Sharks: Macklin Celebrini to join a (very) strong group of young forwards – Dose.ca

It’s been a few hours because the NHL lottery ended. In the tip, as anticipated, the Sharks acquired the primary choose, and no group moved.

The well-known “leak” this afternoon, which positioned the Utah group in second place, was subsequently false. It wasn’t essentially a shock when you know the way the method works, but it surely circulated nonetheless.

We notice particularly that the highest-6 can be made up of the identical six groups as final 12 months. The solely distinction is that the Sharks, who have been drafted fourth final 12 months, can be drafted first. The Blackhawks, Ducks and Blue Jackets have dropped one place, whereas the Habs and Utah (who have been in Arizona final 12 months) have retained their positions.

On the opposite hand, we’ve talked in regards to the targets for the Habs’ choose and the Senators’ scenario… however the Sharks deserve to be talked about too.

With Macklin Celebrini becoming a member of a group of young forwards that already contains Will Smith, Quentin Musty, William Eklund, Thomas Bordeleau, David Edström and Mike Hoffman Filip Bystedt, it’s clear that the Sharks have already got a lot of expertise up entrance.

In current weeks, the thought of the Blackhawks snapping up Celebrini to recreate a Toews/Kane duo has been the discuss of the city, however with Celebrini and Smith, the Sharks can have two very stable heart forwards to construct round.

Add in all the opposite forwards beforehand talked about, and the membership’s high-6 gained’t be a drawback for a very long time (if everybody reaches their full potential, of course).

And that’s not even counting the truth that the membership additionally has the 14th choose within the draft by advantage of the commerce that despatched Erik Karlsson to Pittsburgh. The Sharks can add one other ahead with this choose, or solidify their defensive brigade, which isn’t as effectively-stocked because the ahead group.

The different beauty of Celebrini heading to San Jose is that he’s nearly a “local” participant for the Sharks. The child hails from Vancouver (which isn’t removed from California), however performed for the Sharks Junior when he was 14.

There are individuals within the group who nearly take into account him a “local talent”, at the very least.

What’s not such a nice story, nonetheless, is that for the second 12 months in a row, it’s a group that tanked exhausting that’s rewarded with the primary choose. The lottery system is designed to keep away from such conditions, however after the Blackhawks final 12 months (who moved up two spots, however bought their group aggressively), the Sharks are rewarded for a similar motive a 12 months later.

In 2021-22, the Habs completed final and acquired the primary choose, however that was primarily as a result of their complete core was dismantled directly with accidents to Carey Price and Shea Weber (and nearly the whole group in the course of the season) and the departure of Phillip Danault. The context wasn’t the identical, let’s say.

In reality, seeing Chicago get Connor Bedard final 12 months and seeing San Jose get Celebrini this 12 months is probably going to encourage groups to tank much more. And ultimately, it’s the NHL that’s going to pay the value, as a result of it’s going to create groups that gained’t be aggressive… provided that the technique works.

Obviously, there’s no easy answer to such a sophisticated drawback… however the Sharks performed by the principles anyway, so it’s exhausting to blame them.

And at the very least Celebrini appears glad to be taking part in there. We want him success with the various young forwards on the town… and with the millions of dollars that will be paid to players who no longer play in town in the coming years.

In bursts

– Still.

– A mock draft through which the Habs go down to the draft… to take Tij Iginla.

– Oh boy.

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– Love this.

– Not strong.

More bother for Rashee Rice. #NFL https://t.co/l72IjNoBCM

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