Confirmed with Link: Sharks acquire pick 11 for 14+42

[gaucholoco3]

If one of Sennecke or Iginla go top 10 the. The Sharks are guaranteed one of the top 6 D.

 

[jarr92]

I have no understanding of why you would think this.

The same people who said the Sharks would hire Quinn and draft Smith are also reporting the Sharks won't pass on Eiserman if he's available. With the BU connection, I'd imagine that's their target.

 

[Hodge]

But is there any clamoring out there for Eiserman that early? We can't know for sure, but it certainly doesn't feel like the winds have been blowing him to any teams in the early teens.

He's 14th on McKenzie's final board. So a bit of a "risk" to stay there if you're intent on drafting him.

 

[one2gamble]

Feels like getting closer to a Dman than Eiserman to me

 

[fasterthanlight]

Using pick value charts from:

Examining the value of NHL Draft picks - Sound Of Hockey

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11 is 338

14 + 42 is 297 + 85 = 382

so, an overpay, but indicates they are targeting someone within a tier they didn't think would be available. A more equal return would have been ~9th pick.

overall assessment: fire DW.

 

[STL Shark]

Eiserman really doesn't feel like a Mike Grier style player, I think this is about securing one of the favored D men to get us a real top-pair prospect

Way too much smoke out there with SJ and Eiserman.

 

[gaucholoco3]

This makes trading 11 and 33 for 7 an easier task.

 

[Hodge]

i doubt it's Eiserman. you only move up in this draft to guarantee a crack at the defense.

But this doesn't really guarantee us a crack at the good defensemen.

I mean, does anyone seriously believe Levshunov, Silayev, Dickinson or Buium will make it out of the top 10?

 

[gaucholoco3]

But this doesn't really guarantee us a crack at the good defensemen.

I mean, does anyone seriously believe Levshunov, Silayev, Dickinson or Buium will make it out of the top 10?

There are some mocks with Buium dropping to 11.

 

[STL Shark]

Using pick value charts from:

Examining the value of NHL Draft picks - Sound Of Hockey

Sound Of Hockey is your new home for Seattle hockey news, coverage, and analysis. NHL | Seattle Kraken | WHL | Seattle Hockey Community

soundofhockey.com

11 is 338

14 + 42 is 297 + 85 = 382

so, an overpay, but indicates they are targeting someone within a tier they didn't think would be available.

overall assessment: fire DW.

Always have to overpay slightly to move up in the first round. Not going to let a 4th rounder matter.

 

[Hodge]

Eiserman really doesn't feel like a Mike Grier style player, I think this is about securing one of the favored D men to get us a real top-pair prospect

Will Smith doesn't feel like a Mike Grier style player either.

 

[mogambomoroo]

This could be just a move to get more ammo for a top 7 move, if one of Levshunov or Buium start falling for some weird reason.

 

[weastern bias]

Way too much smoke out there with SJ and Eiserman.

Are there credible reports about Grier wanting Eiserman? Or is it speculation?

Just asking because I haven't seen or heard anything other than that he and Celebrini are friends

 

[coooldude]

If we moved up to 11 and take Eiserman, I'll lose a ton of faith in the staff. I will then spend the next 3 years hoping I was totally wrong and they were right.

What I actually think this is, is a shot at one of the top 6 D. There's almost no way all 6 go in the top 10. And if they do, then we get Iginla.

 

[STL Shark]

i doubt it's Eiserman. you only move up in this draft to guarantee a crack at the defense.

You're just ignoring the smoke and noise then if that is your belief. Yakemchuk is likely the only D left there and he isn't worth trading up for. Only way this is for a D is if they're going to move up again with 11+33 to get into the top 7. Otherwise, this is for Eiserman as they're cutting the other 2 teams with rumored real interest (Philly and Minnesota).

 

[weastern bias]

Will Smith doesn't feel like a Mike Grier style player either.

He was the the 4th rated prospect in a 4 man draft, going BPA at the top of the order at the bottom of a rebuild is a bit different than trading up an additional 1st rounder that stays outside the top 10 when you already own #1

 

[Alaskanice]

Grier is killing it!!! I know some complain but he is quite a GM.

 

[Hodge]

If we moved up to 11 and take Eiserman, I'll lose a ton of faith in the staff. I will then spend the next 3 years hoping I was totally wrong and they were right.

What I actually think this is, is a shot at one of the top 6 D. There's almost no way all 6 go in the top 10. And if they do, then we get Iginla.

Is Parekh or Yakemchuk really worth trading up for? They seem to have massive red flags. I would be more disappointed if we traded up for one of them tbh.

With Eiserman, it is what it is. Not who I would pick but his production and age at least make it a defensible bet.

 

[CanadienShark]

This pleases me.

 

[WSS11]

Sam Dickinson

<please somehow fall to 11>

 

[STL Shark]

Are there credible reports about Grier wanting Eiserman? Or is it speculation?

Just asking because I haven't seen or heard anything other than that he and Celebrini are friends

All of the mock drafters that usually start to get an idea by now where teams are leaning are predicting Eiserman to SJ.

"If Cole Eiserman is available, he's not getting by San Jose." That sentence, or some form of it, has been uttered to me no less than 10 times since the draft combine. In this instance, he's not available. Good thing, too, because San Jose has a massive discrepancy in prospect quality at forward and defense." ESPN

"But as one scout told me recently: “My circles say if Eiserman is there at 14, San Jose won’t pass on him.” Taking Eiserman would continue to leave a huge hole in the Sharks’ pool on the back end relative to at forward, but I think the gap between Eiserman and the field of D here is strong enough that if the Sharks feel the same, I don’t mind it at all. Eiserman’s close friendship with Celebrini (they’re like family) doesn’t hurt either. Would be a great story." Scott Wheeler

 

[coooldude]

Is Parekh or Yakemchuk really worth trading up for? They seem to have massive red flags. I would be more disappointed if we traded up for one of them tbh.

With Eiserman, it is what it is. Not who I would pick but his production and age at least make it a defensible bet.

Absolutely. Parekh or Yakemchuk have similar risk profiles to Eiserman. Parekh is the best point-scoring defenseman in the OHL ever, and Yakemchuk in the last something like 30 years for the WHL.

I would prefer an RD total lottery pick to a LW one.

 

[CanadienShark]

I hope I'm wrong but I think this is more about guaranteeing us Eiserman.

This displeases me.

 

[fasterthanlight]

Always have to overpay slightly to move up in the first round. Not going to let a 4th rounder matter.

largely agree, but the value of overpay is closer to a late second (according to soundofhockey)

 

[Juxtaposer]

So from my perspective, being at 11 guarantees us one of (knowing that Levshunov, Lindstrom, Demidov, and Silayev are almost guaranteed to be gone):

Buium
Parekh
Dickinson
Yakemchuk
Sennecke
Iginla

That’s a range I 100% want to be in. I almost wonder if Iginla is the target.