As advertised. Just so good at everything. Calm and collected, in the right spots. Shifty skating and hands, solid 200 ft game, great vision.
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One other thing is did not expect is how small Celebrini looked next to most of the other players. I would think that at 6’0” 197# his size wouldn’t stand out.
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Yup to me he looked more like 5'11 Crosby height out on the ice. The thing is he, he just turned 18 so I'm hoping he has some more growing left.
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The Sharks’ prospect pool is pretty big, though. 6’2” Musty, 6’3” Halttunen, 6’3” Chernyshov, 6’3” Edstrom, 6’4” Bystedt, 6’3” Dickinson, among the various big depth guys like Roberts/Miskey/Wetsch/Svoboda/Lund all 6’2”+, it’s no surprise that 6’0” and barely 18-year-old Celebrini looks small.
Did not back down physically against any of those guys and won a bunch of boards battles. Absolutely no concern for me, this kid is strong and will only get stronger.
He definitely didn’t play small, but it does cause me some concern about how he would stand up to an 82 game season playing against men.
He's well built. Height has nothing to do with durability. He wasn't getting pushed around out there and shouldn't have any issues.
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Like I said, I have zero concern about Celebrini’s ability to play against men. He was targeted physically every single game in the NCAA by guys who were older and bigger and stronger last year and he shrugged it all off.
If he needs a game off every once and a while, that’s totally reasonable.
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The NCAA level is horrific. A third tier Swedish team would destroy any NCAA team.
Almost every freshman in the NHL runs out of steam at some point in their first season given the rigors of the NHL schedule are much greater than any other league, and play-style can contribute.
What's the point though? So he might only play 70 games or so in his first season. Who cares?
The Sharks will have a player they’ll likely need to load balance and, even with that, fatigue makes players more susceptible to injury. Time will tell if the Sharks try to monetize Celebrini year 1 and whether that impacts coaching decisions around his playing time/frequency.
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This shift was fantastic and if you've been mainlining MC71 highlights like I have, you'll notice every single one of these moves in his highlights. As I said in the sharks board thread, he literally plays like a highlight reel.
Absolutely. He reminds me of Erik Karlsson in that regard. Every shift he just does ridiculous stuff that would be a highlight of the week if his teammate could finish. And on top of that, he plays a very complete 200 foot game.
Bedard will be Matthews-esque and light up the score sheet.
Celebrini will be MacKinnon esque where he also puts up crazy points, but can change the tide of the game even in the D zone.
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IMO Bedard will never have Matthews’ defensive impact. I don’t even know if he sticks at center long term. Entirely possible he’s just a rich man’s DeBrincat.
Macklin and Aiden were at the draft, then at their respective dev camps, and are now coaching for the BC Jr Canucks at the Brick Invitational? Man these kids don't rest lol
I know you're just trolling, but calling a teenager who helped Philipp Kurashev and 36 year old Nick Foligno to 54 and 37 points respectively, while playing at a nearly PPG pace himself a "rich man's DeBrincat" is hilariously stupid
Yeah, because he's the team's best player. That's what tends to happen.
He was teams most talented player but surely not the best. He wouldn’t have been so bad even strength if he was the best. He was -49….laughable.
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What the deuce
He's not Sidney Crosby, but he plays the game in the exact same playing style.
Like you can't tell me this doesn't look like Sid
Like you can't tell me this doesn't look like Sid
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Bedard reminds me of Patrick Kane's playmaking combined with prime Kovalchuk/Stamkos' level shot.
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In my language, when players have been selected to play in a team, it is called selection.
I know that the English language is very imprecise compared to French.
