The San Jose Sharks will make the primary total decide over the summer season, and it’s not a lot of a secret who they’ll take.
The Sharks owned the very best odds to amass the primary decide after their 19-54-9 season. In reality, the lottery went chalk from one to 16.
San Jose now owns the rights to prime prospect Macklin Celebrini.
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NHL Deputy Commissioner Invoice Daly pronounces the San Jose Sharks’ No. 1 total draft place in the course of the NHL Draft Lottery on Might 7, 2024, in Secaucus, New Jersey. (Mike Stobe/NHLI by way of Getty Photos)
The 17-year-old is at the moment at Boston University, however that figures to not final for much longer. His Terriers made the Frozen 4 however misplaced to the eventual champions within the College of Denver within the nationwide semifinals.
Celebrini already has a university season underneath his belt and World Juniors motion earlier than the age of 18; he’s eligible to play within the latter match two extra occasions.
And easily put, he’s a stud. In 38 video games with BU, he scored 32 targets and handed out assists on one other 32. And whereas Workforce Canada mustered up a fifth-place end on the World Juniors, he racked up 4 targets and 4 assists within the 5 video games he performed.
“It’s thrilling to have the chance to presumably decide somebody like Macklin,” normal supervisor Mike Grier stated, not even making an attempt to be secretive. “It’s nearly like a pleasant prize after this 12 months.”
NHL Deputy Commissioner Invoice Daly, left, Commissioner Gary Bettman and projected No. 1 decide Macklin Celebrini are proven in the course of the NHL Draft Lottery on Might 7, 2024, in Secaucus, New Jersey. (Mike Stobe/NHLI by way of Getty Photos)
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“He performed 200 ft. He is 17, however he is bought a very strong construct on him already, and I feel he is bought knowledgeable perspective and mentality already,” he stated. “I’ve talked with (coach) Jay Pandolfo at BU, and he stated generally they need to kick him off the ice. I simply suppose it is how he performs the sport; he works simply as onerous within the defensive zone as he does within the offensive zone. If you put all of it collectively, we expect he is in a great spot [to be NHL-ready].”
Chicago and Anaheim personal the second and third picks after having No. 1 (Connor Bedard) and No. 2, respectively, final 12 months.
The group previously generally known as the Arizona Coyotes, who will now play in Salt Lake Metropolis, will choose sixth.
There was hypothesis that ESPN’s John Buccigross had leaked the outcomes of the draft lottery on X, previously Twitter, as he posted after which deleted a shot of the studios with seemingly a picked order. Nevertheless, Buccigross clarified and stated it was a rehearsal.
The San Jose Sharks received the 2024 NHL Draft Lottery on Tuesday, and GM Mike Grier did not shrink back from who the staff will take with the primary decide. (David Kirouac/Icon Sportswire by way of Getty Photos/File)
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That publish had Utah deciding on second, so queue the conspiracy theories that an ESPN worker robbed Utah of a greater decide.
The Sharks will flip within the card on June 28.
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