Prospect Info: Sharks Prospect Info & Discussion Thread XX

[Juxtaposer]

With all the shiny new prospects taking up 99% of the posts/attention, anyone have any updates or insight into Lund/Havelid? Just passed up by more exciting prospects or forgotten all together?

They’re long shots and don’t belong in our top-10 prospects so I think it’s natural not to have that much talk about them.

 

[LadyStanley]

That's amateur heat

Where does 120F/50C rank for you?

 

[tiburon12]

Where does 120F/50C rank for you?

Average day from March to May lol

Here on the surface of the sun we're used to these temps. That's why we have 711 ever 100 yards or so - respite from the heat!

(jk that's brutal heat, be safe!)

 

[CaptainShark]

Scott Wheeler has released his top 100 drafted prospect list:

#1 Celebrini (he is the only one in tier 1)
#8 Smith (tier 2)
#11 Dickinson (tier 3)
#55 Musty (tier 4) More or less says that questions about his will/competitiveness/decision-making/attitude have been answered.
#82 Muk (tier 6)
#87 Bystedt (tier 6)

 

[Patty Ice]

Scott Wheeler has released his top 100 drafted prospect list:

#1 Celebrini (he is the only one in tier 1)
#8 Smith (tier 2)
#11 Dickinson (tier 3)
#55 Musty (tier 4) More or less says that questions about his will/competitiveness/decision-making/attitude have been answered.
#86 Muk (tier 6)
#87 Bystedt (tier 6)

With Chernyshov, Edstrom, Cagnoni, and LSW as final cuts.

 

[spintops]

Scott Wheeler has released his top 100 drafted prospect list:

#1 Celebrini (he is the only one in tier 1)
#8 Smith (tier 2)
#11 Dickinson (tier 3)
#55 Musty (tier 4) More or less says that questions about his will/competitiveness/decision-making/attitude have been answered.
#86 Muk (tier 6)
#87 Bystedt (tier 6)

Center #1 and center #2 on his list

 

[gaucholoco3]

Scott Wheeler has released his top 100 drafted prospect list:

#1 Celebrini (he is the only one in tier 1)
#8 Smith (tier 2)
#11 Dickinson (tier 3)
#55 Musty (tier 4) More or less says that questions about his will/competitiveness/decision-making/attitude have been answered.
#82 Muk (tier 6)
#87 Bystedt (tier 6)

For both Smith and Musty he ended with “I thought about ranking them higher”.

I definitely don’t value Wheeler as much as Pronman. He tends to value small scoring wingers a lot more than NHL clubs do.

 

[bullslugg]

Scott Wheeler has released his top 100 drafted prospect list:

#1 Celebrini (he is the only one in tier 1)
#8 Smith (tier 2)
#11 Dickinson (tier 3)
#55 Musty (tier 4) More or less says that questions about his will/competitiveness/decision-making/attitude have been answered.
#82 Muk (tier 6)
#87 Bystedt (tier 6)

No Haltanen? wierd

 

[gaucholoco3]

No Haltanen? wierd

Wheeler loves his smurfs. Which is why Cagnoni and LSW were given love before him.

 

[LadyStanley]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1813272022589534703

 

[LadyStanley]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1813317099055640934

 

[Gecklund]

Wheeler loves his smurfs. Which is why Cagnoni and LSW were given love before him.

LSW a Smurf? Weird. I didn’t know 6 foot was a Smurf. Maybe Wheeler just doesn’t love a one trick pony like Halttunen even if that one trick is very good.

 

[Lebanezer]

LSW a Smurf? Weird. I didn’t know 6 foot was a Smurf. Maybe Wheeler just doesn’t love a one trick pony like Halttunen even if that one trick is very good.

Why is Halttunen becoming a polarizing prospect?

 

[landshark]

Why is Halttunen becoming a polarizing prospect?

Because we're tired of beating up on Kunin?

 

[Munnyro]

Because we're tired of beating up on Kunin?

Gotta stock up the Kunin hate for the GDT!

 

[timorous me]

Why is Halttunen becoming a polarizing prospect?

Because we're spoiled brats now when it comes to prospects.

In other words, it's a great time to be a Sharks fan!

 

[Cas]

Why is Halttunen becoming a polarizing prospect?

Because he has strong arguments both in and out of his favor?

Good:
- Consensus NHL shot
- Big and physical
- PPG as an 18-year-old in his first season on NHL-sized ice
- Excellent playoffs

Bad:
- Heavily reliant on PP production
- Questions about his conditioning
- Questions about his ability to drive play aside from his shot

I think everyone believes he can score goals at the NHL level, but it's also fair to say that not everyone believes he can or will develop into being able to do anything else well enough to get that chance.

 

[Gecklund]

Why is Halttunen becoming a polarizing prospect?

I’ve never been high on Halttunen. He’s got a good shot but not a whole lot else. If we included him in a package for a young top 4 D I’d be happy.

 

[OrrNumber4]

I’ve never been high on Halttunen. He’s got a good shot but not a whole lot else. If we included him in a package for a young top 4 D I’d be happy.

Very Ty Wishart vibes

 

[sharks_dynasty]

You guys are smoking something nice. The kid is rising to the sky. Amazing shot, super young, and rounding out his game. He’s going to be a player! Don’t be haters!

 

[Juxtaposer]

We’re very fortunate to be in a position where Halttunen is a luxury piece in our prospect pool. If he turns out, great, if not, no big deal.

Celebrini, Smith, Dickinson, Mukhamadullin, Musty. Those guys are players we need to turn out. We don’t need Kasper Halttunen.

 

[sharks_dynasty]

We’re very fortunate to be in a position where Halttunen is a luxury piece in our prospect pool. If he turns out, great, if not, no big deal.

Celebrini, Smith, Dickinson, Mukhamadullin, Musty. Those guys are players we need to turn out. We don’t need Kasper Halttunen.

While we may not NEED him to turn out, can you imagine that shot next to Smith or Celebrini? It will be amazing! Hopefully he turns out and finds another gear in his game.

Danny Heatly type prime scorer is what I’m imagining!

 

[Juxtaposer]

While we may not NEED him to turn out, can you imagine that shot next to Smith or Celebrini? It will be amazing! Hopefully he turns out and finds another gear in his game.

Danny Heatly type prime scorer is what I’m imagining!

Sure, it would be awesome if he turned out, but the odds that he becomes anything close to Dany Heatley are really long. Like, really long.

And even then… was Dany Heatley actually even that good?

 

[OrrNumber4]

You guys are smoking something nice. The kid is rising to the sky. Amazing shot, super young, and rounding out his game. He’s going to be a player! Don’t be haters!

To be fair, it's also easy to be a negative Nancy, since you're covered either way.

Future predictions are always difficult. But I imagine that two years from now (the 2026 offseason) the top 6 will be (penned in) Celebrini, Smith, Eklund, and Toffoli. You can have maybe one more young'un in there, and there's going to be heavy competition between Musty, Halttunen, Chernyshov, and whoever they draft in 2025 (if not also 2026)...not to mention players like Graf, Bystedt, Gushchin, Edstrom, and Lund who could potentially threaten.

As opposed to the defense, where there's not a single player I'd be comfortable writing into the top-4 with ink. It's just easy to imagine a situation where a year, or even two years from now Halttunen is still dominating the OHL or putting up good numbers in the AHL, and Grier decides to sell high on him.

 

[gaucholoco3]

We’re very fortunate to be in a position where Halttunen is a luxury piece in our prospect pool. If he turns out, great, if not, no big deal.

Celebrini, Smith, Dickinson, Mukhamadullin, Musty. Those guys are players we need to turn out. We don’t need Kasper Halttunen.

The Sharks really only need 1 of Musty, Halttunen, or Chernyshov to hit as a legit top 6 forward. If 2 of them hit it is just icing on the cake.