themelkman
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None of that is good news, but its all pretty expected. I dont think well get any top 6 forwards out of the cuda, but I could see Gregor, Blich and Chemelevski being good bottom sixers in the future
A lot of NHL writers and scouts seem to think we are bottom 2 in the league in prospects. Normally I'm dubious of writers opinions on west coast stuff, but I feel like you can't argue with them on this. We don't seem to have any top 4 D, top 6 F coming out side of maybe Merkeley.
Hmmmm
Eh I think Kellman has stuck pretty well. Problem is hes 25 and likely to just be what he is at this pointI mean, the proof is in the pudding on this one. We came into this season with a seriously depleted forward group, that seriously depleted forward group was further depleted by injuries to our top-2 centers, and we still have not had one forward prospect stick in the NHL. The Barracuda are dead last in the AHL in points and points percentage. How can you possibly look at that information and then conclude that we have a solid prospect pool?
Eh I think Kellman has stuck pretty well. Problem is hes 25 and likely to just be what he is at this point
That's all a bunch of stuff we already knew. The Cuda aren't a very good team and we don't have any high end prospects besides Merkley because we haven't had many 1st picks stick. Meier and Merkley. Norris is gone, Goldobin is gone, Mueller, all swings and misses.
We need to hit on a draft pick here. Im hoping doug does well with our second or whatever pick he trades up forThis shouldn’t be surprising or major news to anyone that follows the Sharks. What would be shocking is if people believed and ranked the Sharks prospect pool in the top half of the league. This is what happens when you’re a successful team that has a long run of being in the playoffs and a SC contender. You don’t have high picks, you move out your quality assets (high picks and prospects) to improve your team at the TDL and in big summer moves.
I do expect some prospects to have a positive impact on the big club next season in the bottom 6. And I expect the team’s prospect pool to take a step forward in the next 2-3 years.
Agreed. It’s time for their draft luck to hopefully change. The Sharks would probably be in a much better situation if DW and Burke had hit on someone like Aho instead of Roy, or Pasta instead of trading back for Goldobin.We need to hit on a draft pick here. Im hoping doug does well with our second or whatever pick he trades up for
So scouts are shitting on players they told DW to draft?
Article is spot on, but here's the problem with the article, and it has nothing to do with the analysis of the players. Doug does not build his core through the draft excluding select 1st round picks. (I define core as top 2/3d and 4 top 6 forwards.) Doug fills out his team with drafted players and to a lesser degree Euro UFAs. So yeah, the prospect pool is garbage, but Doug has mastered bartering crap for gold. He views prospects and picks as currency first. Which is why they draft high floor low ceiling players. You have to be able to sell your prospects on the idea that they could at the very least play in the NHL. And given that the Sharks draft late, they have very few prospects with any draft pedigree. Can't sell a boom or bust late round prospect that fizzled out in juniors with no draft pedigree. That's why he was able to get more than expected for Mueller, and something for Goldobin. Either of those guys weren't taken in the 1st round and they would have gotten f*ck all. Doug is a master of a deception by getting other GMs to see what he wants them to see in trade negotiations. Unfortunately for Doug, the biggest flaw in his way of doing things is, if a few things go wrong, there are no reinforcements. That's what was exposed this year, and it's been so so bad. I'll be curious to see if he can trade his way out of this. I expect him to go big after Taylor Hall too. The draft though, and the prospects, with the exception of Merkley, meh.
He's played 40 games this season. Don't use hockeydb for the guys playing in Russia outside the KHL if you are, they don't track their stats, elite prospects does though.Does anyone know what is up with Yegor Spiridinov? He has not played as many games this year. Injury?
Thats where I was looking. But there were players with 55+ games in Russia so I was not sure if he was injured.He's played 40 games this season. Don't use hockeydb for the guys playing in Russia outside the KHL if you are, they don't track their stats, elite prospects does though.
Yegor Spiridonov at eliteprospects.com
MHL is Russian juniors. VHL is Russian AHL.Thats where I was looking. But there were players with 55+ games in Russia so I was not sure if he was injured.
Also, can anyone explain MHL vs VHL vs KHL to me.
Ah, yeah, I have no idea.Thats where I was looking. But there were players with 55+ games in Russia so I was not sure if he was injured.
Also, can anyone explain MHL vs VHL vs KHL to me.
Exactly this, MHL is under 20 and VHL is any age.MHL is Russian juniors. VHL is Russian AHL.