one2gamble
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cant stay up tp watch west coast games....Lmao imagine taking Arvidsson, Nyquist, and Carlsson over Eklund.
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cant stay up tp watch west coast games....Lmao imagine taking Arvidsson, Nyquist, and Carlsson over Eklund.
A R/H defenseman is critical this draft but this draft seems pretty forward heavy so it might a BPA situationDon't put words in my mouth, please. I am not "arguing that having a second player just like william eklund is a bad thing."
I am arguing that if we have a 5-10th pick, I would prefer us to pick a different player profile that also has similarly high upside but of a different type.
The most pressing need we have is in our defensive pipeline, where we only really have one player who has a chance at top pairing D. I vastly prefer a defenseman with top pairing upside to a clone of Eklund.
Picking similar prospect profiles over and over again is what got us a terrible pipeline in 2022. I would prefer to avoid that.
Because Eklund will have proved he is worthy of selection over a full season-plus as opposed to 20 or so games while guys like Arvidsson and Nyquist are only going to get worse over that same time period. It's not like the Swedish national team is unfamiliar with Eklund's game.that's not wrong. But if this is the sort of dumb decision making one can expect from their team selection, who's to say they don't repeat it when the Olympics come around?
Honestly. I think he is. He's already on a 69 point pace. His 2 way game is immaculate too. 70-80 points might be doable for him in the futureThat's shocking, but whatever... its a product of playing on a marketless team out in the boondocks of hockeyville.
If he was playing in TOR, he'd have been in the first set of announced players to make the team off the bat.
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By then, the rest might be more valuable than the games. Sharks could be in a PO race then...
Also, I have really enjoyed watching eklund's transition from a clearly unready prospect to a legit top 6 forward. He was too small, too weak on the puck, too cutesy when he came up. Like Smith in many ways, he just wasnt strong enough and wasnt ready. He could have been OK if they kept him up, but it would not have been best for him.
Now, his board play, his hockey sense, and his playmaking have reached the next level. he is shifty, can protect pucks, and make plays in tight spaces in ways he couldnt at the beginning. He could be a legit top liner in time.
I apologize, as I see how my initial line came off. I didnt mean it to say that getting another Ek is bad, you are just arguing that there are better fits with that pick. I totally get you...Don't put words in my mouth, please. I am not "arguing that having a second player just like william eklund is a bad thing."
I am arguing that if we have a 5-10th pick, I would prefer us to pick a different player profile that also has similarly high upside but of a different type.
The most pressing need we have is in our defensive pipeline, where we only really have one player who has a chance at top pairing D. I vastly prefer a defenseman with top pairing upside to a clone of Eklund.
Picking similar prospect profiles over and over again is what got us a terrible pipeline in 2022. I would prefer to avoid that.
We can call them: "Spaghetti and Meatballs."One of the best Swedish-Italian sandwiches in the league.
William and Viktor are 4 years apart and will have never played on the same team. The Sedins are literally the same age and have been together their entire lives. Invoking their name as a comparison or aspiration doesn't really track because the situation isn't nearly similar enough beyond "are related"
Unless the Sharks have their own Cinderella run he'll have the opportunity to go to Stockholm in May and show that he's not "injured" again.Eklund gonna get snubbed at the olympics for having no national team experience as an adult
Our first line in 2026 will be Eklund-Celebrini-Eklund
I wonder why you think Dick is the only guy we have with top pairing potential? You dont think much of cagnoni? I get that hes small, but have you watched him play? His hands, skating, and hockey mind are remarkable. Hes second in the AHL in scoring at 19 years old?! Yes, he has some defensive aspects to work on and he is small, but he can work on the defensive details, and there are lots of smaller superstar D out there. He actually kinda reminds me of Quinn Hughes (5'10", 180 lbs) in his skating, his hands, his quickness and craftiness. But spurgeon, Krug, and several others are definitely legit top 4 dmen at 5'10" or less.
Also, I am not sold that Pohlcamp wont be a top 4 dman too. He an Buium are going head to head in denver with very similar numbers, and buium is definitely supposed to be a top pairing guy.
I think our D pipeline is not as thin as you say.
To be fair Berard had one eye removed during a game, up until that point he was a studPart of the problem is that "sure-fire" #1 D-men, much less elite ones, are very rare. There's always that element of risk and trusting the scouting staff.
Come to think of it, even the "sure-fire" guys drafted #1 are often failures. Hamrlik, Jovanovski, Berard, Johnson...Denis Potvin is that only hit that comes to mind; maybe Dahlin...