Players Sharks should target

I'm assuming this is based off the current standings. If so, I wouldn't touch Miroshnichenko at 14 and it's unlikely Jiricek falls that far, even with his injury. Can't go wrong with anybody else. I do think some should go higher, but it's always possible they fall a bit. Players the Sharks should at least consider at 14: Gleb Trikozov, Seamus Casey (>Chesley) and Denton Mateychuk.

What are SJS needs and what range would they pick in. After knowing that, i can give feedback

Depends on how Merkley finishes the year. If he proves he can stay with the big club then maybe we don't need to draft RHD. After that we just need high level scoring ability on the RW.

scoring RW and possibly RD's as draft options. You'd be looking at (SJS is currently at 14th based off point p% so Nazar, Howard/McGroarty if you'd play them on their off side as scoring RW, Casey as RD if you're in the 10-15 and then in the 15-20 range any fallers from the previous group or Lekkerimaki, Chesley, Perevalov, Gauthier, Nelson, Miroshnichenko are options

I've not heard much about Casey. What's his potential and comparable? I'm a huge Lekkerimaki fan

Casey, imo he has the ceiling to be a low-end 2D/high-end 3D and he's very good offensively and in transition, a bit on the smaller side (5'10) but still good defensively too ( consistency could improve but most prospects could use help with defence/consistency on defence side )

I'm really big on Lekkerimaki and Ostlund. Ostlund currently Eklund's teammate in Djurgarden (think Lekk is with their junior club)
Since Wilson Jr took over scouting we have been a BPA team. Before we we're drafting based on needs. Sharks have a lot of their scouts focused on Sweden this year.

As far as I know, Lekkerimäki switches between SHL and J20 Nationell. Same with Östlund, but he hasn't been in the SHL as much. In most cases you should go BPA. But I never mentioned position specific picks and the players I listed are all valid candidates for BPA. The flaws in Miroshnichenko's let him fall a lot. He has the tools, but his toolkit (=the stuff you can't really teach that lets you put the raw tools together (at least that's how I've always defined it) isn't refined enough. He doesn't have the toolkit to make everything work together on an elite level. Especially his Hockey IQ (including vision and creativity) are a red flag to me.


(A_Habs_fan Is that a good definition for "toolkit"?)

As far as I know, Lekkerimäki switches between SHL and J20 Nationell. Same with Östlund, but he hasn't been in the SHL as much. In most cases you should go BPA. But I never mentioned position specific picks and the players I listed are all valid candidates for BPA. The flaws in Miroshnichenko's let him fall a lot. He has the tools, but his toolkit (=the stuff you can't really teach that lets you put the raw tools together (at least that's how I've always defined it) isn't refined enough. He doesn't have the toolkit to make everything work together on an elite level. Especially his Hockey IQ (including vision and creativity) are a red flag to me.


(A_Habs_fan Is that a good definition for "toolkit"?)