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SJHN Daily: Steph Curry on Celebrini, Desharnais Injury Update, Misa to AHL?
“Patience.”
That’s Steph Curry’s No. 1 recommendation for San Jose Sharks’ budding star Macklin Celebrini.
“It’s hard to keep that tunnel vision on, continue to get better, continue to keep your joy for the game through all the ups and downs of a tough team situation early in your career. That’s one thing we both have in common,” Curry said to Bonta Hill on NBC Sports’ Dub Talk on Monday.
The nature of being drafted high in the first round is typically heading to a less-than-great team. Curry was drafted seventh overall in 2009, and he and the Warriors didn’t make the playoffs until the 2012-2013 season. For Sharks fans hoping Celebrini and the Sharks take a similar path, the Warriors won the NBA Finals just two years later.
Curry added that he checks in with Celebrini’s dad Rick – the Warrior’s Director of Sports Medicine and Performance – about how Macklin is doing.
“I talk to Rick every day when I’m on the table like, “How’s Mack doing? I’m getting all that intel,” Curry said.
And Macklin shared his response to Curry’s words with Alan Hoshida, saying Curry’s advice is, “Something to take to heart, for sure.”
At San Jose Hockey Now…
Macklin Celebrini and Ryan Warsofsky aren’t sure why Celebrini received an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty against the Vancouver Canucks.
Will Smith might’ve scored the goal of the year last night.
Ryan Warsofsky talks scratching Shakir Mukhamadullin and his confidence.
Why did the San Jose Sharks call up Pavol Regenda over other options?
Where has Sam Dickinson excelled and where can he improve?
Other Sharks News…
The NHL is acting after the Sharks and the Ottawa Senators violated the helmets-in-warmups rule. But the Sharks probably won’t be fined.
Desharnais is week-to-week, says Warsofsky
— Sheng Peng (@Sheng_Peng) December 2, 2025
Vincent Desharnais has missed the last three games with an upper-body injury, and it looks like he’ll be out a while longer.
Brodie Brazil spoke to ex-Oakland A’s star Mark Canha about his love for the Sharks.
Warsofsky didn't rule out Skinner & Misa from playing tomorrow. I'd guess not likely, especially with Misa, last game a month ago.
Also, Warsofsky says he & Grier will meet today to discuss the possibility of Misa going to the AHL for a conditioning loan, answer on that tmw
— Sheng Peng (@Sheng_Peng) December 2, 2025
Per @PuckPedia: Misa will NOT count, because he would be going from IR to a conditioning loan. Whereas Iorio was on the NHL roster when he went, that's why he still counted on the 23-man roster
— Sheng Peng (@Sheng_Peng) December 2, 2025
The San Jose Sharks are worth how many billions of dollars?
San Jose Sharks’ attendance is rising.
True emotion here. Hats off to Brenden Dillon for reaching this tremendous milestone. Played 439 regular season games with the Sharks and was part of four playoff runs. https://t.co/KnhcF3KnKI
— Curtis Pashelka (@CurtisPashelka) December 1, 2025
A new season of Making Waves is here. 🌊@TaraSlone looks back at this month's Hockey Fights Cancer initiatives with @KPSanJose, @KPSantaClara and @sjscommunity. pic.twitter.com/XgfF8R3ltx
— San Jose Sharks (@SanJoseSharks) December 1, 2025
Macklin Celebrini (39-61—100 in 96 GP) recorded his 100th career point and became the eighth-youngest player in NHL history to reach the milestone. #NHLStats
Tune in : 🌎: https://t.co/dT34F4MhkC pic.twitter.com/f3oGWSfcnN
— NHL Public Relations (@NHLPR) November 30, 2025
Around the NHL…
The Pittsburgh Penguins have called up top prospect Rutger McGroarty.
Morgan Geekie is officially an elite goal scorer.
Another NHL player had a freak accident off the ice.
What would an All-Time Olympics roster look like for Team Canada?
Jesper Wallstedt edges out Yaroslav Askarov for NHL Rookie of the Month.
How have Mackenzie Blackwood and Scott Wedgewood combined to bring the Colorado Avalanche to new heights?
Jordan Binnington and Jim Montgomery got into it recently, but both say it’s water under the bridge.
The Florida Panthers called up former San Jose Sharks center Jack Studnicka.
I consulted two sexual assault survivors, who endured similar trials, asking for their perspective on Carter Hart and the case.
What they shared is powerful and provides valuable context for anyone interested in understanding the situation better.https://t.co/PcawLeesGT
— SinBin.vegas (@SinBinVegas) December 1, 2025
The Regenda call-up was absolutely the right call and for a bunch of reasons. First off, he and Giles are the sorts of players who are fighting for their NHL shot — and its positive when they get it because its very motivating when the long shot gets their shot.Second, he’s the right fit for what the Sharks of December 2025 need. Third, it keeps the AHL rookies and younger players together for their run. They need the playing time and experience playing big minutes.Better for Chernyshov, Cagnoni, Musty, Bystedt. Lund to get that with the Cuda than a fill-in… Read more »
I think any call-ups would be for an actual slot on the team, at this point. They need to find out who will fill the talent deficit and can’t afford to call up a handful of rookies that will disrupt both the cuda and the Sharks vets from cementing their place on their respective teams.
We really need a goal scorer. Misa looks like he might not make this roster this season.
Huh?if that were the case he’d be in the OHL right now. He made the Sharks already.
I believe an AHL conditioning stint is 14 days only. After which Misa is not AHL eligible. So I think he is coming back.
it sounds like he’ll go to world juniors after the AHL? When he gets back they’ll probably finally make room for his contract. I would be shocked if they sent him back to the OHL after that.
Just saw this on DFO:
“His AHL stint can’t be longer than six days or three games depending on which occurs first, so he is currently only eligible for the Barracuda’s two-game homestand against the Tucson Roadrunners on Friday and Saturday. However, the Sharks can request an extension to the stint to give him two more games, which would give him another week in the AHL.”
I’m having trouble getting clarity on that, I’ve been finding 14 days. That would give him five games, unless he goes to Team Canada’s WJC camp on 12/12.
edit: never mind, found it. That’s correct.
Agree that with the Sharks playing well and the Cuda playing well, it makes no sense to force things. The kids still have things to work on. They are playing well and making great progress, and there’s no need to disrupt it right now.
its important for the young ‘Cuda players to get playoff experience. A deep Calder Cup playoff run will be really valuable for the whole franchise
Yeah, I think the experience they are getting is great for them. But that playoff run will be in April and may and if a kid flips the switch in January and is ready for the NHL to stay, I want him up with the big club. There’s no rush on any of it with the current results and I’m only talking about a kid really forcing the team’s hand and causing the best kind of problem. And Chernyshov, Musty, Bystedt and Lund might all be closer to that point than we thought they might be when the season started.… Read more »
They can do both, obviously.
Nice news — Ozzy Wiesblatt gets his first NHL goal in Preds win over Calgary
Happy for him. Crazy to think Peterka and a decent number of nhlers were picked shortly after. I do not miss DW era drafts.
Doug Jr. as director of scouting was a total nepo hire but the level of reverence and trust in Doug Sr. meant it went mostly uncriticized if I recall.
The number of fans that went gaga over that 2020 lollipop guild draft drove me nuts. The Merkley pick too. Not like they were killing it before him though. The Hertl pick was inspired though. Couture was a no brainer IMO. Meier was a good pick too even though better players were selected after.
It is sad to look at the Sharks drafts during the 2010s.
2010- Charlie Coyle – good pick, got Burns for him
2011 – None
2012 – Hertl – Great pick and gave the Sharks some good years
2013 – Mueller – bust
2014 – Goldobin – bust
2015 – Timo – good pick, good years and got good assets when traded
2016 – None
2017 – Norris – Good pick waisted him in the EK65 trade
2018 – Merkley – bust
2019 – None
2020 – Ozzie – bust
Dunno Coyle, Hertl, Meier, Norris are all top 6 forwards. The Sharks were so good during that stretch they lost the chance to draft in 2011, 2016, and 2019 due to trades. if they had one more hit for a top 6 forward, top 4 d, or starting goalie in three lost picks I think the perspective is different. Ozzie as a last pick in 2020 did crack the NHL as a bottom 6 forward with another organization (Nashville). It was less he was a bust and just became outpaced by the better talent coming in from 2021. I think… Read more »
Coyle is not and never was a legit top 6 forward. It’ll be a miracle if Ozzie plays 200 games in the NHL.
I wrote about Wilson’s drafting a few years back, mostly before the DW Jr era began. The basic approach was did DW get the best player available. Or the second best. or 3rd best? Or worse …
Looked at rd 1 and 2.
https://lastwordonsports.com/hockey/2021/07/07/doug-wilson-draft-picks/
That is a sobering list. My goodness.
The ‘sobering’ part is somewhat the drafting, but its also what happens to teams when they’re in ‘win now’ mode. Its a lesson I hope GMMG understands, the access to high-end talent really diminishes once you go into ‘win-now’ mode Teams get very few high picks and often trade away their 1st round pick to try and get that guy that wins a Cup. For example, between 2007 and 2025, the Pens had 1 pick in the top 10 (8th overall) and 8 seasons where they didn’t have a 1st rounder. Plus six seasons where they didn’t have a pick… Read more »
Definitely some glaring mistakes in the 1st round over that span. I think the lack of successful late round picks is also a huge issue. Looking back at the late 90s and early 2000s, Sharks had a lot of success in the latter parts of the draft (Pavs is obvious, but there were a lot of other quality depth players they drafted/developed during that time). The 2010s was just an epic failure of scouting/drafting/developing.
I was mainly talking about even before then. They had a Slovakian kid who never panned out too. Can’t remember the draft. Clearly they didn’t think much of their drafting skills because they kept given no away 1sts for rentals.
recall doing that not long ago. turned out to be pretty successful. Got Mukh + Zetterlund which turned into Ostapchuk and McKinney. Also, the Devils 2nd rounder which came to SJ was used to bump up from 14th overall to 11th in 2024 draft, which turned into Sam Dickinson. also, Okhotiuk came to SJ, and he got flipped for the 5th rd pick that became Colton Roberts Deal has a good chance to work out well for the Sharks. The Sharks pieces are all early in their careers, so its hard to make a clear call. But at this point,… Read more »
To add to that pain, the Sharks would have had the #3 pick that year but traded it for EK65.
Passing on Kopitar in 2005 was the earliest and most egregious drafting blunder IMO. Although it happened before the Jumbo trade, so who’s to say they wouldn’t have asked for Kopitar in that deal anyway.
From the article I linked to above on DW’s drafts 2005 (2 selections) Devin Setoguchi (8), Marc-Edouard Vlasic (35) Once again, Doug Wilson struck out in round one. There were a number of players who had meaningfully better careers than Seto in the next 30 selections, including Tuukka Rask, Oshie, Cagliano, Matt Niskanen, and James Neal. But the draft choice just three picks after Setoguchi hurt the hardest, Anze Kopitar a potential Hall of Famer, was and has been key to some of the worst moments in Sharks history. Vlasic is the first hit for Wilson as the best player available. The only… Read more »
Yeah, but if they did, maybe we keep Stuart. And most of all he wouldn’t have been a King
so in light of Will Smith’s goal, I recall 3 goals which I felt were uniquely good in Sharks history.
The first is from Torrey Mitchell, where he goes thru 4 Canucks to score
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdgYuJfFVxU
next up, Burns’ goal vs the Wild
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-Pl_nQsqYY
and finally, and in not good resolution, the Cheechoo ‘between the legs goal’ in the playoffs. What made that one extra memorable, the Tank was incredibly loud when it happened. Then the replay came on the big screen and there was an audible ‘oooooh’ that momentarily replaced the cheering. In real time, not sure how many people knew what he’d done. But on the replay, the entire crowd got to see just how special it was.
Wish there was better video of it (I’m sure it exists, but I’m not gonna search for it)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aa6hJ8WIvrA
Oh man! I remember rushing to the library to hop on the computer and watch the clip of Cheechoo scoring that goal!
I seem to remember a Boyle end to end goal. That was great. Also the one by Campbell was one of my favorites.
Kudo to Brenden Dillon on game 1,000. Priceless reaction. Have long appreciated Dillon as a player and seems like a good person, too. He’s the d-man that made his partners better — a very useful role. Player who is most like that on the current Sharks roster is Graf. Dillon also had a season where he was a top penalty killer. He got lots of PK time and remarkably, went 81 games without a PP goal getting scored when he was on the ice. In game 82, there were 2 … !!! Still, 82 games with considerable PK time and… Read more »
Hell yeah