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SJHN Daily: Blues Sing Celebrini’s Praises, NBA Star at Sharks’ Opener
The opponents, once again, were impressed by what they saw of Macklin Celebrini.
“Those are like Crosby plays,” Vegas Golden Knights head coach Bruce Cassidy said after Celebrini’s multi-point preseason debut for the San Jose Sharks on Sept. 22.
Following the 2024 first-overall’s one goal and one assist regular season debut on Thursday night, the St. Louis Blues were gushing too.
“An unreal player,” Radek Faksa said.
Brayden Schenn and head coach Drew Bannister were also highly complimentary of Celebrini.
The Sharks lost 5-4 in OT, but they’ve certainly won in adding one of the brightest young stars in the game.
At San Jose Hockey Now…
New San Jose Sharks head coach Ryan Warsofsky is doing things much differently than we’ve seen from past coaches.
Mikael Granlund appears to be a natural mentor for Will Smith.
Breaking camp with the Sharks means something extra-special to Danil Gushchin.
Yaroslav Askarov has no problem being in the AHL.
Some fun tidbits about Macklin Celebrini and Will Smith.
Other Sharks News…
Draymond Green was at SAP Center to tweet about Macklin Celebrini’s debut:
Can confirm, Draymond Green is in fact at the tank tonight with other Warriors to support Macklin Celebrini in his debut. 🏀#DubNation #TheFutureIsTeal https://t.co/96y783eyZ9 pic.twitter.com/BXojSQNsiM
— SnipeCity420 (@SnipeCity420) October 11, 2024
Yaroslav Askarov looks good in his new Barracuda duds.
Game Ready🔥 #MediaDay pic.twitter.com/OVRPT3YBWB
— SJ Barracuda (@sjbarracuda) October 10, 2024
The Sharks’ star prospects will face physical hurdles, sure, but the mental challenges may be the biggest ones.
Jay Pandolfo, Ray Ferraro, Jonathan Becher, and others talk about Celebrini.
Macklin Celebrini (18 years, 119 days) is the 2nd-youngest #TheFutureIsTeal skater to have two points in a game. Youngest: Patrick Marleau (18-064) on Nov. 18, 1997 vs Ducks (2 goals) #NHLStats
— Darin Stephens (@SharksStats) October 11, 2024
Henry Thrun on his new power play role.
Opening Night Ages (Years-Days):
Macklin Celebrini 18-119, Will Smith 19-2072nd time #TheFutureIsTeal will have two players younger than 20 years old in an opening night lineup.
Previous: Oct. 9, 1998 vs Flames in Tokyo
>Patrick Marleau (19-024) and Scott Hannan (19-259)— Darin Stephens (@SharksStats) October 10, 2024
Around the NHL…
Lightning and Hurricanes postponed by lightning and hurricanes https://t.co/XujExhUnXJ
— Greg Wyshynski (@wyshynski) October 10, 2024
How is David Quinn impacting the Pittsburgh Penguins‘ power play?
Sasha Barkov is injured.
Valeri Nichushkin is expected to practice with the Colorado Avalanche in November.
Ex-Sharks news: Kaapo Kahkonen on waivers, Nikolai Knyzhov signs in the ECHL, Steven Lorentz flourishing with his hometown Toronto Maple Leafs, Santeri Hattaka undergoes shoulder surgery.
Linus Ullmark inks an extension, as does Joey Daccord. But…
88 million reasons aren’t enough to get Igor Shesterkin to sign an extension.
Steven Stamkos makes his Nashville Predators debut.
At Kraken practice where Dan Bylsma’s dog is just chilling out with a salmon in her mouth during his press conference. #SeaKraken pic.twitter.com/lhcsMohUar
— Ryan S. Clark (@ryan_s_clark) October 10, 2024
