It has potential but I'd feel better if it were Lund+Havelid or even Halttunnen over Edstrom and it's really only a good deal if Askarov hits the upper end of his potential.
What’s the upper end? A vezina winner?
It’s a good deal based on where the sharks are what they need. They are knee deep in good forward prospects… like 10+ potential or surefire nhl kids 21 or younger. Smith, Celly, musty, bystedt, haltunnen, Chernyshov, graf, cardwell, gushkin, bordeleau… not to mention Eklund (or Lund, wetsch, svoboda and other secondary prospects).
The sharks can easily afford to dish Edstrom without missing much a beat. I’m sad about the vgk pick for potential to add some D prospect depth, but oh well…
You want the best goalie prospect in the league? Well, you’re gunna have to pay. Frankly I think the price was quite reasonable.
The future core in now pretty much fully in place at 22 or younger. Obviously they could use another top end D to pair with dick, but you only need one high end goalie, and now they have it.
I tip my hat to Grier. The farm system and core building project is largely complete. Now comes the start of fleshing it out.
Great summer for Grier and the Sharks from winning the lottery, snagging a top 10 talent D despite starting with a 14th pick. Signing a 30 goal forward, and now acquiring a the best prospect goalie in the league for a likely late first and your 5th best forward prospect.
Listening to Warsofsky and watching what the shakes have down this summer… I really think we are in for a surprise… this is a very exciting year to come….
