Are the San Jose Sharks finally turning the corner in their rebuild? The team’s recent draft picks and young prospects are generating buzz among NHL fans.
Host Cam Stuart and Tyler Feldman dive into the Sharks’ promising future with guest JD Young from Locked On Sharks. They analyze top draft pick Michael Misa’s potential impact and explore the development of key young players like Macklin Celebrini and Will Smith. The conversation shifts to goaltender Askarov’s role in San Jose’s plans and the timeline for the team to become playoff contenders. Young provides insider insights on the Sharks’ “fun and frisky” phase and when fans can expect to see results.
Tune in to discover if the Sharks are truly on the verge of something special or still swimming in troubled waters.
0:00 Intro: Offseason questions with local experts
5:56 Michael Misa’s potential NHL debut
11:50 Celebrini and Smith’s impact on Sharks
15:28 Improving Sharks from 20 to 30+ wins
20:52 Game Time app for concert tickets
22:54 Timeline and progress of Sharks rebuild
27:29 Sharks jersey talk and California team colors
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11 Comments
Great show , got a sneak peak on Locked on Sports today
Nice job.
JD! JD! JD!
Good grief JD with his "fun and frisky" phase, sounds like a crazy ex-girlfriend. Embarrassing.
Good grief! JD is, without question, the worst Sharks fan podcaster. He clearly doesn't follow SJ enough to even fake his way through a summer interview.
Locked on channels are the worst
Closely followed by all the digest channels
Hat trick HQ same shite
Too many haters in these comments. JD is the goat🐐
I still believe Misa is NCAA bound and not going to play in the NHL this season. Getting Misa up to speed is not to get creamed in the NHL when he is physically not ready.
Misa, like most all prospects is setting his sights on the NHL and that is a good goal, but unless he adds 10 to 15 pounds of muscle and can talk mother nature into giving a year of physical maturity he will not handle the rigors of an NHL season.
As to the "Will Smith" plan. I agree, Misa should be on the Will Smith plan. Play at least one season in the NCAA and if he has a "Will Smith' type year, then bring him onto the Sharks.
But, whatever GMMG decides I am good with. My bet is for Misa playing in the Frozen Four tournament and I hope it is for Denver. Love, love, love the idea of Misa and Pohlkamp ripping up the NCAA and then both joining the Sharks at the end of the season.
The Sharks are definitely starting the build part of the rebuild. And "starting to build" is resembled in their offseason acquisitions that were ALL short term while still having 6 picks in the first four rounds of the next draft (4 of them in rounds 1 and 2).
They have all of Toffoli, Celebrini, Askarov, Smith, Orlov, Gaudette, Goodrow, and Eklund. That is one goalie, one defenseman, and six forwards signed beyond next season.
This is important because the Sharks will have the resources to retain the players that fit their timeline the best and provide the most to the team while still being able to "overpay" FAs to fill in holes in their roster.
They will have 62+ million dollars of cap space to do so. GMMG will have one of the cleanest caps in the modern NHL era and have multiple young players pushing for minutes.
They will still have a hard time getting top end FAs but not as hard as the last three seasons as their record should improve.
The young core of Eklund, Askarov, Smith, Graf, Celebrini, Ostapchuk, Dickinson, Misa and Mukhamadullin should continue to improve.
Add players like Chernyshov, Thompson, Cagnoni, Bystedt, Musty, Lund, Haltunnen and Cardwell getting some NHL minutes and over the next couple seasons this team could explode onto the scene.
The future is teal!
Great convo. Idk what the haters are smoking. JD is a stud.
The rebuilds speed is dependent on how Misa, Dickinson, Asky, and Igor look in the NHL this year. If all don’t look out of place I think GMMG puts his foot on the gas a bit