This week on the San Jose Hockey Now Podcast we cover the state of the rebuild. What’s gone right? What’s gone wrong? What are some potential options going forward for rebuilding the San Jose Sharks?

But before all that, we have some news of the week, including a Vanecek injury leading to a Yaroslav Askarov callup, (02:00) and an update on the Nico Sturm injury. (04:00)

We discuss the San Jose Sharks’ recent play and do a line-by-line discussion. (05:05)

Is this the most depth the Sharks have had at forward in years? Sheng ponders. (10:30)

We talk about Will Smith changing to wing, the Celebrini-Smith duo and what Goodrow gives to that line.(17:50)

Next we cover the defense pairs, including the addition of Liljegren and his pairing with Ferraro. (37:50)

The main topic for the show: What’s going right in the San Jose Sharks rebuild? (51:40)

There’s a lot going right with this rebuild, but what are the questions still unanswered going forward? (1:23:30)

Finally we wonder when should the San Jose Sharks take the next step in free agency and the trade market, and what are some potential pitfalls to try to avoid? (1:29:02)

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It’s been a busy couple weeks of San Jose Sharks news!

On this episode of the San Jose Hockey Now Podcast, we cover it all!

Macklin Celebrini returns…what are our rest-of-season expectations for him? Sheng has a bold prediction! (1:33)

Will Smith scored his first NHL goals…we discuss why the San Jose Sharks kept him up in the NHL. (12:10)

Danil Gushchin and Ethan Cardwell got sent down, how did Sheng and Keegan see their time in the NHL? (20:15)

Why should the San Jose Sharks keep Mikael Granlund? Sheng added a couple extra arguments. (26:05)

What else do we think of Sharks forwards this season?

Why weren’t the San Jose Sharks just up front about what was going on with Jake Walman? (39:20)

We react to the Timothy Liljegren trade. (47:55)

Finally, we talk Mario Ferraro, Jan Rutta, Henry Thrun, and Jack Thompson. (55:29)

Welcome to a new, pre-Timothy Liljegren episode of the San Jose Hockey Now Podcast!

Sheng and Keegan share their impressions of the San Jose Sharks’ first 11 games…recorded before the Liljegren trade.

But before we break down the Sharks’ 2-7-2 start?

What’s the latest on Macklin Celebrini’s injury? (3:18)

What’s Sheng hearing from scouts about the San Jose Barracuda as a playoff contender? (6:24)

Also, Sheng thanks all of you who contributed recently to his travel fund. Keep San Jose Hockey Now at San Jose Sharks' road games! (19:45)

What are our thoughts about these Sharks through 11 games? (24:48)

First, the forwards!

Mikael Granlund (25:30)
Tyler Toffoli
William Eklund
Fabian Zetterlund (42:39)
Danil Gushchin (48:55)
Alex Wennberg
Will Smith (1:01:31)
Ethan Cardwell (1:12:15)
Klim Kostin
Nico Sturm
Carl Grundstrom

Next, San Jose Sharks defensemen (including the just-traded Matt Benning!)

Jake Walman (1:26:16)
Cody Ceci
Mario Ferraro (1:32:16)
Jan Rutta
Jack Thompson (1:35:54)
Matt Benning
Henry Thrun

Finally, the goalies! (1:43:41)

This week on the San Jose Hockey Now Podcast we cover a winless opening of the San Jose Sharks 2024-2025 season, and a surprise Mike Grier press conference. What does Grier have to say about Will Smith, Macklin Celebrini, and the beginning of the season? We cover it all here. First, we discuss the development plan for Will Smith as described by Mike Grier. (02:52) We discuss load management, Smith's recent play, and what we think the goals are for this year for Smith. Second, Grier provided some clarity on the severity of the Macklin Celebrini injury. How long can the San Jose Sharks expect to be without their young superstar? (17:15) We cover the AHL play of Luca Cagnoni and Kasper Halttunen, and whether Grier thinks they stick in the AHL the whole year or get sent back to the CHL. (22:50) Grier gave a quick update on the Quentin Musty/Sudbury Wolves situation. (31:25) Finally, we discuss some of the bright spots in a so far winless season. Toffoli, Eklund, Granlund and Zetterlund are providing s spark in an otherwise poor opening for the Sharks. (43:00) Thanks so much for watching and subscribing!

What did we think of the first week of San Jose Sharks’ action?

Welcome to a new episode of the San Jose Hockey Now Podcast!

But before we get to our reactions to the losses to the St. Louis Blues and Anaheim Ducks, let’s talk about the San Jose Barracuda’s opening weekend.

Kasper Halttunen and Luca Cagnoni break camp with the Cuda! We can also put to bed any concern that Yaroslav Askarov isn’t willing to play in the AHL and his opening night celly. (1:45)

What’s the latest on Macklin Celebrini’s hip injury? (17:05)

What are our takeaways on the San Jose Sharks’ opening homestand? (25:58)

We debate playing Danil Gushchin on opening night, and scratching him for the second game.

What did we think of Macklin Celebrini and Will Smith’s first NHL games? We also chat Mikael Granlund. (50:10)

We both have praise for the line of Alex Wennberg, Barclay Goodrow, and Luke Kunin. (59:40)

Keegan is loving Jake Walman. (1:05:43)

We discuss Mario Ferraro, Jan Rutta, Henry Thrun, and Matt Benning’s up-and-down performances.

What did we think of Mackenzie Blackwood and Vitek Vanecek? (1:11:33)

Does William Eklund have more to give? We also talk Tyler Toffoli. (1:13:29)

Our closing thoughts about the San Jose Sharks’ start! (1:19:14)

The San Jose Sharks have announced their opening night roster! We react to the roster on this episode of the San Jose Hockey Now Podcast. But before we deep dive the San Jose Sharks’ roster, we talk about the big Quentin Musty news. (01:33) Musty has requested a trade from the Sudbury Wolves…we speculate as to why. And now, our thoughts about the San Jose Sharks’ opening night roster! (10:30) We touch on pretty much every forward, first waxing poetic on Danil Gushchin busting his way onto the roster. We talk possible No. 1 center Macklin Celebrini and what we expect from Will Smith. (32:52) Sheng defends Luke Kunin and the Sharks’ cohort of high-compete forwards once again. (50:27) We also touch on the forward prospects who didn’t make it this time like Ethan Cardwell and Collin Graf. (1:13:46) On defense, we focus on Henry Thrun and Jake Walman. (1:19:10) What about Luca Cagnoni and Jack Thompson? (1:28:47) Finally, goaltending! We have a sleeper pick for San Jose Sharks’ opening night starter. What about Yaroslav Askarov? (1:43:35) Thanks for listening!

Who are our San Jose Sharks’ preseason top-10 prospects? (53:20)

That’s our discussion on this week’s San Jose Hockey Now Podcast!

But before we get to that, we touch on some of the big news from the first week of San Jose Sharks training camp.

What’s the latest on Shakir Mukhamadullin, Yaroslav Askarov, and Marc-Edouard Vlasic’s injuries? (2:37)

What’s going on with some of the major training camp battles? (5:28)

And now, our top-10 San Jose Sharks prospects! Keegan and Sheng have separate lists.

Let’s chat about, in no particular order, our honorable mentions. (15:54)

Thomas Bordeleau (16:11)
Leo Sahlin Wallenius
Ethan Cardwell (23:30)
Cam Lund (27:24)
Eric Pohlkamp
Brandon Svoboda (31:00)
Mattias Havelid
Collin Graf (35:44)
Jake Furlong (38:35)
Jack Thompson (43:31)
Kasper Halttunen (50:39)
Danil Gushchin (53:20)

At No. 10, Keegan has Gushchin. Sheng has Luca Cagnoni. (1:07:43)

At No. 9, Keegan has Filip Bystedt. (1:12:50) Sheng has Igor Chernyshov. (1:15:40)

At No. 8, Keegan has Cagnoni. (1:18:23) Sheng has Halttunen. (1:24:08)

At No. 7, Keegan has Chernyshov. Sheng has Bystedt. (1:28:46)

Keegan and Sheng agree the rest of the way, though Sheng had plenty of pushback from NHL scouts on No. 2 Will Smith:

Quentin Musty (1:36:34)
Mukhamadullin (1:48:59)
Sam Dickinson (1:51:19)
Askarov (1:56:30)
Will Smith (2:00:43)
Macklin Celebrini (2:13:04)

This week on the San Jose Hockey Now Podcast, we discuss all the standouts from San Jose’s dominant performance at the Rookie Faceoff tournament this past weekend. How did the likes of Quentin Musty, Macklin Celebrini, Luca Cagnoni and Will Smith fare against other teams’ top prospects? Find out this week! (06:20)

But before all that, we have some news! There’s a new host at NBC for Sharks pre- and post games, longtime Sharks fan Alan Hoshida. (02:55)

We talked about the defense first, then the forwards for this week’s rookie faceoff:

Defenseman:

-Luca Cagnoni (06:20)

-Sam Dickinson (20:35)

- Artem Guryev (25:35)

- Braden Hache (26:45)

- Gannon Laroque and Valtteri Pulli (31:00)

Forwards:

-Nolan Burke (37:07)

-Ethan Cardwell (40:40)

-Macklin Celebrini (47:35)

-Collin Graf (54:02)

-Kasper Halttunen (56:35)

-Quentin Musty (1:02:45)

-Will Smith (1:16:15)

-Carson Wetsch (1:23:35)