Our Preseason Top-10 Sharks Prospects!

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)

7 comments

  1. I feel like I'm watching an entirely different player than how you describe Cagnoni. He's an exceptional defensive player for his size and skillset. He's ABSOLUTELY showing that he has the ability to hang around the NHL pace and play, so hearing you say you think he's not even close (even as a PP specialist) makes no sense to me when he's been by far the best player on the powerplay, and really great 2-way play 5 on 5. Even comparing him to the play of NHL vets that he's played with so far these preseason games, he's been the best d-man, particularly on zone exits and keeping plays alive in the offensive zone. He plays some of the most mistake free hockey I've seen from a d-man his age. If he plays at the same level as he did the last couple pre-season games, I think he 100% deserves a shot to make the opening roster

  2. 14:45 I went to the Sharks around the Bay thing at Santana Row and got Sturm and Thrun's autographs, then I went to the neighborhood game and got a bunch of autographs there. I skipped Sturm and Thrun, though I made sure I explained the reason.

    Edit: Chernyshov was at the event giving autographs as well, per the discussion when he came up.

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