2024 NHL Draft: WE DID IT, CELEBRINI IS OURS!!!

[Jargon]

Okay that looks good! Haven't really watched him myself, but I'm impressed. So it's safe to say almost guaranteed player between Celebrini, Lindstrom and best defencemen available from Sharks POV. That's pretty nice stuff.

I really want Celebrini but I don’t think there’s a doubt that whoever we get is likely going to be a stud that will be a key cog to the future of this team.

But boy do I want Celebrini.

 

[one2gamble]

His ceiling is the galaxy. 6'5 centers that skate the way he does and are physical are a super rare commodity. And he has all the skill in the world too. Was scoring at essentially a goal per game pace before he went down.

Someone said he could be our Getzlaf, I see it. Once he fills out that frame he's going to be a serious bully out there that dominates the corners and is impossible to knock off the puck.

Just flip through this video and take look at same of the clips and how he's moving. Unreal talent.

what did he hurt because if its his knees im out.....

 

[cheechoo]

what did he hurt because if its his knees im out.....

Some sort of hand injury that he ended up receiving surgery for.

Back soon hopefully.

 

[Friday]

If the Sharks can find ways to get L's against Cbus and Chicago coming up they're in a really great spot to do this. Thoughts and prayers haha

 

[timorous me]

If the Sharks can find ways to get L's against Cbus and Chicago coming up they're in a really great spot to do this. Thoughts and prayers haha

Of course, then the biggest win of all needs to come in the lottery. Finishing last is far from a guarantee of anything (other than a top three pick).

 

[sharski]

ngl i'll be a bit disappointed if sharks pick 3 and celebrini & lindstrom go top 2

 

[Grinner]

Was having a little fun over at Tankathon
It only took 13 tries for the Sharks to claim the 1st overall. Christ! It even gave it to NJ before finally giving us the brass ring.
It gave the Pens the 10th overall pick, so 3 1sts in 2025.
Besides Celebrini, it had the Sharks landing Elrick with our 2nd rounder and Freig with NJ 2nd

 

[Friday]

Was having a little fun over at Tankathon
It only took 13 tries for the Sharks to claim the 1st overall. Christ! It even gave it to NJ before finally giving us the brass ring.
It gave the Pens the 10th overall pick, so 3 1sts in 2025.
Besides Celebrini, it had the Sharks landing Elrick with our 2nd rounder and Freig with NJ 2nd

Oh no there is a 6'7 center committed to BU projected for the 2nd round haha Dean Letourneau

 

[LilLeeroy]

I honestly want Celebrini more than Bedard last year. He is such a well rounded player.

 

[fasterthanlight]

If we finish last and don't win I won't be sad because we will have done all we could have

 

[Pavelski2112]

If we finish last and don't win I won't be sad because we will have done all we could have

I will be even more sad because it highlights just how stupid the lottery is

 

[Stewie Griffin]

So PIT's 1st is at 8th right now (total points not points/game). With that said, they have a game in hand over a few teams. If they win that extra game, they sit at 10th using ROW as the tiebreaker. It's really going to come to the last game to know whether or not that pick is 11OA or lower.

 

[Stewie Griffin]

The draft lottery is usually done late april/early may.

April 30 will be the 10 year anniversary of the reverse sweep...

We're falling 2 spots, it's just fate.

 

[Jargon]

The draft lottery is usually done late april/early may.

April 30 will be the 10 year anniversary of the reverse sweep...

We're falling 2 spots, it's just fate.

Or did we pay for it karmically and now the universe balances itself out?

 

[Brent Burns]

I've been convinced Sharks won't get Macklin. I am hoping to rid myself of this pessimism soon!

 

[TheBeard]

So PIT's 1st is at 8th right now (total points not points/game). With that said, they have a game in hand over a few teams. If they win that extra game, they sit at 10th using ROW as the tiebreaker. It's really going to come to the last game to know whether or not that pick is 11OA or lower.

Isn’t it contingent on where they pick in the lotto and not the standings?

 

[coooldude]

Isn’t it contingent on where they pick in the lotto and not the standings?

Yes. The lotto happens, then PIT decides within 72 hours what to do with the pick (if it's top 10).

Best best case scenario is they finish 13-16, we finish last, they win the lotto for 1OA, which means we get Celebrini and they get pick 3-6, and then they somehow decide not to keep it.

This is unlikely as if they get pick 3-6 I bet they keep it.

 

[Jargon]

Yes. The lotto happens, then PIT decides within 72 hours what to do with the pick (if it's top 10).

Best best case scenario is they finish 13-16, we finish last, they win the lotto for 1OA, which means we get Celebrini and they get pick 3-6, and then they somehow decide not to keep it.

This is unlikely as if they get pick 3-6 I bet they keep it.

I suspect if they get like 8-10 they may still hand it over to us, but any lower I doubt it.

 

[Juxtaposer]

 

[Stewie Griffin]

Isn’t it contingent on where they pick in the lotto and not the standings?

Yes but it's still interesting to follow as the season ends. The odds are so small for the later teams that basically if you're 7-8th overall going into the lotto that's most likely where you're going to pick.

 

[fasterthanlight]

I will be even more sad because it highlights just how stupid the lottery is

I think a flatter lottery is better, to be honest. There are clearly things teams can do to make themselves worse, and as a fan, it's painful to root against your own team for years. If the last 5 teams had ~the same odds, I wouldn't be cheering every time the sharks get scored on.

 

[Pavelski2112]

I think a flatter lottery is better, to be honest. There are clearly things teams can do to make themselves worse, and as a fan, it's painful to root against your own team for years. If the last 5 teams had ~the same odds, I wouldn't be cheering every time the sharks get scored on.

I've said it ad nauseum, but I don't think a lottery should exist at all. It's very clear that the lottery doesn't demotivate teams from tanking, which isn't a problem in itself considering that drafting is how you have to build a top team in a cap league.

 

[fasterthanlight]

I've said it ad nauseum, but I don't think a lottery should exist at all. It's very clear that the lottery doesn't demotivate teams from tanking, which isn't a problem in itself considering that drafting is how you have to build a top team in a cap league.

Agreed that the lottery (as we have it today) doesn't de-motivate teams from tanking, but, I think the way to de-motivate tanking is not to remove the lottery (which would give the 1OA to the team that finishes last). If anything, that would cause teams to tank /more/. I think that the final, say, 5 to 10 teams should have equal odds. That way, there would be literally no advantage to tanking. The downside is that really actually bad teams might be in the basement for a long long time.

 

[Pavelski2112]

Agreed that the lottery (as we have it today) doesn't de-motivate teams from tanking, but, I think the way to de-motivate tanking is not to remove the lottery (which would give the 1OA to the team that finishes last). If anything, that would cause teams to tank /more/. I think that the final, say, 5 to 10 teams should have equal odds. That way, there would be literally no advantage to tanking. The downside is that really actually bad teams might be in the basement for a long long time.

I personally don't think tanking is a problem at all, and that's the thing. It's not just not a problem, but again, inherently necessary in a cap league.

 

[coooldude]

Agreed that the lottery (as we have it today) doesn't de-motivate teams from tanking, but, I think the way to de-motivate tanking is not to remove the lottery (which would give the 1OA to the team that finishes last). If anything, that would cause teams to tank /more/. I think that the final, say, 5 to 10 teams should have equal odds. That way, there would be literally no advantage to tanking. The downside is that really actually bad teams might be in the basement for a long long time.

The NFL is the most successful sports league in North America and rivals the best in the world (of which the rest are soccer and all free-for-all spend leagues where only 2-4 teams have a shot at the title any given year and it's the same every year).

The NFL just has a reverse finish draft order.

Arguably top 1-3 picks in the NFL are more important than the NHL because of the Quarterback position alone. Where the NFL draft is different is that there are starters all the way into the 3rd+ round.

I don't see why a reverse finish draft order wouldn't be the way to go. There's already enough dumb luck in the system.