San Jose Sharks
How’s Celebrini Handling the Sharks’ Losing?

Macklin Celebrini’s maturity beyond his years is helping him in these hard times.
While the losses keep piling up for the San Jose Sharks — they’re 5-19-1 since Dec. 3, and they just ended a six-game losing streak — the 18-year-old phenom appears to be handling it.
“I’m not gonna be happy that we’re losing. You can’t dwell on it either,” Celebrini told San Jose Hockey Now after practice on Sunday. “You kind of gotta let it go at some point, but definitely not gonna be fine with it.”
As the No. 1 overall pick, Celebrini naturally is viewed as the future of the Sharks franchise.
There’s a lot of weight on the teenage rookie’s shoulders. But Celebrini knows that he can only do one job.
“You just take care of your job. Take care of your guy [defensively] and kind of do your job,” he said. “I think that’s the message with a lot of teams I’ve been on. Can’t do everyone’s job for them. So if everyone does their job, then we should be pretty good.”