Sharks vs. Penguins Morning Skate (11.11.26)
What makes Macklin Celebrini so hard to defend? San Jose Sharks head coach Ryan Warsofsky broke down Celebrini’s one-minute shift against the New York Islanders at the Sharks’ morning skate at SAP Center in San Jose (Nov. 11, 2026), before the Sharks host Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins: “When he gets going, he can protect the puck. His eyes are up.”
Warsofsky compares Celebrini’s edges and escapes to Quinn Hughes, Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl and Nathan MacKinnon (“you have to really put an emphasis on defending with more than just one guy”), and covers the Penguins’ underlying numbers (“ozone possession time, top in the league”), the Sharks’ best three games of the season, how he loosened the team’s grip on the stick (meetings, video, “sometimes it’s through sarcasm”), Ty Dellandrea in the third-line center role with Ivar Stenberg, Joe Thornton sitting in on power-play meetings (“director of vibes”), Veterans Day and his grandfather who served in World War II, and how Stenberg, Michael Misa and Will Smith earn shootout trust (“At some point, it’s going to click for him”). Alexander Wennberg is good to go; no lineup changes.
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Why are the reporters so quiet? What is going on?
Stenberg 3d….wth. Swap him with mush already
Coach always rocks from side to side when being interviewed.
This is what I feared most. Dellandrea has one decent game and now Warso is going to commit to him for the next 5 games. Dellandrea as the 3C or even playing at the NHL level is a complete joke. Put Graf up as the 3C and play Gaudette on the 4th line.. It's not that hard.
Dellandrea is not a 4C, let alone a 3C.