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2024 NHL Draft lottery results: San Jose Sharks earn right to No. 1 overall pick, Chicago Blackhawks at No. 2

The San Jose Sharks did choose No. 1 overall in the 2024 NHL Draft. This summer, the document in Las Vegas chose 1 nevertheless. With Macklin Celebrini, the Sharks will have a new franchise pillar as their best overall pick.

The Sharks entered the jackpot with the best chances of winning the lottery, which had the league’s worst history. The Blackhawks, who won last month’s lottery and selected Connor Bedard No. 1 nevertheless, have the following pick. The Anaheim Birds will go with third place.

The Sharks have the No. for the first time in franchise record. 1 total get. No. has been chosen by San Jose. It finished second total three times in 1997, surpassing Patrick Marleau. If Celebrini pans out as well as Marleau, public director Mike Grier may be thrilled.

Celebrini only torched university hockey as a 17- yr- old freshman. In 38 activities with the Dogs, Celebrini totaled 32 targets and 32 aids. At the 2024 World Junior Championships, he even contributed four targets and four assists to Team Canada.

Celebrini may be acquainted with the Bay Area before making her San Jose trip. Celebrini has followed the Sharks, and his dad is the Golden State Warriors ‘ director of sports medicine and efficiency.

” Obviously, I lived there for a little bit growing up with my dad being with the Warriors”, Celebrini said in an interview with ESPN. ” Clearly, they’re a great business, and if I’m lucky enough to be drafted it, I’ll be very lucky”.

Celebrini will assist the Sharks in a major rebuild that may start a new era. The new bench manager, who was just fired head coach David Quinn, will be responsible for developing Celebrini and the rest of the organization’s best leads.

Here is how the top 10 lottery game ended up being generally pencil on Tuesday.