Prospect Info: Sharks Prospect Info & Discussion Megathread XXI: "New, improved, and wayyyy too much info" Edition

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I’d of course love it if Dickinson ended up being better than Buium (though I wanted Buium) but it’s completely absurd to make that judgement right now.
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Dickinson is a more elite level skater and has better physical tools. Better defensive tools and transition Game. His floor is top 4 dman ala Sanderson comparable

Buium has a higher offensive IQ, but is behind everywhere else. Less physical tools and defensive IQ

Their draft year London used Bonk on the PP in the bumper position, so Dickinson's numbers weren't as high as they could have been.

that's how I saw them going into the draft

He's PP1 this year and just exploding.
 

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Dickinson is a more elite level skater and has better physical tools. Better defensive tools and transition Game. His floor is top 4 dman ala Sanderson comparable

Buium has a higher offensive IQ, but is behind everywhere else. Less physical tools and defensive IQ

Their draft year London used Bonk on the PP in the bumper position, so Dickinson's numbers weren't as high as they could have been.

that's how I saw them going into the draft

He's PP1 this year and just exploding.
The thing I liked about Buium at draft time was that of all of the defensemen in the draft, he had the best vision and the best passing out of all of them IMO and that above everything else is what I think separates the wheat from the chaff when it comes to offensive defensemen. People get excited about guys with the big booming shot, but those are low probability scoring events. That's the thing I hadn't seen from him either pre-draft or in his short stint with us before returning to juniors.

But you have to be pretty excited about his statline so far this year.
 

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