Sat Shah

How are you doing today?

I'm doing well, guys.

How are you?

Hey, we can't complain.

I know there's been some frustration that the Canucks did not win the draft lottery and the San Jose Sharks, despite being a lot better than the Canucks this year, ends up leapfrogging them and picking second overall.

How excited has the fan base been over the draft lottery luck that the Sharks enjoyed a couple days ago?

In terms of what might happen second overall, and it's way too soon.

We're still like a month and a half away from what's going to happen here ultimately in terms of the draft itself.

But do you think the possibility of them drafting a defenseman second overall and letting one of those wingers, whether it's Stenberg or even a pipe dream of Gavin McKenna, slip down to number three?

Well, they do have a lot of assets, and sitting there with the second overall pick is obviously the biggest one that they can play at this point, whether it's drafting it or using it for something else.

And that whole idea, because we talk about this on Talk Radio, trading down potentially, trading these top five draft picks.

And I suppose these things are always possible, but would you be surprised if they seriously do entertain moving that draft pick, whether it's going down or outright for a star-level player?

Yeah, I mean, I think it's really fascinating looking at all the assets that the San Jose Sharks have and a guy like Eklund and what they end up doing with it.

And in terms of just the overall standing of the organization, when you have a player like Mack and Celebrini, and especially with him taking that massive step, what has that done from a business and just an overall public sentiment standpoint, having a star player like that in the fold?

Yeah, no question about that.

And before I let you go, I wanted to ask you about Michael Misa a little bit because we saw him obviously, you know, kind of find himself later in the season a little bit and play a lot better.

How impressive was the growth in him and ultimately what potential he might have in terms of being a true running mate for Macklin Celebrini up front?

Curtis, thanks so much for your time.

We really appreciate it.

Well, I'm sure we'll chat with you again soon here over the next little while.