LD Sam Dickinson - London Knights, OHL (2024, 11th, SJ)

[biturbo19]

Dcikinson is about as surefire as one can be to play on your teeams top 4 for 10-15years after you draft him. On his best days he is probably super solid #2 potential as well.

Bob mentioned this in his latest article and I tend to agree. This is partially why I have Sam as my #2 on draft. Would not hate to pick him as #2 if my job was on the line.

I just don't really get why he's not ranked even more highly tbh. If you offer me a surefire Top-4D (as much as is possible in the draft) with that toolset and the upside of being a legit top-pairing or Top-3D who can carry an NHL pairing...i'm racing the the head of the line to draft that guy.

I guess we'll see tonight if that's a thing or not.

 

[MMC]

Welcome to San Jose

 

[Bubbles]

I don't like those "Who won the draft?" threads, but the Sharks won the draft already, lol. Celebrini and Dickenson, and god knows who else. Great way to restart a franchise.

 

[Fraser28]

Congrats San Jose. I think an argument can be made that you’ve done as well this year with Celebrini and Dickinson as Chicago did last year with Bedard and Moore.

 

[zombie kopitar]

So stoked for this guy!

 

[Dominance]

San Jose needs to make positive progress out of the basement and getting Dickinson on top of Celebrini is massive. He’s not a slam-dunk 1D, but his floor is still really high and he’ll do more for a team as “the guy” on the backend than a Silayev-type.

 

[sjsharks92]

Thrilled with this pick

 

[coooldude]

Lots of sharks fans wanted Buium, who may still turn out to be the best D in the class, but Dickinson is so projectable as a big, mobile 2 way top 4 D with a little bit of PP potential, that it's a great pick.

Interestingly, from my seat at the draft it sure looked like they didn't have his nameplate on the sweater, just said "SHARKS." wonder if they didn't expect him to fall to them. Great job by Grier to trade up and give us a shot at one of the top 6, and one who many thought was 2-4 in the class.

 

[CaptainShark]

Lots of sharks fans wanted Buium, who may still turn out to be the best D in the class, but Dickinson is so projectable as a big, mobile 2 way top 4 D with a little bit of PP potential, that it's a great pick.

Interestingly, from my seat at the draft it sure looked like they didn't have his nameplate on the sweater, just said "SHARKS." wonder if they didn't expect him to fall to them. Great job by Grier to trade up and give us a shot at one of the top 6, and one who many thought was 2-4 in the class.

No nameplate, which was a common occurrence. This draft was just too unpredictable.

 

[coooldude]

No nameplate, which was a common occurrence. This draft was just too unpredictable.

Really? I thought I saw basically every other pick with a nameplate. Anyway, great get for the sharks.

 

[CaptainShark]

Really? I thought I saw basically every other pick with a nameplate. Anyway, great get for the sharks.

You seem to be right, checked the first 9 as far as I could see, they all had nameplates. Maybe I was thrown of by the fact that all the jerseys had 24 while Mack had 71? Sorry for the fake news. Will check the rest and edit…

Edit: even the Wild had a Buium jersey. Brain fart by my, in my Defence I was busy updating my lists and posting here while watching.

 

[themelkman]

You seem to be right, checked the first 9 as far as I could see, they all had nameplates. Maybe I was thrown of by the fact that all the jerseys had 24 while Mack had 71? Sorry for the fake news. Will check the rest and edit…

Edit: even the Wild had a Buium jersey. Brain fart by my, in my Defence I was busy updating my lists and posting here while watching.

I don’t remember if the sharks usually do nameplates, I feel like Will Smith had one.

 

[CaptainShark]

I don’t remember if the sharks usually do nameplates, I feel like Will Smith had one.

They usually do, but didn’t have one for Musty for example (like with SD didn’t think he would be there)

 

[TheBeard]

Really? I thought I saw basically every other pick with a nameplate. Anyway, great get for the sharks.

What’s hilarious is most of the players walking around had basically masking tape name plates on their jerseys. The only person I met who didn’t was Silayev.

 

[coooldude]

First media availability as a sharks draft pick

 

[NiWa]

First media availability as a sharks draft pick

Love that video, on top of his game he seems to just be the kind of character you want in your locker room.

 

[CanadienShark]

The kid nailed that interview. Hoping to see him with a letter on his jersey leading us to the cup one day.

 

[wetcoast]

While I think he could maybe play in the NHL next season, he probably goes back one more year and then joins an emerging Sharks team for the 25-26 season.

 

[Lockin17]

Probably the best D in this draft tbh

 

[AD1066]

Is John Carlson a decent comp?

 

[67 others]

Is John Carlson a decent comp?

Heiskanen

 

[Michoulicious]

What a steal. Had him #3, Buium #4.

Ridiculous first round for SJ.

 

[OgeeOgelthorpe]

Heiskanen

I see more Pietrangelo. Solid all around game. Great puck management.

 

[Sharkz4Fun]

Dude seems like a stud. Hopefully he can be Vlasic's replacement just more likeable/even better.