William Eklund

[BaileyMacTavish]

Eklund has been fantastic for sure.

 

[Alaskanice]

I’m so enjoying watching him grow as a player. He wears a teal sweater and I couldn’t be happier.

 

[Skeksis25]

Would love to see him hit 45-50 points this year. Feel like he has a ceiling of being a two way 20g 70p type of player.

 

[GRANdSharks]

Eklund is proving himself to be an important part of the next stage for the sharks, he is built for big games, may not be the face of the sharks but I could see him becoming a leader for the next wave of prospects kinda like hertl Ferraro did

 

[timorous me]

Who was worried about Eklund after his first 9 game stint? He showed he had the talent to play at this level even back then, just that he was trying things at the NHL level that maybe would not work or would get him injured by opening him up for a big hit.

Eklund was one of the prospects we could of rushed without actually hurting his development.

Worried about getting blown up by a big hit is exactly what I was referring to. Sorry for the confusion.

 

[BaileyMacTavish]

He's on a 43 point pace so it's possible

Correction. 40 point pace. Still good

 

[karltonian]

He is surprisingly physical/scrappy. And he looks to have gained a lot of strength and tenacity.

 

[CaptainShark]

Ekky has been fantastic this season, he really has taken another step and has been our best forward a lot of nights. I fell like this has been overlooked in all the love for our shiny new toys…

So here is some love for Ekky

 

[Juxtaposer]

He's got to be getting a serious look at the Swedish Four Nations team, right?

If I were them I'd take Eklund and Zetterlund, deploy them with a center like Elias Lindholm on a crash-and-bang fourth line.

 

[tiburon12]

He's got to be getting a serious look at the Swedish Four Nations team, right?

If I were them I'd take Eklund and Zetterlund, deploy them with a center like Elias Lindholm on a crash-and-bang fourth line.

I think he is, though about 60% of the roster mock-ups I've seen exclude him, but that jsut might be ECB

 

[Jargon]

Eklund has been phenomenal. He’s so fun to watch. It’s really interesting to see his growth because he was really good at the end of the year last year but I think the confidence + a very obvious boost in strength has really helped him get to another level. He’s now both really evasive (it’s often wild to see him in a situation where he is being closed in on and has nowhere to go and then somehow slips by the attackers anyway) and gritty.

Someone mentioned this in the GDT but I do wonder if working out with Zetterlund the Swedish Tank has really helped him. Hopefully Smith joins those work outs.

 

[OrrNumber4]

Eklund drives in the lesson that players can add some muscle and learn to play physically. But you can't give guys hockey sense or hands.

 

[Jargon]

I wish we could somehow draft his brother (with a second 1st round pick) only because, as they say, double the Eklund, double the fun.

 

[MackAttack71]

I wish we could somehow draft his brother (with a second 1st round pick) only because, as they say, double the Eklund, double the fun.

Is this Eklund the secondary than?

 

[Anomie2029]

The one part of his game I didn't see coming is how actively he is chirping and getting under players' skin at the net. He isn't shying away.

I'm going to enjoy watching Eklund and Celebrini run circles around opposition teams.