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Confirmed with Link: Zetterlund, Robins, 4th to Ottawa for 2025 2nd, Zack Ostapchuk, Noah Gregor

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Jargon said:
He frankly owes Ek. And then he can draft the 3rd and 4th Eklund brother. And 5th and 6th, I’m unclear how many there are but we must become the San Jose Eklunds.
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I think it's plausible. Victor has a few factors working against him that often lead to falling in the draft.

-Generously listed 5'11"
-Winger
-October birthday
-Therefore can't play at the U18 this May (remember how Sharks scouts once hoped that other teams would forget about Tomas Hertl because his league season was done in March and he was too old to play the U18)
-Scouts can probably talk themselves into thinking his production was a product of Frondell

It wouldn't surprise me at all if he fell to around #11-14 like Jonathan Lekkerimaki. There's a whole list of guys I can see teams convincing themselves to take over Eklund. McQueen, Frondell, Desnoyers, O'Brien, Smith, Mrtka, Bear, Lakovic, Martin, etc. Guys with size, guys with more premium positions (C/D), guys who already play in North America.

If Eklund makes it out of the top-10, the Sharks need to do whatever it takes to get him.
 
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Juxtaposer said:
I think it's plausible. Victor has a few factors working against him that often lead to falling in the draft.

-Generously listed 5'11"
-Winger
-October birthday
-Therefore can't play at the U18 this May (remember how Sharks scouts once hoped that other teams would forget about Tomas Hertl because his league season was done in March and he was too old to play the U18)
-Scouts can probably talk themselves into thinking his production was a product of Frondell

It wouldn't surprise me at all if he fell to around #11-14 like Jonathan Lekkerimaki. There's a whole list of guys I can see teams convincing themselves to take over Eklund. McQueen, Frondell, Desnoyers, O'Brien, Smith, Mrtka, Bear, Lakovic, Martin, etc. Guys with size, guys with more premium positions (C/D), guys who already play in North America.

If Eklund makes it out of the top-10, the Sharks need to do whatever it takes to get him.
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I do wonder if they’re going to go all defense and try to get like Hensler/Schaefer but who knows. If they can get Eklund with that 2nd pick it does seem like a huge get.
 
Jargon said:
I do wonder if they’re going to go all defense and try to get like Hensler/Schaefer but who knows. If they can get Eklund with that 2nd pick it does seem like a huge get.
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We may need Hensler more but Eklund is on another level as a hockey player. They may go in the same range because Eklund is a 5'11" European winger and Hensler is a 6'2" American RHD, but Eklund is so much better.
 
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Grier needs to prove that he can actually add impact players this offseason and improve the team quite noticeably. And I am not a fan of trading Zetterlund for scraps, myself. But people really need to chill with the whole, "How is he going to replace these guys???" thing. Walman, Sturm, Zetterlund etc are not irreplaceable. They are not the difference between an awful team and a bad team. Even when all of these guys were here and playing together, we were comfortably the worst team in the league in years.

Lets see what Grier does in the offseason. But I think we need to chill with the overreactions. You would think we just got rid of prime Dan Boyle and Patrick Marleau for scraps or something.
 
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Skeksis25 said:
Grier needs to prove that he can actually add impact players this offseason and improve the team quite noticeably. And I am not a fan of trading Zetterlund for scraps, myself. But people really need to chill with the whole, "How is he going to replace these guys???" thing. Walman, Sturm, Zetterlund etc are not irreplaceable. They are not the difference between an awful team and a bad team. Even when all of these guys were here and playing together, we were comfortably the worst team in the league in years.

Lets see what Grier does in the offseason. But I think we need to chill with the overreactions. You would think we just got rid of prime Dan Boyle and Patrick Marleau for scraps or something.
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They’re replaceable, but there’s also another 10-12 players on the roster that need to be prioritized to be replaced. The only one I had an issue with was Fabian simply because of his age and his bond with the future core, which does indeed matter during these tough times despite what some here seem to think.
 
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Jargon said:
He frankly owes Ek. And then he can draft the 3rd and 4th Eklund brother. And 5th and 6th, I’m unclear how many there are but we must become the San Jose Eklunds.
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hes gonna repay him by shipping him to buffalo for Power. i know the board loves Byram but Powers 6'5 vs Byrams 6'1 so we should know who MG prefers.
 
You can truly tell the consensus of this trade by the amount of users commenting who I don’t recognize at all… it’s bringing all of us infrequent posters out in frustration and confusion. Life is pain…
 
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hohosaregood said:


And there's the A3Z microstats that confirm my eye test. I wonder what changed in Zetterlund's game that tanked his transition game.
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It's useful to see this; there are a lot of bad signs to Zetterlund's game, more than I expected, even after critiquing his defensive efforts yesterday.

I still think there's a question as to whether or not this was selling low on Zetterlund--you can't help but wonder what else Grier could have gotten elsewhere, though I like that this wasn't just for picks but for a pick and a guy with 50 NHL games.

It also makes me think that maybe Grier and his staff are paying attention to advanced metrics and microstats. That certainly could've informed this move--and simply the choice to move Zetterlund instead of giving him a substantial contract in the offseason.
 
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