Locked On Sharks
Smaht Scouting’s Josh Tessler Talks Matthew Beniers

Kyle, Erik, and JD start our deep dive into the top prospects of the 2021 NHL Draft. This might be relevant for the San Jose Sharks? We kick off with Michigan forward Matthew Beniers. We go over his statistical profile and then are joined by Josh Tessler of Smaht Scouting to discuss why Beniers should be in consideration for the first-overall pick (7:30). Josh discusses scouting him and the other Michigan players (13:00) and his NHL comp (18:00). Then Josh looks at how the San Jose Sharks like to build their rosters and if Beniers could be a fit (25:00), then he ends with comparing Beniers and fellow Michigan prospect Kent Johnson and how their games are completely different (30:00).
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i’ve been playing around w/Tankathon’s draft simulator, and i’m getting a lot of 6th place lotto sims out of it. their pick at 6th overall for the Sharks is William Eklund, Swedish C/LW currently playing (impressively) in the top Swedish league (SHL). he’s 18 yo, and he has 11g+10a = 21 points in 38 GP. a bit undersized at 5’10”, 172 lbs. he’s the top U19 scorer in the SHL, and his 0.5526 pts per game played are best among all U20 skaters in the SHL, while averaging 15 minutes TOI. historical player references: Sam Fagemo (0.60 ppg in 2018-19),… Read more »
Eklund is on our list, we are going to try and hit all the top 15 prospects before the draft.