Nope, I've seen every game with my own two God-given eyeballs and used my own brain organ to come up with that conclusion
Prospect Info: Sharks Select William Eklund at 7th Overall *Update* returned to Djurgarden
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Nope, I've seen every game with my own two God-given eyeballs and used my own brain organ to come up with that conclusion
The Nemesis
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Everyone here: "He's staying. They're not sending him back to Sweden."
Doug Wilson: "Hold my shea butter and coconut oil tanning lotion."
Hatrick Marleau
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He can’t play on the barracuda without burning a year on his ELC. The only way his ELC slides is if he plays in the SHL. I don’t understand the big deal about the big ice. Look at what Lucas Raymond is doing a year after playing in the SHL after being drafted 4th overall in 2020. That is a guy that is ready to play in the NHL and is playing extremely well. Playing on big ice didn’t hurt him. Eklund got his taste of the NHL and smaller ice this year which will help him a lot for next year. It’s not about finances, it’s about making smart moves in a hard cap system.
Tkachuk4MVP
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slocal
Dude...what?
Everyone here: "He's staying. They're not sending him back to Sweden."
Doug Wilson: "Hold my shea butter and coconut oil tanning lotion."
Oh look, the Neutral Planet has a sense of humor.
Everyone here: "He's staying. They're not sending him back to Sweden."
Doug Wilson: "Hold my shea butter and coconut oil tanning lotion."
Would not be the first time he has shown he is the biggest idiot when it comes to GM's this is just more proof the fool needs to be sent to the moon far away from this team.
slocal
Dude...what?
Boy Hedican
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I hate that part even though it's the logical move
I still think we probably don't make the playoffs and we should actually bottom out and try to draft a stud but regardless of the circumstances I'll never forgive Doug if Hertl ever wears another jersey
If a player who is signed to an entry-level contract and is 18 or 19 years of age (as of September 15 of the signing year), does not play in a minimum of 10 NHL games (including both regular season and playoffs; AHL games do not count), their contract is considered to ‘slide’, or extend, by one year. For example, if a player signed an ELC for three seasons from 2015-16 to 2017-2018, and their contract slides, their contract is now effective from 2016-17 to 2018-19. An exception to this rule is that if the player is 19 on September 15 of the first year of their contract, and turns 20 between September 16 and December 31, their contract does not slide.
Maybe they try to recoup a 2022 2nd or 1st.
If Hertl goes, I wonder if Burns might as well.
I doubt it messes with his confidence. The dude is like 12 years old. He’ll be fine. None of the other shit should matter. If were trying to build a new culture of youth it doesn’t happen in one season. We’re on the right path now but don’t try to expedite it in some desperate attempt to keep some fans involved. Calm down.
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They may have given him the option of AHL or closer to home.
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Realistically, this is just normal. Eklund's been good but he hasn't been particularly productive. We were surprised by how well Eklund has played to start the season and I'm just as disappointed but this as the rest of you guys but there's not much actual downside to this. No player's been ruined by another year of development.
And whether or not this burns the Hertl bridge is another thing all together. The taste of playing with Eklund could be enough to get Hertl to believe in the plan going forward.
And whether or not this burns the Hertl bridge is another thing all together. The taste of playing with Eklund could be enough to get Hertl to believe in the plan going forward.
Alwalys
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If he chose the shl then he himself is a moron. Ahl means he can still be called up to the nhl. Shl throws that all down the drain.
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Alwalys
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Is this 1) true and 2) testable? It would be interesting to quantify situations where returning a player hasn't worked for the better.
It would be more fun this year to watch him, but I think this is the right move for his development and the sharks aren't contenders yet anyway. I'm also heartened that it shows that the sharks are finally taking the rebuild seriously and aren't going to short circuit as soon as they achieve a small measure of success.
The Nemesis
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Actual thoughts and not just me being snarky like the above post:
I don't hate this. As much as I would've been interested in seeing him on the Barracuda (I have tickets for their games here next weekend), I worry about how that coaching staff doesn't have the best track record of developing dynamic skill prospects. And while it was fun watching him deliver a couple of "oooh. ahhhh." highlights in most games, I think there comes a point where the lack of production becomes as much of a mental detriment to him as it does a failure to develop physical skills.
Will playing in the SHL help him with playing on and reacting to things on a smaller NHL rink. No. But is that really his issue? I'd argue so far that rink awareness and operating in the confined space has not been a problem. What it will do is give him a chance to go into an environment where he'll be a top guy who's relied on by the team, which will then force feed him important minutes and heavy expectations of production. And it will likely come with a working agreement with the club and its staff to help focus on Eklund getting bigger/stronger to handle the physical rigors of the NHL game while encouraging him to develop his shot and aggressiveness in order to make him a more dangerous scorer at the NHL level.
It's no an ideal solution, but I don't honestly know what the ideal solution is. Big man on the Cuda is no guarantee given that I can't even think of the last guy who played significant Cuda/WorSharks development time on his way to NHL eliteness (Cooch? He was only there for like half a season. Pavelski was 16 games. The list of high-impact players who played for a Sharks farm team is basically empty unless you set the threshold down at like 45 games or fewer). Staying in San Jose is asking him to produce a "disappointing" season while burning a year on his contract for no real significant benefit. Sending him to Sweden is putting him in an inferior league with a different setup to North American hockey. It might just be that being in Sweden is the best of a bad set of options.
I don't hate this. As much as I would've been interested in seeing him on the Barracuda (I have tickets for their games here next weekend), I worry about how that coaching staff doesn't have the best track record of developing dynamic skill prospects. And while it was fun watching him deliver a couple of "oooh. ahhhh." highlights in most games, I think there comes a point where the lack of production becomes as much of a mental detriment to him as it does a failure to develop physical skills.
Will playing in the SHL help him with playing on and reacting to things on a smaller NHL rink. No. But is that really his issue? I'd argue so far that rink awareness and operating in the confined space has not been a problem. What it will do is give him a chance to go into an environment where he'll be a top guy who's relied on by the team, which will then force feed him important minutes and heavy expectations of production. And it will likely come with a working agreement with the club and its staff to help focus on Eklund getting bigger/stronger to handle the physical rigors of the NHL game while encouraging him to develop his shot and aggressiveness in order to make him a more dangerous scorer at the NHL level.
It's no an ideal solution, but I don't honestly know what the ideal solution is. Big man on the Cuda is no guarantee given that I can't even think of the last guy who played significant Cuda/WorSharks development time on his way to NHL eliteness (Cooch? He was only there for like half a season. Pavelski was 16 games. The list of high-impact players who played for a Sharks farm team is basically empty unless you set the threshold down at like 45 games or fewer). Staying in San Jose is asking him to produce a "disappointing" season while burning a year on his contract for no real significant benefit. Sending him to Sweden is putting him in an inferior league with a different setup to North American hockey. It might just be that being in Sweden is the best of a bad set of options.
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I agree it sucks to not see Eklund this season in teal, but Sharks cap space is going to be pretty bad for some time, so having Eklund, Bordeleau and Robins/Wiesblatt/Gusch on the same three years of ELC is just smart business for the Sharks. It was business decision, and I think as much as it hurts it was probably because of Kane and Vlasic contracts.
Munnyro
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This has to be due to the stupid amount of forwards we have right? Signing Nieto/Cogs/Bonino, Dahlen sticking, Trading for Lane Pederson (oof), LeBanc not being traded, and of course Kane.
If we didn't sign those early offseason contracts I bet he'd still be here.
If we didn't sign those early offseason contracts I bet he'd still be here.
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