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SJHN Daily: Smith Channels Judi Jupiter TikTok in Ad, Iorio Waived
In a recent collaboration with Bauer, San Jose Sharks forward Will Smith paid homage to his viral TikTok with Judi Jupiter from October.
The promotional video, which used audio from Jupiter’s original TikTok, showed Smith following her instructions once again, but this time, it was on the ice.
Jupiter released multiple videos of Smith and his teammate Macklin Celebrini in October and November. The Bauer collaboration draws inspiration from the first video, which is the highest performing video and is currently sitting just under 950,000 views on TikTok.
Back when the video was initially released, Smith called the encounter, “Super random,” before adding, “She didn’t even know if she was going to post it, that’s what she said. She ended up posting it, and now it’s going viral.”
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Supposedly Anaheim is interested, but will not sign an extension without first seeing how well Panarin fits.
Don’t love seeing Oreo waived.
Has anyone checked on Zeke
I’m gonna underreact
But I’m not happy about this.
Me neither.
hoping vinny passes waivers but figure this means shakir and at least one of kiefer or philip are back, so i can’t complain too much
Something had to give on the roster, unfortunately my boy Vinny was/is the current odd man out. Bummed but not shocked. Really hope he clears but 23 yr old RHD that’s 6’3″ usually get scooped up quickly if they are free off of waivers.
Sucks Iorio couldn’t beat out Lily for more playing time. My guess is this frees up a spot for Mukh to come back. Stay healthy Mukh! A players’ best ability is their Availability!
Wow! Very surprised about Iorio. I thought he looked like a worthwhile project. Hopefully something else coming down the line.
Agreed. I’d thought he was worth a more extended look. Wondering what, if anything, this reveals about the team’s current thoughts about retaining Ferraro and Liljegren beyond the deadline. Or perhaps they’re just confident he’ll clear waivers?
Sharks lost the first 3 games Iorio played in. since then, 12-6 when he’s in the line-up.
Now clearly he’s not the reason for the 12-6 record (6 were OT wins), but he’s also not losing the team games. A 3rd pairing guy whose holding his own with 2nd pairing upside. At that size and right shot. With this blue line. Think you hold onto that!!
He’s a great skater too.
Couldn’t agree more
Glad to hear from you again
I must have scrolled 5 times and still don’t see Iorio bit.
anyway here is my ranking of Sharks D including Oreo:
Orlov (even after last game)
Deharnais
Mukh (healthy)
Dicky
Iorio
Ferraro
Lily
Klinger
so yeah low key mad Iorio goes down
If he does clear waivers, it’s a great move because the guy wouldn’t play in a game for about 6 weeks otherwise and he could go play for the Cuda.
Only about 1 in 10-15 guys gets claimed off waivers, so even if he’s a top 20% offering, he could still clear.
I think Grier just had his hands tied since the roster crunch is finally here. I hate it too, but you can’t keep everyone
I would have sent UpChuck down.
I think you keep the future.
The future isn’t Skinner. Or Klingberg. If you’re out of roster spots, this is the place to start waiving or trading for what the market might bear.
4th line center. I send him down move Galuadette to 4c and go from there instead of risking losing anyone.
for whatever reason, thought Ostapchuk wasn’t exempt.
But apparently he’s waivers exempt, so it makes sense
I understand not wanting to break up the 4th line, but it is the 4th line …
I think Graf is exempt too. Not saying I would want to send him down though.
Not a very impressive group, is it?
Iorio is NOT above Ferraro, Lily or Klinberg. Like, what? Klinberg is head and shoulders above him with 60-year old hips.
He was inconsistently inconsistent and his best game was his homecoming game. He could have a future in the league, for sure, but right now he’s the bottom of the barrel in terms of performance this year.
Fair rankings, a true fan
Klinger and what he provides despite his flaws is simply not last on that list. Not even in the bottom half.