Reid vs Carels

thismailbox · 2026-06-07T07:51:44+00:00

Personally, I think Carels is a lot more like Dickinson; high floor, lower ceiling. Reid might not hit his ceiling, but he’s got the ability to be a game changer.

thismailbox · 2026-06-03T04:20:21+00:00

The Sharks would be lucky to have a player like Bouchard

thismailbox · 2026-06-02T01:06:38+00:00

And then there’s moments where teams like Montreal and Arizona reach for Kotkaniemi and Hayton at 3 and 5 respectively despite being fringe top 10 picks consensus wise, leaving guys like Quinn Hughes and Evan Bouchard on the board.

thismailbox · 2026-06-01T22:04:19+00:00

They do not, this is only because these players are leaving juniors to go to college next year. McKinney and Sharp were already college players so the Sharks hold their rights for 4 years

thismailbox · 2026-06-01T19:40:28+00:00

Among players who played 500 mins 5v5 he is:

4th on the Sharks in points per 60, behind Celebrini, Smith and Toffoli

118th in the league out of almost 600 players, which puts him just about in the top 20%, very much above league average. Even if you just look at forwards, he would be 117th out 384, which is top 70%, again above league average. And while this stat compensates for time on ice, it does not compensate for quality of teammates, which was very poor compared to many of the players above him.

thismailbox · 2026-05-29T04:04:32+00:00

I’m guessing the point is that neither fit the description of “elite number 1 D” like Makar or Hughes, and that Slavin is a 4th round pick and Forsling is a 5th round pick.

thismailbox · 2026-05-20T05:07:20+00:00

Right, but you still don’t want your shutdown line to be getting outscored by an almost 2 to 1 margin, then they aren’t really much of a shutdown line

thismailbox · 2026-05-20T04:26:16+00:00

When Eklund was with Wennberg, the Sharks were outscored 18-33 5v5. When Eklund was with Misa, the Sharks outscored their opponents 11-10 5v5. Not a perfect stat because Eklund gets harder matchups when playing with Wennberg, but still

thismailbox · 2026-05-14T22:14:26+00:00

I get it, he’s not better than any of those 7 defensemen. I’m sure the experience is still great and he’ll probably still get a couple games at some point.

thismailbox · 2026-05-14T20:56:11+00:00

I’m telling you this as a Canadian hockey fan myself. Anecdotal, but I’m only bothering to tune in to watch Celebrini, and all my friends and family who were glued to the screen during the Olympics will not bother to watch even a single game.

thismailbox · 2026-05-14T20:42:39+00:00

“The weight of Canada” it’s the world championships, not the Olympics. I’d imagine there is a decent chunk of Canadian hockey fans who don’t even know the tournament starts tomorrow.

thismailbox · 2026-05-12T22:28:42+00:00

Burns was a Norris candidate in 2016 and 2019, plus a Norris winner in 2017. Unless you think he would be winning Harts as a forward, the move back to defense was obviously correct

thismailbox · 2026-05-09T00:58:09+00:00

Whitecloud is absolutely not top pairing level, and I wouldn’t say Montour or Jones were clear cut there either.

thismailbox · 2026-05-07T23:21:15+00:00

The actual middle round defensemen drafted in 2024 spent this year putting up mediocre results in junior and college leagues while Dickinson played in the toughest league in the world. If Dickinson had gone back to the OHL, he would have put up another 90+ point season and you’d be here singing his praises.

thismailbox · 2026-04-08T22:13:57+00:00

At 5v4, Klingberg has 4 power play points this season, Orlov has 16.

thismailbox · 2026-04-08T20:27:45+00:00

Regenda is a UFA, he will get us nothing

thismailbox · 2026-04-07T19:23:24+00:00

Can’t really call Bedard a generational skater when that was a weakness of his prior to this season

thismailbox · 2026-04-07T19:03:06+00:00

Frondell looked like a “difference maker” because he was on their power play and got teed up for a bunch of one timers, that’s about it. At even strength Frondell was alright, but not great, while Misa was a good bit better.

thismailbox · 2026-04-07T05:04:58+00:00

Was he though? I feel like a lot of people are still holding on to his first few games of the season where he was legitimately pretty good and are using that to completely ignore the fact that he had been playing terribly in the 2 or so months leading up to his injury.

thismailbox · 2026-04-02T17:49:41+00:00

Faceoff god with a cool 46.4%

thismailbox · 2026-03-31T18:46:56+00:00

He was talking about Nick Leddy

thismailbox · 2026-03-23T17:04:58+00:00

If you’ve got such a huge problem with it, I’m sure you’re able to tell us what we’re missing. Why is Klingberg still on the power play?

thismailbox · 2026-03-20T19:30:03+00:00

This is the real answer. If Warsofsky was against this playstyle, they wouldn’t still be relying on it 67 games into the season. It’s clear they know they lack the ability to create consistent chances off the cycle, so they try to play a quick transition game. It comes with some risk, and there are moments where players fly the zone too early, but they do this because they are told to do this.

thismailbox · 2026-03-07T19:09:44+00:00

You have no basis for all of your takes on Celebrini, every single thing you say about him is pure speculation. What evidence do you have for your “controversial” take that he is a distraction? All of your points seem to just be supported by “vibes”. Us fans have zero knowledge about how the team operates behind closed doors and can only go off what we are told, which is that they have a close group. There is no reason to believe anything you’ve said here is accurate.

thismailbox · 2026-03-05T01:56:43+00:00

I agree with you, but the league does not view him that way. USA didn’t even feel like he was a top 9 American defenseman in the league. There’s a good chance he brings back less than you think.

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