His big issue is the lack of IQ. He'll be drafted near the top-10 just like Geekie in 22, or Danielson in 23, but I'd have him ranked below both of those 2. Seems like someone who will get drafted high because he's a big centre scoring in junior. If you read around though, his comparable are Nicholas Roy, Lawson Crouse, etc. I'd take him ~20.
I actually like him. I hated Geekie for the record. He’s got better skating than Geekie. I think he’s still a bit of a project and while he uses his size well for juniors it’s not good enough for the NHL level right now. He could be a good option around 15-20 (where I expect PIT’s pick to land) if we don’t take Celebrini.
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Anyone know much about this kid? 6'5" 200 pound center with 14 goals and 25 points in 18 WHL games so far. I wonder if he's just another Conor Geekie or something special.
If he’s done the rehab and actually learned then why not? There is a world where he genuinely didn’t know. He didn’t grow up in the most culturally diverse area and as someone who grew up in a not culturally diverse area, you definitely can just not know. Granted you should probably learn and it’s not an excuse at all but if you’ve actually learned, why not?
It doesn’t sound like there was multiple. The first was completely taken off of his record and the suspension was overturned. I just felt like it should be mentioned as well.
After the whole Merkley fiasco I don't want to draft guys with any sort of character concerns with a high pick. If they are a first round pick they should be a high character hard worker without those sorts of concerns.
I mean Merkley’s concerns were that he thought everyone was the problem but himself. He was the same player we drafted as when we traded him.
So we are writing a kid off for taking a picture in high school? Not of himself by the way and immediately showing remorse for it?
Eiserman seems like a stud scoring winger. He would pair nicely with a high-end playmaker like Will Smith. The tank then continues in 2025 when both Misa and Hagens should go 1-2 and are both centers from what I understand?
2nd is easy with Eiserman, if its 3rd/4th gets a little more tough. Id probably take Levshunov 3rd or 4th
Eiserman is a very good 2nd choice. Past that there’s some good dman. I don’t see it with Levshunov but people like him. Catton is another name. Demidov showed a lot of potential before getting injured. Dickinson another guy I really like.
We all know we're picking 3rd :-(. Sharks are cursed
I have a bad feeling about Demidov... But there's a ton of time until the draft. I think we'll end up taking a D. We'll see what happens at 3rd.
Both of those things (the injury), two more seasons for SKA with horrific young player development, very small forward / wing and we already have too many of those in the pipeline... He's like Michkov but even more undersized and no loan to a team that will actually play him, and probably not as good as Michkov.
Sharks won't draft him unless he changes his name to Sean O'Donnelly and enrolls in BU.
