{"id":325086,"date":"2025-12-02T01:02:03","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T01:02:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/325086\/"},"modified":"2025-12-02T01:02:03","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T01:02:03","slug":"where-has-dickinson-excelled-where-can-he-improve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/325086\/","title":{"rendered":"Where Has Dickinson Excelled? Where Can He Improve?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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<p>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<p>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<p>Instead, the San Jose Sharks started the clock on Dickinson\u2019s contract this season.<\/p>\n<p>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<p>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&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":325087,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[831,136454,385,4276,6529,835,99,27418],"class_list":{"0":"post-325086","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-featured","9":"tag-jack-han","10":"tag-nhl","11":"tag-ryan-warsofsky","12":"tag-sam-dickinson","13":"tag-san-jose-sharks","14":"tag-sports","15":"tag-stathletes"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325086","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=325086"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325086\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/325087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=325086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=325086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=325086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}