Curtis Pashelka

Yeah, yeah, pretty excited, to say the least.

I mean, I think, you know, everyone was expecting the Sharks to, you know, wind up with a ninth or tenth overall pick.

But, you know, now you get a chance to draft second and add a real impact player who might be able to even help the team, you know, as soon as next season.

So, you know, it's a lot of buzz here around the Sharks and what this team could look like not only next year, but, you know, going into the future.

It's, you know, everyone I talk to just feels it's a real bright future for the Sharks.

Yeah, that's a good point, because he has been there before.

Obviously, the last three years, the Sharks wind up with top four picks, obviously, and getting guys like Mackenzo, Reedy, Michael Mesa, and Will Smith into the fold to start.

So yeah, it was a pretty muted reaction by Mike, but

I think even though he realized, talked to some reporters afterward and said, there's still a ton of work to do in terms of getting this team set to where it wants to be.

And they certainly have their eye on making the playoffs next season.

So it's just one step in the process for them.

But I think everybody in the organization is excited about what could happen here in the near future.

I do.

I do think that's definitely a possibility for the Sharks, even though how tempting it might be to grab a McKenna or a Stenberg with that second pick, depending on what the Leafs do at number one.

I mean, the biggest organizational need.

For the Sharks is to have an offensive-minded defenseman, especially a right-shot defenseman.

That's sort of what's really missing right now in terms of having a high-end caliber player like that in the pipeline.

So it makes a lot of sense.

Obviously, my career has been very, you know, was very get-the-close-to-the-vest.

When we talked to him a couple of days ago, he'd obviously still thinking best player available, but also kind of slipped in that, you know, once a player could be a really good fit here.