Strikes by the collected posters of HF Boards SJS forum.

Two Minutes For Slashing

 

[Jargon]

Two Minutes For Slashing

I’ve mentioned before but I’m a filmmaker. Obviously, this is my next feature.

 

[drunksage]

Two Minutes For Slashing

Five Minutes for Spearing was right there.

 

[Jargon]

Sam Dickinson: “I wonder what the Sharks board is saying about my selection oh my god what is this”

(They don’t call him Big Dicky for nothing)

(That’s the tagline)

 

[CanadienShark]

Five Minutes for Spearing was right there.

Featuring our future #1C Leon Draisaitl! It has been told and so it shall be.

 

[Chinaski89]

Wouldn’t drafting Buim have been the better move down the line? My understanding is that points garner bigger contracts and since he’s an OFD wouldn’t it have made more sense to have better cap management to have that guy’s rights for longer. Defensive D are basically always cheaper.

My coworker said he’s mad we got Dickinson by trading the Pens pick {Pens fan} so I know Dickinson is supposed to be quite good, so not bothered at all. More so just interested in future cap structure.

 

[Shark Finn]

Wouldn’t drafting Buim have been the better move down the line? My understanding is that points garner bigger contracts and since he’s an OFD wouldn’t it have made more sense to have better cap management to have that guy’s rights for longer. Defensive D are basically always cheaper.

My coworker said he’s mad we got Dickinson by trading the Pens pick {Pens fan} so I know Dickinson is supposed to be quite good, so not bothered at all. More so just interested in future cap structure.

Uhh.. What? I'm sure they are considering the player and their attributes, not their future point totals and contracts, when drafting a player.

 

[Barrie22]

Wouldn’t drafting Buim have been the better move down the line? My understanding is that points garner bigger contracts and since he’s an OFD wouldn’t it have made more sense to have better cap management to have that guy’s rights for longer. Defensive D are basically always cheaper.

My coworker said he’s mad we got Dickinson by trading the Pens pick {Pens fan} so I know Dickinson is supposed to be quite good, so not bothered at all. More so just interested in future cap structure.

Buium is supposed to have the higher offensive game.

 

[rideaucrusher21]

I can see why scouts pushed for Dickinson. This dude’s frame is huge AND he’s one of the best skaters in the draft. That size/speed combo is extremely rare. If he’d chosen football as a sport, he looks the part of a top LB recruit that the Michigans and Alabamas of the world would be drooling over.

 

[ThePlanet]

I've had a couple days now to gather my senses and try to wrap my head around how we were able to draft this player. I'll need a couple more days.

 

[Crankshaft Mechanic]

I can definitely see the Burns comps. They definitely overlap on being big rangey puck rushers, great skaters, good shots...with some IQ / decision making questions. Excited to see how this kid develops!