San Jose Sharks add nine players in 2024 NHL Draft, including crown jewel Macklin Celebrini
Macklin Celebrini poses for a portrait after being drafted by the San Jose Sharks with the first overall pick during the 2024 Upper Deck NHL Draft at Sphere on June 28, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. LAS VEGAS — Scott Fitzgerald and Chris Morehouse were hired nearly two years ago as part of the San Jose Sharks’ front office overhaul and as the leaders of the team’s scouting department, were given a clear mandate by new general manager Mike Grier.
Since the Sharks’ last playoff appearance in 2019, three head coaches have come and gone, and with the departures of star players Brent Burns, Timo Meier, Erik Karlsson, and Tomas Hertl, the team bottomed out. So did attendance.The exit of those star players brought picks, prospects, and cap space to the Sharks — enough for Grier and his staff to believe that the worst of the rebuild is over.
Amid the glitz and hoopla of this year’s draft at the Sphere, Celebrini was selected first overall by the Sharks before they took defenseman Sam Dickinson at No. 11. Celebrini was the top-ranked North American skater, and Dickinson was No. 7. Not every player will pan out. But the Sharks have bought a lot of lottery tickets in recent years, enough, it seems, to feel good about the team’s direction.
“Personally, I like the look of our cupboard right now,” said Morehouse, the Sharks’ director of amateur scouting. “I give a ton of credit to Mike and management. … But in terms of what we’ve been able to accomplish in a very short amount of time, we’re excited, and I think we’re on the right track.”
But besides being big, the Sharks feel the players they’ve taken in the Grier era are also competitive.
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