The San Jose Sharks believe Sam Dickinson can handle the rigors of the NHL. That\u2019s why the 2024 No. 11 pick is still on the roster.<\/p>\n
So what do they like about Dickinson in the NHL now? And how can the teenage blueliner get better and better this year?<\/p>\n
The San Jose Sharks had the option, about a month ago, of sending the 19-year-old back to his junior club, which would\u2019ve been advantageous for them, contractually. The beginning of Dickinson\u2019s three-year entry-level contract would \u201cslide\u201d to next season, meaning year one of three wouldn\u2019t kick off until 2026-27. That, consequently, would keep the top defensive prospect at a bargain ELC rate for longer.<\/p>\n
Instead, the San Jose Sharks started the clock on Dickinson\u2019s contract this season.<\/p>\n
Physically, there\u2019s already a lot to like about Dickinson. He\u2019s 6-foot-4, NHL-strong, skilled, and can skate like the wind.<\/p>\n
Per Stathletes, he\u2019s actually a top-20 defenseman in the league in these four key 5-on-5 per 60 rate stats, as of Nov. 30: High-danger chances, inner slot carries, offensive turnovers created, and puck recoveries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The San Jose Sharks believe Sam Dickinson can handle the rigors of the NHL. That\u2019s why the 2024…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":418429,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[42],"tags":[1322,162110,293,42930,30247,1328,62,58844,67,132,68],"class_list":["post-418428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-featured","tag-jack-han","tag-nhl","tag-ryan-warsofsky","tag-sam-dickinson","tag-san-jose-sharks","tag-sports","tag-stathletes","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115647432940809779","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=418428"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418428\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/418429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=418428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=418428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=418428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}