Prospect Info: Sharks Prospect Info/Discussion Thread XIII

[Maladroit]

It’s considerably less guesswork when you’ve scouted the player.

Obviously simply watching the player is largely meaningless, because scouting is more than just watching a player and many people suck at scouting, but I personally don’t like to dismiss a player without having seen them play at least a couple times. Absolutely, you can “all but dismiss” a player based on stats, but every once in a while a player will do something statistically unprecedented. I’m sure William Karlsson was written off by many (including me) as a third liner, tops, due to his stats. But he still did what he did. It may never happen again, but never say never.

It's not like any scout on the planet was predicting William Karlsson would score 40 goals either. In fact the professional scouts employed by the Blue Jackets clearly thought he was a worse player than Josh Anderson and Matt Calvert. I'm not saying scouting is useless but I'm gonna trust the numbers over a scout who, again, admitted he hasn't watched Suomela play.

 

[Mattb124]

It's not like any scout on the planet was predicting William Karlsson would score 40 goals either. In fact the professional scouts employed by the Blue Jackets clearly thought he was a worse player than Josh Anderson and Matt Calvert. I'm not saying scouting is useless but I'm gonna trust the numbers over a scout who, again, admitted he hasn't watched Suomela play.

Pronman watched Suomela play at the worlds, where he wasn't very good. There a few folks on HF that have taken that performance to question whether Suomela's game will translate well to NA. The knock on him apparently is he can wilt when faced with physicality.

 

[LadyStanley]

WRT WK, he got more ice time, jelled with new linemates and took off.

On another team, he might be a 3rd liner. But with VGK, he became part of 1st line.

 

[Internazionale]

Read the 2018-19 Forecaster NHL preview guide today, and here is their top 25 Sharks prospects in order from 1 through 25.

1. Josh Norris - Ready in 2019-20
2. Rudolfs Balcers - Ready in 2019-20
3. Alexander Chmelevski - Ready in long term
4. Ryan Merkley - Ready in long term
5. Dylan Gambrell - Ready now
6. Noah Rod - Ready in 2019-20
7. Mario Ferraro - Ready in long term
8. Maxim Letunov - Ready in 2019-20
9. Jeremy Roy - Ready in 2019-20
10. Scott Reedy - Ready in long term
11. Ivan Chekhovich - Ready in long term
12. Kyle Wood - Ready in 2019-20
13. Antti Suomela - Ready now
14. Antoine Bibeau - Ready now
15. Joachim Blichfield - Ready in long term
16. Vincent Praplan - Ready in 2019-20
17. Noah Gregor - Ready in long term
18. Jayden Halbgewachs - Ready in long term
19. Rourke Chartier - Ready in long term
20. Josef Korenar - Ready in long term
21. Linus Karlsson - Ready in long term
22. Jasper Weatherby - Ready in long term
23. John Leonard - Ready in long term
24. Karlis Cukste - Ready in long term
25. Jake Kupsky - Ready in long term

 

[hohosaregood]

Rod's gone tho

 

[The Ice Hockey Dude]

Interesting, a bunch ready next season af the same time.
Be fun to see how they do with the cuda this season.

 

[Maladroit]

Read the 2018-19 Forecaster NHL preview guide today, and here is their top 25 Sharks prospects in order from 1 through 25.

1. Josh Norris - Ready in 2019-20
2. Rudolfs Balcers - Ready in 2019-20
3. Alexander Chmelevski - Ready in long term
4. Ryan Merkley - Ready in long term
5. Dylan Gambrell - Ready now
6. Noah Rod - Ready in 2019-20
7. Mario Ferraro - Ready in long term
8. Maxim Letunov - Ready in 2019-20
9. Jeremy Roy - Ready in 2019-20
10. Scott Reedy - Ready in long term
11. Ivan Chekhovich - Ready in long term
12. Kyle Wood - Ready in 2019-20
13. Antti Suomela - Ready now
14. Antoine Bibeau - Ready now
15. Joachim Blichfield - Ready in long term
16. Vincent Praplan - Ready in 2019-20
17. Noah Gregor - Ready in long term
18. Jayden Halbgewachs - Ready in long term
19. Rourke Chartier - Ready in long term
20. Josef Korenar - Ready in long term
21. Linus Karlsson - Ready in long term
22. Jasper Weatherby - Ready in long term
23. John Leonard - Ready in long term
24. Karlis Cukste - Ready in long term
25. Jake Kupsky - Ready in long term

This is embarrassingly bad.

 

[rangerssharks414]

Rod's gone tho

And... that's all you need to know about the person that made that list.

 

[LadyStanley]

 

[Led Zappa]

Sharks are 17.

High end: Merkley

Legit NHL prospect:
Chmelevski
Norris
Balcers

Have a chance:
Gambrell
Ferraro
Roy
Letunov
Chekhovich
Blichfeld
Simek
McGrew
Praplan
Gregor

Depth:
Basically everyone else, including Rod. I guess Pronman missed that he’s no longer Sharks’ property.

I guess Hubblehawks is gonna be a real surprise then

 

[Mattb124]

Do we think Francis Perron is Cuda-bound?

 

[Fistfullofbeer]

Do we think Francis Perron is Cuda-bound?

Would think so. He has played in the Sens AHL team for the last 2 years so expect him to move to the Cuda.

 

[Gecklund]

McGrew has earned himself an ELC.

 

[Satastic]

Do we think Francis Perron is Cuda-bound?

Either AHL or ECHL bound

 

[Juxtaposer]

Think he’s gonna have a good season.

 

[Lebanezer]

Think he’s gonna have a good season.

5 points tonight, 3g 2a.

 

[LadyStanley]

Max Paddock hopes he has a future with San Jose Sharks

18 year old TO goalie Max Paddock hopes he stays on Sharks radar (and eventually gets drafted or a contract).

 

[LadyStanley]

WATCH: Jake McGrew returns to Spokane after stint in NHL with San Jose

McGrew with renewed focus after training camp and signing NHL contract

 

[TomasHertlsRooster]

5 points tonight, 3g 2a.

What a freak.

 

[KirbyDots]

Think he’s gonna have a good season.

Getting excited!

 

[Mayo8898]

Blichfeld with a goal and 2 assists
McGrew with 2 goals and an assist
Merkley with an assist and +3
Chmelevski 11/15 on faceoffs
Chekhovich with a goal
Kotkov with an assist

 

[LadyStanley]

Sneaky Sasha

 

[The Nemesis]

Man, why did they send Blichfeld back to Portland?

I'm not gonna complain too hard because it means I get someone else to watch for in the WHL besides just McGrew, but he deserved a crack at the Cuda.

I guess he was just the victim of a numbers game since he was one of the guys they could reassign without consequence.

 

[Mayo8898]

Blichfeld with a goal and 2 assists
McGrew with a goal and 2 assists
Merkley with an assist
Kotkov with a goal
Chekhovich with 2 assists

 

[hohosaregood]

Will be interested to see if McGrew can keep this up once JAD and Yamamoto come back. And if they don't, would be interested to see if he can carry his team.