Nice write up, as always , EF. I have to say I had a bias towards Dickinson, just never thought he would get to 14 or 11 for that matter for the Sharks to select him. But he was the prospect I wanted. Mainly because of all the traits and tools he is starting with.
He might not be the wizard offensively like Karlsson is/was… but in constructing this new era of Sharks, he shouldn’t need to be. That is ideally what Macklin and Will are for. Dickinson feels like a championship player. Just like when comparing Macklin to Bedard, everyone says Bedard’s offense… the offense… the offense. But when talking about Macklin they all say this is a championship player.
It’s also interesting listening to Sheng Peng post draft and he said some scouts are worried that Buium’s defensive game might not improve and some just feel like he has NO defensive game. Just interesting all around.
Thanks for reading and commenting. I think your rationale is more or less why the Sharks went with Dickinson. My philosophy is that teams shouldn't draft for things like potential championship pedigree alone and that finding offense is both more important and more difficult than finding defense. I could be very wrong, however. You and the Sharks and who knows how many other scouts feel similarly about Dickinson as a prospect, so I am out on a ledge here saying I think that line of reasoning is incorrect. We'll see, I suppose.
Nice write up, as always , EF. I have to say I had a bias towards Dickinson, just never thought he would get to 14 or 11 for that matter for the Sharks to select him. But he was the prospect I wanted. Mainly because of all the traits and tools he is starting with.
He might not be the wizard offensively like Karlsson is/was… but in constructing this new era of Sharks, he shouldn’t need to be. That is ideally what Macklin and Will are for. Dickinson feels like a championship player. Just like when comparing Macklin to Bedard, everyone says Bedard’s offense… the offense… the offense. But when talking about Macklin they all say this is a championship player.
It’s also interesting listening to Sheng Peng post draft and he said some scouts are worried that Buium’s defensive game might not improve and some just feel like he has NO defensive game. Just interesting all around.
Thanks for reading and commenting. I think your rationale is more or less why the Sharks went with Dickinson. My philosophy is that teams shouldn't draft for things like potential championship pedigree alone and that finding offense is both more important and more difficult than finding defense. I could be very wrong, however. You and the Sharks and who knows how many other scouts feel similarly about Dickinson as a prospect, so I am out on a ledge here saying I think that line of reasoning is incorrect. We'll see, I suppose.