Prospect Info: San Jose Sharks #3 Prospect

[Lebanezer]

1. William Eklund 200%
2. Thomas Bordeleau 90.5%

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[sharks_dynasty]

This one’s tough. I went Merkley and hope he dominates this year. If he does, his potential makes him better than any other prospect not named Eklund. Still has lots to prove though.

 

[Munnyro]

Since Dahlen is all but assured to be on the opening night roster I'm putting him at 3#. I've got some pretty low expectations considering the league highlights we watched but he's got 'extra room' as of late to slide up the line up. I wouldn't be surprised if Leo hung out in the A while he did some figuring out.

 

[Doctor Soraluce]

Did I miss something? Why isn't Leonard on this list?

 

[Sharksrule04]

Did I miss something? Why isn't Leonard on this list?

He just played a decent amount of games in the NHL. He’s not a prospect.

 

[Lebanezer]

Did I miss something? Why isn't Leonard on this list?

I used 40 NHL games as the threshold for prospect status. Leonard played 44 last year.

 

[Gecklund]

Our prospect pool looks 100x better after these last two drafts. Our C prospects though are depressing.

 

[one2gamble]

I have to think about this one. We are now in "chance of making the nhl" vs "chance of being an impact player"

 

[Church Hill]

Every time I've seen Merkley the mental mistakes were frequent and large. If he's patched those up it's him.

Voted Ozzy

 

[BaileyMacTavish]

Potential wise, I still think it's Merkley.

 

[themelkman]

I still have faith in Merks. A bad year doesn’t ruin a player

 

[PacificOceanPotion]

Merkley is still so frickin young. You'd think he's like 23-24, but hes 21 on Aug 14th. Still so much time to develop into a real stud. I voted him here because I think with another yr in the AHL he'll be one season closer to being a real impact prospect.

 

[Doctor Soraluce]

I used 40 NHL games as the threshold for prospect status. Leonard played 44 last year.

Gotcha. I guess I assumed 50 would be the cutoff since that's what it is for the calder. At least I think that's what it is? Or is it 25? Can't remember now...

 

[Doctor Soraluce]

I still have faith in Merks. A bad year doesn’t ruin a player

You must not have watched the year then... It's not impossible that he turns out but that was about as bad a performance from a supposedly high end prospect as I can imagine someone having.

 

[Mr Fahrenheit]

Our prospect pool looks 100x better after these last two drafts. Our C prospects though are depressing.

You dont like Eklund and Bordeleau?

 

[Karl Prime]

It's ether Merkley or Ozzy. Went with Merkley because his potential is tantalizing if he can figure it out.

 

[Lebanezer]

Gotcha. I guess I assumed 50 would be the cutoff since that's what it is for the calder. At least I think that's what it is? Or is it 25? Can't remember now...

It’s 25, which is awfully low.

 

[PacificOceanPotion]

Gonna change my vote here. I think Ozzy has more star potential and is closer to being an NHL impact player

 

[Doctor Soraluce]

It’s 25, which is awfully low.

Ok cool, knowing that totally agree with how you did it. Can't believe he actually played 44 games though. Guess that means he wasn't all that impressive yet. I still have high hopes for him.

 

[DG93]

Went with Merkley because of his upside. If he doesn't perform this year, I would drop him down the rankings.

 

[Gecklund]

You dont like Eklund and Bordeleau?

I don’t consider Eklund a C prospect as much as the Sharks want him to be and Bordeleau is the only good one. Outside of him who’s the next best one? Spiridonov?

 

[Cas]

I don’t consider Eklund a C prospect as much as the Sharks want him to be and Bordeleau is the only good one. Outside of him who’s the next best one? Spiridonov?

Chmelevski, probably, then Spiridonov.

 

[Gecklund]

Chmelevski, probably, then Spiridonov.

Chmelevski was moved to wing and then immediately scored like 8 points in 3 games. Don’t think he sticks at C either

 

[Le Rosbeef]

Wiesblatt for me. He'll make a difference when he arrives.

 

[Kcoyote3]

I don’t consider Eklund a C prospect as much as the Sharks want him to be and Bordeleau is the only good one. Outside of him who’s the next best one? Spiridonov?

Robins has been playing C for the last two seasons I believe