This week on the San Jose Hockey Now Podcast we cover the state of the rebuild. What’s gone right? What’s gone wrong? What are some potential options going forward for rebuilding the San Jose Sharks? But before all that, we have some news of the week, including a Vanecek injury leading to a Yaroslav Askarov callup, (02:00) and an update on the Nico…

It’s been a busy couple weeks of San Jose Sharks news! On this episode of the San Jose Hockey Now Podcast, we cover it all! Macklin Celebrini returns…what are our rest-of-season expectations for him? Sheng has a bold prediction! (1:33) Will Smith scored his first NHL goals…we discuss why the San Jose Sharks kept him up in the NHL. (12:10) Danil Gus…

Welcome to a new, pre-Timothy Liljegren episode of the San Jose Hockey Now Podcast! Sheng and Keegan share their impressions of the San Jose Sharks’ first 11 games…recorded before the Liljegren trade. But before we break down the Sharks’ 2-7-2 start? What’s the latest on Macklin Celebrini’s injury? (3:18) What’s Sheng hearing from scouts about the …

This week on the San Jose Hockey Now Podcast we cover a winless opening of the San Jose Sharks 2024-2025 season, and a surprise Mike Grier press conference. What does Grier have to say about Will Smith, Macklin Celebrini, and the beginning of the season? We cover it all here. First, we discuss the development plan for Will Smith as described by Mik…

What did we think of the first week of San Jose Sharks’ action? Welcome to a new episode of the San Jose Hockey Now Podcast! But before we get to our reactions to the losses to the St. Louis Blues and Anaheim Ducks, let’s talk about the San Jose Barracuda’s opening weekend. Kasper Halttunen and Luca Cagnoni break camp with the Cuda! We can also put…

The San Jose Sharks have announced their opening night roster! We react to the roster on this episode of the San Jose Hockey Now Podcast. But before we deep dive the San Jose Sharks’ roster, we talk about the big Quentin Musty news. (01:33) Musty has requested a trade from the Sudbury Wolves…we speculate as to why. And now, our thoughts about the S…

Who are our San Jose Sharks’ preseason top-10 prospects? (53:20) That’s our discussion on this week’s San Jose Hockey Now Podcast! But before we get to that, we touch on some of the big news from the first week of San Jose Sharks training camp. What’s the latest on Shakir Mukhamadullin, Yaroslav Askarov, and Marc-Edouard Vlasic’s injuries? (2:37) W…

This week on the San Jose Hockey Now Podcast, we discuss all the standouts from San Jose’s dominant performance at the Rookie Faceoff tournament this past weekend. How did the likes of Quentin Musty, Macklin Celebrini, Luca Cagnoni and Will Smith fare against other teams’ top prospects? Find out this week! (06:20) But before all that, we have some …

It’s been an exciting summer for the San Jose Sharks! So it’s a good time for a pre-preseason subscriber’s mailbag! Thank you so much for subscribing! Go here if you haven’t subscribed yet! Ken Fischer: Now that Brodie Brazil is out at NBC, who are we going to get stuck with for Pre and Post-Game? (3:16) James R: Any recent chatter about Joe Pavels…

Tyler Toffoli joins the San Jose Hockey Now Podcast! Toffoli talks about being junior teammates with Logan Couture and Cody Ceci, the San Jose Sharks/Los Angeles Kings playoff battles, his view of Couture and Drew Doughty’s “rivalry”, forming a new 70’s Line with Macklin Celebrini and William Eklund, and his NSFW nickname. (56:19) But before we get…

The San Jose Sharks might have just traded for their goaltender of the future! Sheng and Keegan share their initial reactions to acquiring Yaroslav Askarov from the Nashville Predators. In a six-piece deal, the San Jose Sharks are getting Askarov, a 2025 third-round pick (via the Colorado Avalanche), and prospect Nolan Burke for prospects David Eds…

Marco Sturm joins the San Jose Hockey Now Podcast! Sturm was 19 when he started in the NHL with fellow teenager Patrick Marleau -- a situation that the San Jose Sharks will see this fall with youngsters Macklin Celebrini and Will Smith -- and he recounts that experience. The current Ontario Reign head coach also shared some stories about being inte…

Joe Will joins the San Jose Hockey Now Podcast! The San Jose Barracuda GM talks about the Barracuda goaltending situation, John McCarthy as a developer of talent, and San Jose’s AHL player turnover rate. But before we get to Joe Will (53:15), we talk about this week in San Jose Sharks news! Igor Chernyshov signs with the San Jose Sharks! He’s also …

Colby Cohen joins the San Jose Hockey Now Podcast! ESPN college hockey color commentator Colby Cohen jumps on to talk all things Macklin Celebrini and Will Smith! (54:34) But first, this week in San Jose Sharks news! The Sharks signed Thomas Bordeleau to a one-year contract. Where does he fit in on the forward lines and on the power play? (03:28) T…

Old friend Jack Han joins the San Jose Hockey Now Podcast! Before we get to the ex-Toronto Marlies assistant coach and tactics guru (1:43:12), Keegan and Sheng talk about the latest San Jose Sharks news. Retiring Joe Pavelski revealed last week that the Sharks had reached out to him about coming back. But what about Pavelski joining the San Jose fr…

Jonathan Becher joins the San Jose Hockey Now Podcast! The San Jose Sharks’ president talks about the Macklin Celebrini effect and why it took the Sharks so long to embrace the rebuild. But before we get to Becher (1:09:57), Sheng and Keegan talk about Celebrini signing his ELC. Where does Celebrini fit into the San Jose Sharks’ line-up? What are o…

Sam Dickinson joins the San Jose Hockey Now Podcast! But before we get to Sam (2:04:47), we recap a busy week in San Jose Sharks hockey, including free agency and development camp. What did we think of the Sharks signing Tyler Toffoli? (02:20) Alexander Wennberg? (09:54) Adding Carl Grundstrom and Ty Dellandrea? (16:45) What’s our overall feeling a…

Welcome to the San Jose Hockey Now Podcast! Sheng and Keegan gave grades for each San Jose Sharks’ pick in the 2024 Draft! We also did a brief Sharks free agency preview and gave our free agency predictions. Also, Sheng had some small Sharks’ free agency news. Sorry about the poor audio quality! Sheng was recording in an airport lounge. First, our …

Chris Peters joins the San Jose Hockey Now Podcast! Peters says people are underrating…Macklin Celebrini? He also thinks winning the Draft Lottery could well be the second-most important day in San Jose Sharks’ history. Chris also chats about other 2024 Draft targets for the Sharks and why he thinks Will Smith should’ve stayed in school. But before…

Welcome to the San Jose Hockey Now Podcast! This week, we have defenseman Henry Thrun to talk all about new San Jose Sharks head coach Ryan Warsofsky. (56:00) Warsofsky ran the defense last year and worked closely with all the defenders, Thrun included. Thrun shares his insights into Warsofsky’s coaching and development style, and how he thinks nex…

Welcome to the San Jose Hockey Now Podcast! We welcome San Jose Sharks' Director of Player Development Todd Marchant back to the show for our 50th episode! Todd was our very first guest on the new San Jose Hockey Now Podcast, and we celebrate our 50th episode by getting his thoughts on tons of Sharks prospects, from Quentin Musty to Alex Young. (57…

Will Smith’s agent, Sean Coffey, joins the San Jose Hockey Now Podcast! Coffey takes us behind the scenes of Smith signing with the San Jose Sharks this past week. But before we get to Coffey (44:15), we talk about what Smith’s arrival means for the Sharks. We’ll talk more to Coffey about this -- he wasn’t one of Sheng’s sources!! -- but Sheng got …

Craig Button joins the San Jose Hockey Now Podcast this week! The TSN draft guru thinks Macklin Celebrini and Will Smith might make a Crosby-Malkin like impact on the San Jose Sharks, who he’d consider for San Jose at No. 14, and an underrated Sharks prospect that he really likes. (1:22:52) But before we get to Craig, Keegan and I talk about the Sa…

This week on the San Jose Hockey Now Podcast, we welcome back Nico Sturm! (57:15) We ask Nico all about the David Quinn tenure and his recent firing by GM Mike Grier, what Nico thinks about Quinn's coaching style and the 2023-2024 season in general. We also ask him about his likely future San Jose Sharks teammate Macklin Celebrini! But before that,…

Welcome to a post-Draft Lottery victory mailbag! Congratulations, San Jose Sharks fans! You deserved this win. Thanks for all your questions! Sharksmustbealways asked if the Sharks were waiting for the Draft Lottery result to help them lure a better head coach candidate? (3:10) Amorris209 wondered generally how Macklin Celebrini affects the process…

Here's our too-early San Jose Sharks' off-season plan! ***Quick aside, Keegan's microphone is muffled a bit this episode. We're sorry, everyone! One day, we'll have pristine audio every single time. But not this day. This is kind of like those workplace accident signs where they knock off 100 days since the last accident and replace it with zero. A…

It’s an emergency episode of the San Jose Hockey Now Podcast! San Jose Sharks GM Mike Grier has fired head coach David Quinn. When did Sheng first get wind that Quinn’s job might be in jeopardy? He had an idea on Monday. (1:10) What’s our first reaction? Sheng argues that the Sharks’ ill-constructed roster wasn’t on Quinn, but more on Grier. (4:33)…

This week on the San Jose Hockey Now Podcast, we welcome ESPN senior NHL writer Greg Wyshynski! Greg recently made the case for Mike Grier for GM of the Year, and we had to dive into that, given some of the criticism we've heard recently about Grier (48:15). But before we get to Greg, we start our show with just how important it is that the San Jos…

The Frozen Four starts on Thursday! Top San Jose Sharks prospect Will Smith will be part of it with Boston College. So we got Cam Robinson from Elite Prospects to talk about Smith. (53:06) Back during the World Juniors, Robinson tweeted: https://twitter.com/Hockey_Robinson/status/1742237537999945804 Does Robinson still think that? Before Cam, we ta…

Welcome to the San Jose Hockey Now Podcast! Joining us this week are long-time broadcaster and hockey executive Pierre McGuire and Bruins insider Jimmy Murphy, hosts of The Eye Test Podcast! (50:40) They're joining us to talk all about their recent Mar. 20th episode of their podcast where they shared some less-than-optimistic views of the current s…

Welcome back to the San Jose Hockey Now Podcast! This week, Keegan is going to reveal his current top-16 of the 2024 NHL Entry Draft! (23:50) But before that, we talk about the week that was for the San Jose Sharks. (00:30) We cover the recent improved play of Thomas Bordeleau, and we talk about a shift in his playing style and his mindset with the…

Who are our top-10 San Jose Sharks prospects, post-Trade Deadline? Before we share our rankings, we talk about the San Jose Sharks’ week that was, and the performances of Klim Kostin, Magnus Chrona, Devin Cooley, Thomas Bordeleau, and William Eklund. (3:05) What do we think about the Tomas Hertl trade, one week later? (30:08) We make sense of reass…

Tomas Hertl to the Vegas Golden Knights?!? We react to all of the San Jose Sharks’ Trade Deadline moves, and talk about why we like the Hertl trade for the Golden Knights. But before we get there, we talk about Logan Couture ruling himself out for the rest of the season, a perfect way to cap off perhaps the worst day in San Jose Sharks history. (1:…

It's our San Jose Sharks' Trade Deadline predictions! We dive deep into 12 potential players that could be traded this week from the Sharks and try to predict potential returns (32:30) But first, we talk this past week of Sharks' action. Four losses since the last podcast, who stood out for the San Jose Sharks in these losing efforts? (2:22) Sheng …

Why are the San Jose Sharks so easy to play against? And how unhappy are the players? But before the San Jose Hockey Now Podcast digs into that, Keegan and Sheng discuss Anthony Duclair’s recent play (2:22) and touch on David Quinn and Kevin Labanc not seeing eye to eye (4:50). What is Sheng hearing about the Sharks’ top Trade Deadline targets (8:3…

This week on the San Jose Hockey Now Podcast we have an interview with Mike Santos from Team 33, an independent scouting service that consults for NHL teams around the league. He joins Sheng and Keegan to discuss the relative value of many of the Sharks' players that may be available at the trade deadline. (39:20) Before that though, we have our ne…

It’s mailbag time! What are San Jose Sharks fans curious about right now? Here’s what San Jose Hockey Now subscribers asked. Gary To asked if we think Tomas Hertl is staying or going this summer, and what GM Mike Grier would have to do to convince Hertl to stay (6:27). James R. wondered what Kaapo Kahkonen’s next contract, if he re-signs with the S…

What's the problem with the last-place San Jose Barracuda? We have a special guest, Patrick Williams from AHL.com and NHL.com, who knows all things AHL, to shed some light on why the San Jose Barracuda are struggling this season. (43:30) Williams has a good handle on realistic expectations for the last-place Cuda. But before we get to that intervie…

What’s a realistic path for the San Jose Sharks to be competitive by 2025-26 or 2026-27 (54:40)? We’re asking this question because that seems to be GM Mike Grier’s hope. “In two or three years, hopefully we can be a team that is pushing for the playoffs, if not hopefully grabbing a spot,” he said in his media availability on Thursday. https://sanj…

Corey Masisak joins the San Jose Hockey Now Podcast! But before we get to Corey and talk about his incredible Hasso Plattner story (44:56), only on San Jose Hockey Now, we talk about the latest San Jose Sharks news! Keegan and Sheng chatted about the Sharks’ week, including a feel-good victory over the Anaheim Ducks (2:10). Keegan is predicting no …

Chris Peters, NHL Draft and Prospects analyst and Senior Content Creator, @FloHockey, joins the San Jose Hockey Now podcast to recap the World Junior Championship and the play of the six Sharks prospects at the tournament. (1:14:31) But before that, after a 12 game losing streak, we finally have a Sharks win to talk about! (01:32) Throughout the wi…

Welcome to the San Jose Hockey Now Podcast Mid-season Award Show! We hand out all sorts of awards, as well as predict a breakout candidate and predict some trades for the back-half of the season. But first, there's more! Sharks are...bad. (02:30). Sheng and Keegan briefly recap this week's losses and how they keep finding new ways to lose (03:15). …

2024 World Juniors round-robin play is over! How are the San Jose Sharks prospects at the WJCs doing? Also, the Sharks have six prospects at World Juniors, third in the NHL. Is that the most in franchise history? But before we get to that, Sheng talks about his (unimpressed) impressions of Sharks games this week (2:40). Is 10 Goals Against Watch ba…

Daily Faceoff’s Steven Ellis joins us to discuss the six San Jose Sharks prospects at the World Junior Championships and why he’s so high on Will Smith. But first, Keegan and Sheng talk about some of the San Jose Sharks that had a good week, like Filip Zadina (2:40). What’s going on with Logan Couture and Nico Sturm’s injuries (15:40)? We discuss w…

Should the San Jose Sharks trade Mario Ferraro? And if they do, what’s a reasonable return? That’s what we’re discussing in this episode of the San Jose Hockey Now Podcast. But before we get to that, Keegan and Sheng talk about this week in San Jose Sharks hockey and strong performers like William Eklund, Tomas Hertl, and Mikael Granlund. (2:08) Th…

Welcome to the San Jose Hockey Now Podcast! We have a special guest, Luke Kunin who joins to talk the Sharks locker room and his foundation for Type 1 Diabetes (1:17:00). But first, an introduction of the topics for the day (1:30), including Sharks are...good? (2:10) We run through a few of the players who have stepped their game up the past few we…

Should the San Jose Sharks trade or keep Mackenzie Blackwood? Keegan and Sheng debate. Sheng thanks everybody for all their well wishes on the passing of his father-in-law. (2:00) Keegan and Sheng then chat about what’s up with the San Jose Sharks. The Sharks are playing better! Is this the team that Mike Grier envisioned? (4:30) They waived Nikola…

The theme of this week’s episode of the San Jose Hockey Now Podcast is not writing off players too quickly. First, a brief apology for Keegan's bad audio this week. He's dumb, but at least he apologizes. (0:13) But before we get to that, Keegan and Sheng get to some of the big news surrounding the San Jose Sharks. (3:35) We send our best wishes to …

Craig Morgan from PHNX Sports joins the San Jose Hockey Now Podcast (39:10)! He joins us to take a trip down memory lane, reflecting on the 2017-2018 and the 2021-2022 Arizona Coyotes, who both started 0-10-1, just like the Sharks. The echoes between these teams and the current Sharks makes for a great conversation about the parallels between bad t…

“Job security” is the buzz phrase in this subscriber’s mailbag edition of the San Jose Hockey Now Podcast. From Sheng Peng to John McCarthy to David Quinn to Mike Grier to Jonathan Becher to Hasso Plattner to the literal concept of the Sharks in San Jose, everybody’s job security is questioned. Alaskan_ice started us off nice though, wondering if S…