Miss sounds like a great 2C to slot behind Celebrini which would allow Smith to be a high scoring wing or elite scoring 3C.Misa and Martone just fought Thornton-Getzlaf style in an OHL game, seriously.
2025 NHL Draft: Lose a ton for Porter Martone
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The Nemesis
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At least they did it now and not a couple cashback when they were linemates.Misa and Martone just fought Thornton-Getzlaf style in an OHL game, seriously.
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I think he got the better of Martone in the scrap despite the size disadvantage too!
Misa would be a nice fit with Smith, let them rotate center duties.
Really and truly, any of Martone, Misa, and Schaefer would be great fits with the Sharks' current build, and Hagens may simply be the most talented of them all. No wrong choice.
I will say I think Misa has the lowest ceiling of them all, but he has so many NHL qualities that I feel he'll 100% translate to the NHL, similar to Celebrini (in the sense that he plays an incredibly complete and translatable game, not that he has Celebrini's upside).
What’s nice about Misa being higher floor and lower upside is that the Sharks don’t need him to be a 1C and savior. With Celebrini in that spot Misa would be a better 2C option than Smith.
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If you believe that Smith is strictly a winger, then my question would be why not take Hagens? I believe in Smith as a center long-term (while acknowledging that he's best developed on the wing right now), so Misa's versatility and fit with Smith is appealing. If you don't think Smith will ever be a center, than Hagens is probably the better choice as he's a pure center (Misa has played an awful lot of wing and isn't necessarily a guaranteed NHL center) and has more offensive upside.
Jargon
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I pray for Schaefer because it obviously fills our biggest need and Schaefer / Dickinson / Muhk (or Cagnoni) down the left side sounds insane but I feel like any of these 4 guys would be huge… if Celebrini and Smith don’t 7-goal-a-game us to the playoffs. 
I do think Smith is still a viable C prospect. I have Schaefer #1 but next is Misa due to his complete game and versatility. I would also draft Martone before Hagens. I just think he is too similar to Smith to just drafting above the other 3.
Getting Misa he could be on a line with Smith where they share C duties or you could just have insane depth down the middle and run Celebrini, Miss, Smith, and Bystedt when rolling 4 lines and then shorten the bench moving Smith with Misa.
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Hagens is a complete player too, make no mistake. People just act like he isn't because he's 5'10".
Yeah I just don’t know if I like a top 6 that has Eklund (5’11”), Celebrini and Smith (6’0”), and Hagens (5’10”) being ideal. Its a lot of skill but would need additional size.
cheechoo
Lilje 4-ever
I think closer to draft time and around the combine you're going to start getting hit with the Hagens competitiveness narratives in waves. He's wired a lot like Macklin, he's feisty and is a huge competitor.
The WJCs are going to be fascinating, because personally I'm still flip flopping this core four.
What Martone and Misa are doing in the OHL is borderline historic, both are pacing for 130+ points and still ticking at ~2PPG. These are draft seasons that get you selected #1 in years where there isn't a generational or generational-adjacent talent up for grabs.
People are down on him because of his D-1, but Misa is 6'2, extremely dynamic and also has his own track record of being an exceptional status prospect. He's seventh all time in U17 OHL scoring behind only Gretzky, McDavid, Tavares, Spezza, Kirk Muller, and Linseman.
I don't think there's any right or wrong answer how you rank them and how they perform on the international stage and in their respective playoffs is going to do a lot to rise or sink them on draft boards come spring.
The only one that would shock me at #1 overall as of today is Martone and that's simply just due to the fact that he plays on the wing.
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While I totally get the desire to add size to the top-6, I feel like there's little functional difference between Hagens (who probably ends up listed as 5'11") and Misa (who is generously listed at 6'1") when it comes to physicality. I feel like unless a guy is especially weak (Gabe Perreault) or exceptionally strong (Mack Celebrini) the area between 5'11" and 6'1" is just nominal. The only guy who is going to add size and top line skill to a lineup from this draft is Martone.
Based on the past 3 drafts it’s fairly clear that the Sharks will always take their BPA (Celebrini, Smith) with their earliest pick, if that pick falls into the peak selection area. After that, they draft best combination of size and skill (Bystedt, Musty, Dickinson, Halttunen, Lund). This middle group I expect to get the most patient and nurtured approach from the organization. They need the size to hit on at least a couple. Then it’s lottery tickets with a projectable attribute or the ultimate boom bust guys (Havelid, Sahlin Wallenius, Cagnoni, Pohlkamp, Rimashevskiy, Svoboda, Roberts, Wetsch). This draft I would expect the Sharks are most hoping for Martone or Schaefer, but I think they’ll be happy with any of the top 4.
