Satyar Shah

And I know Caleb himself compared himself, or he said a player he looks up to is Alex Barkov.

And I think there are teams that are talking themselves into him being a Barkov type.

And the interesting thing about Barkov, Bick, the year he was drafted second overall, McKinnon went first overall,

there was a sense that Seth Jones should have been the second overall pick that year.

Yeah, that was a late push.

And when Barkov ended up going second overall, there was some criticism.

I remember certain media people saying, you know, they're going to regret not taking Seth Jones second overall, for instance.

And a lot of draft analysts mentioned how, hey, it's a bit of a stretch to take Barkov a bit higher.

So I've seen people around the... That was the Halifax draft, right?

Yeah, and that's kind of what some people have been telling me around the league about him.

It's like, hey, they're seeing a lot of Barkov vibes, and they're saying, like, because we truly believe he's going to be like that.

So don't be surprised if he goes higher than anticipated.

Now, do I think San Jose's taking him second overall?

I'd be surprised.

Do I think Toronto's taking him first overall?

Again, I would be surprised.

Yeah, and I think that's where a lot of that momentum is around Caleb Malhotra.

I think that's something to obviously keep an eye on here over the next little while.

We're going to find out soon.

We're three weeks away, essentially, from the NHL draft.