Prospect Info: San Jose Sharks #8 Prospect

[Lebanezer]

You know the drill. Age cutoff 25, NHL games played cutoff 40. Poll will close after 2 days unless the results are incredibly lopsided.

1. Macklin Celebrini ~95%
2. Will Smith ~90%
3. Sam Dickinson ~95%
4. Quentin Musty ~49%
5. Shakir Mukhamadullin ~77%
6. Igor Chernyshov ~39%
7. Filip Bystedt ~34%

Click to read more...

 

[hotcabbagesoup]

Goose this time and no one will get me to change my vote again.

 

[OrrNumber4]

I have to go with Emberson. By my "analysis", with no surprises either way, Emberson is a #4-5 defenseman. Feels like the competition here has more upside but with a much lower floor (Halttunen) or a similar upside but is less proven (Edstrom, Thrun, Graf).

 

[TheBeard]

TY EMBERSON IS NOT A PROSPECT

 

[Lebanezer]

TY EMBERSON IS NOT A PROSPECT

He’s not gonna finish in the top 20, so I think we can let it go.

 

[OrrNumber4]

TY EMBERSON IS NOT A PROSPECT

HE FITS THE DEFINITION PER LEBANEZER.

He’s not gonna finish in the top 20, so I think we can let it go.

By goodness I hope that isn't the case.

 

[Lebanezer]

HE FITS THE DEFINITION PER LEBANEZER.

By goodness I hope that isn't the case.

Might have been mild hyperbole.

 

[DG93]

Edstrom

 

[fasterthanlight]

It's edstrom

 

[mogambomoroo]

Edström will surprise some people, I've had him since #5 prospect. I just see him being a more sure thing than Bystedt or even Chernyshov. He could be our 2C but because of Will Smith, he will be a high caliber 3C which is one of those good problems.

 

[OrrNumber4]

Edström will surprise some people, I've had him since #5 prospect. I just see him being a more sure thing than Bystedt or even Chernyshov. He could be our 2C but because of Will Smith, he will be a high caliber 3C which is one of those good problems.

Sounds like he'll be the "roster player looking for more opportunity" who is traded for the asset the Sharks need.

 

[Barrie22]

TY EMBERSON IS NOT A PROSPECT

He is under rookie status age, and only 30 games played in his career what is he then?

 

[landshark]

Edström will surprise some people, I've had him since #5 prospect. I just see him being a more sure thing than Bystedt or even Chernyshov. He could be our 2C but because of Will Smith, he will be a high caliber 3C which is one of those good problems.

So now we got Secondary Smith and Tertiary Edstrom!!

 

[TheBeard]

He is under rookie status age, and only 30 games played in his career what is he then?

Dunno. Just seems weird to me. He’s 24, already on his third team, traded once as a contract for a cap dump and already claimed off waivers. Only played 30 games because he can’t stay healthy. Seems like he’s more in the reclamation project portion of his career than prospect.

 

[Juxtaposer]

IMO if you have been placed on waivers, you should lose your eligibility as a “prospect”.

 

[TheBeard]

IMO if you have been placed on waivers, you should lose your eligibility as a “prospect”.

He was literally the future considerations in the Nemeth cap dump

 

[hohosaregood]

It's funny that Halttunen is gonna be the runner up for 6, 7, and 8 with how this poll is going

 

[TheBeard]

It's funny that Halttunen is gonna be the runner up for 6, 7, and 8 with how this poll is going

I think at the end of the day the thing that prevents him from being picked is the knowledge his floor is probably way lower than the others.

 

[gaucholoco3]

It's funny that Halttunen is gonna be the runner up for 6, 7, and 8 with how this poll is going

Maybe we need rank choice voting.

 

[OrrNumber4]

I think at the end of the day the thing that prevents him from being picked is the knowledge his floor is probably way lower than the others.

Yeah. Seems like a >50% chance he isn't even an NHLer, and even if he is an NHLer it's likely as the empty-calorie type.

 

[TheBeard]

Yeah. Seems like a >50% chance he isn't even an NHLer, and even if he is an NHLer it's likely as the empty-calorie type.

I dunno if I see it like that. I think if he makes the NHL it's because he's got a great shot and could end up being a perennial 30-35 goal scorer. That's the ceiling. The floor however is Cody Glass.

 

[Sleeper Shark]

Not saying I know a ton about these prospects outside of draft reports, but I was mildly surprised to see that I was the only vote so far for LSW.

Given that his pedigree is actually quite good, is a puck mover from the backend. IIRC scouts think his ceiling is #3, #4 type.

May be that he would be the most important prospect to hit out of anyone left on this list, no?

 

[timorous me]

Not saying I know a ton about these prospects outside of draft reports, but I was mildly surprised to see that I was the only vote so far for LSW.

Given that his pedigree is actually quite good, is a puck mover from the backend. IIRC scouts think his ceiling is #3, #4 type.

May be that he would be the most important prospect to hit out of anyone left on this list, no?

Simply speaks to the depth and talent in the Sharks' system now, which is very exciting. I mean, for someone of Halttunen's ability to drop to #9 is really saying something.

Plus Sahlin Wallenius, while he does have a nice pedigree, isn't exactly an exciting prospect yet, since his projection looks to be as a very solid all-around defenseman who won't put up a lot of points. Valuable, yes; exciting, not so much.

 

[Barrie22]

Not saying I know a ton about these prospects outside of draft reports, but I was mildly surprised to see that I was the only vote so far for LSW.

Given that his pedigree is actually quite good, is a puck mover from the backend. IIRC scouts think his ceiling is #3, #4 type.

May be that he would be the most important prospect to hit out of anyone left on this list, no?

Probably hurts that he isn't playing in the mens league and isn't projected to next year either.

 

[hohosaregood]

Not saying I know a ton about these prospects outside of draft reports, but I was mildly surprised to see that I was the only vote so far for LSW.

Given that his pedigree is actually quite good, is a puck mover from the backend. IIRC scouts think his ceiling is #3, #4 type.

May be that he would be the most important prospect to hit out of anyone left on this list, no?

I don't think he's shown enough as an undersized defenseman yet. If you kinda look at Cagnoni and Havelid as previous examples, you have one who is struggling and one who is doing well but regardless of their statistical performance, neither of them really project that well to the next level yet and I'd say that it's just too early to judge LSW as anything but a gamble right now.