F Macklin Celebrini (2024, 1st, SJS)

[KirkAlbuquerque]

It's true, they could be the next Andersson, Kravstov, and Kakko but we shall see.

Cute.

They could also be the next Eichel and Reinhart.

I’m sure people were stoked about having them for the next 15 years in Buffalo

 

[Stewie Griffin]

Cute.

They could also be the next Eichel and Reinhart.

I’m sure people were stoked about having them for the next 15 years in Buffalo

Yes Sharks fans are excited right now. We have a very exciting U23 core with a strong chance to draft another high impact player this year. Don't know why you're choosing to look at it in a half glass empty kinda way.

 

[93LEAFS]

Love when people say shit like this. As if high picks never get traded after a few years.

Or leave by their own volition.

But, I will say San Jose as a whole has done a great job at player retention once they stopped being viewed as expansion doormats and a ton of players have loved it there. As a market, San Jose is sort of a sleeping giant relative to the established big market teams (Toronto, NYR, MTL, Chicago, Philly, Kings, Boston), the dominant teams (aka not what is the 2nd team in the region like Raiders or A's) in the other big 4 sports are among the most valuable in their respective leagues (Warriors, 49ers and Giants, and before people say they are in SF, the Niners are closer to downtown SJ than SF). With the right luck and management (which in this case includes non-Hockey ops, in growing the brand within the region), they could grow like the Caps have over the past 20 years who weren't a highly valuable team but are in a major market.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

Yes Sharks fans are excited right now. We have a very exciting U23 core with a strong chance to draft another high impact player this year. Don't know why you're choosing to look at it in a half glass empty kinda way.

Not specific to the sharks, it’s just a HFb cliche that annoys me lol

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

His SOG numbers are very promising. Shooting a very normal percentage with .5GPG. Lack of assists probably about bad teammates. Faceoff percentage of 44% is pretty good for his age. Look where players like Bedard and Carlsson are. Was the most dangerous player for San Jose the one game I saw.

If he stays healthy I think he’ll keep himself in the Calder race, but the early injury put him a little behind.