Prospect Info: Sharks' prospect poll #1

[Stewie Griffin]

Eklund. Smith is at least a year way from playing an AHL or NHL game. Longer depending on long he stays in college.

Sure but he has more pedigree and significantly higher upside.

 

[Hodge]

Eklund. Smith is at least a year way from playing an AHL or NHL game. Longer depending on long he stays in college.

IMO best way to think about these prospect rankings is “who has the most trade value.” And it’s obviously Smith by a mile.

 

[stator]

If I ranked with that criteria, I would also put Smith at the top. Usually, I approach prospect rankings as who's most likely to make the 23-man roster consistently and contribute.

 

[Stewie Griffin]

If I ranked with that criteria, I would also put Smith at the top. Usually, I approach prospect rankings as who's most likely to make the 23-man roster consistently and contribute.

Would you rank Nick Cicek above Shakir Muhkamadulin then?

 

[Gecklund]

Would you rank Nick Cicek above Shakir Muhkamadulin then?

I understand your point but I think there’s a VERY strong argument Shakir is closer to contributing in the NHL than Cicek. Maybe like Ozzy and Smith would be better.

I think with these it’s very much up to whoever is voting. Do you value the ceiling or the floor more? At what point does that change? Do you value closer to the NHL or potential? Again at what point does that change?

For me personally, I value ceiling way higher than floor up to a certain point. So a guy like Bystedt where I think his ceiling is an average 2nd liner for me is like 5 or 6 whereas Musty who I think can be an elite winger is an easy third choice for me. Someone else could say Musty has that ceiling but he also could be anything from top end AHL winger to Patrick Kane and Bystedt is very easily projectable as a 3C at a minimum so I’ll go him over Musty. I don’t think either view is wrong at all. It’s entirely in what you value. When I ran these polls I specifically had a comment of like, “vote for what you value.”

I will also add the caveat that there is definitely a point where this changes. Like Cagnoni definitely has VERY high ceiling but I’m not voting him over Bystedt.

 

[TheBigDrunkPanda]

It’s will Smith.

I think Eklund was more exciting to me when drafted but he’s had a rough couple years

Yeah the whole shoulder injury and he’s still not ready in addition he wasn’t able really train and continue to build muscle this offseason, rough set back