SOURCE: Knyzhov ‘Should Be Good to Go’ for Season

Good news, Nikolai Knyzhov is skating.

That’s what San Jose Hockey Now’s Lizz Child reported two weeks ago while taking in San Jose Sharks development camp:

ah yes, it's SHARKS Ice this morning (Labanc, Ferraro, and Knyzhov)

— Lizz Child (@LizzChild) July 14, 2022

Knyzhov has also been making the rounds in the community, making an appearance at Extra Hour Training, a comprehensive off-ice hockey training facility (and SJHN sponsor) located just minutes from Sharks Ice.

That’s all great news, considering Knyzhov missed all of the 2021-22 season with groin injuries and a post-surgery infection.

Knyzhov Reveals He Had Groin Injury, Thinks He’ll Be Ready by Fall

SJHN checked in with a source today, who reports no setbacks so far this summer for the San Jose Sharks’ defender, “Not that I know of. Should be good to go [for the season].”

Of course, Knyzhov himself struck a cautious tone about coming back in the fall during his May exit interview, saying with a smile: “The projection is there and, you know, they had that same projection exactly a year ago in May. There’s just hope there. I hope I’m ready at this point. I don’t want to say that I won’t be, I don’t want to say that it will happen, but as of now, I feel like I will. I feel great right now.”

It sounds like, as of now, that Knyzhov is still on track. Let’s hope he stays on it: The San Jose Sharks’ blueline is short one Brent Burns, and they’ll need all hands on deck to make up for the franchise icon’s minutes.