GDT: PS Game 4: Sharks vs Kings 7:00pm Stream on SJSharks.com

[YUPPY]

I'm really liking what I'm seeing from Mukh. In a game that has Benning, Ferraro, Vlasic, and Rutta playing - he has looked the best IMO.

Magnus Chrona: What do I have to do for them to notice me?

 

[drunksage]

f***

 

[BaileyMacTavish]

Missed hit and that happens. Damn

 

[Anomie2029]

Lol the Sharks NHL heavy lineup is going to be shutout by the Ontario Reign.

 

[drunksage]

Hertl!!

 

[Anomie2029]

Nice snipe from Tomas.

 

[YUPPY]

1-1
Ninja Turtle scored!

 

[sharski]

Vlasic with the assist!

 

[Alaskanice]

Hertl!!

 

[YUPPY]

Anyone else seeing that Mike Hoffman is useless?

 

[Sharkz4Fun]

Anyone else seeing that Mike Hoffman is useless?

I'm seeing a potential 6th rounder in 5 months

 

[YUPPY]

I'm seeing a potential 6th rounder in 5 months

You're too kind. I'm thinking no one wants him at this stage if his career.

 

[Anomie2029]

Anyone else seeing that Mike Hoffman is useless?

Pretty much on par with the rest of the team tbh.

 

[drunksage]

f*** f***

 

[Anomie2029]

It's going to be a loooooong season.

 

[YUPPY]

Damn Matt Benning is another useless F***

 

[Sharkz4Fun]

Man this team will end up being charmin soft. Maybe they were just store brand soft the last few years. Actually kinda funny they added Duclair Hoffman and Granlund while subtracting Meier when they needed to add toughness even with Meier.

I do think now Eklund actually should be in the AHL. This team will be absolutely abysmal.

 

[Hobocop]

Probably going to be quite a few cuts after this one, Barracuda camp opens October 3 and Sharks seem to tighten up the roster for the last preseason games. I'm wondering if there's any surprises this year, I have no idea what they're going to do with some of these bodies.

It sucks that Rutta got hurt, but if him and Simek are out, maybe Muk can stick around for the start of the season.

 

[Anomie2029]

Positives:

Chrona - Really good NHL (preseason) debut. A couple of rebounds, but overall looked calm and solid in net. Definitely has potential to get some game time this season if he maintains that kind of performance.

Eklund forecheck/defence - Didn't really have much time with the puck, but he was pretty impressive off the puck. He has a great active stick and read of the game. He had some good moments with the puck, but I don't think Kunin and Bordeleau are great linemates for him.

Mukhamadullin - He looked NHL ready. Reads the play well, solid on the break out, and strong defensively.

Knyzhov - I thought he looked solid. Didn't really stand out one way or the other, so I'm pretty happy with that kind of performance.

Negatives:

Hoffman - Yeah, he is going to be what I thought he was. Doesn't really offer much.

Offence - Honestly, for the differences in the two lineups, the lack of offence is extremely concerning. Don't think Rittich was tested much. Nice snipe from Tomas, but it almost seemed like that was the first time he shot the puck.

Ferraro/Benning/Vlasic - Same old play from these folk. So, yeah not worse, but hard to argue any of them look like they've improved in the off-season.

 

[Hobocop]

 

[one2gamble]

Hoffman is exactly who he was last year..... basically trash.

 

[Cas]

Hoffman is exactly who he was last year..... basically trash.

This is his retirement tour.

 

[Gecklund]

This is interesting. I’d very much like to see Eklund make the NHL selfishly but it’s sounding more and more like he’s rounding out his game.

I’ll be honest I have not been paying very much attention at all to the preseason apart from waivers and reading here so this is good to hear.

 

[PacificOceanPotion]

2 things. 1.Duclair is faster and a lot more skilled/creative than I expected. Admittedly I haven‘t really watched a lot of Duclair I really like what I saw and wouldn’t be surprised if he ends up our best overall player. 2.Eklund and Muk look NHL ready to me. Muk is poised and intelligent out there. He always seems to be in the right spot on D. In the right spot making the smart passes and shots on offense. I’m just very excited to have a D prospect with this high of a ceiling.

 

[coooldude]

2 things. 1.Duclair is faster and a lot more skilled/creative than I expected. Admittedly I haven‘t really watched a lot of Duclair I really like what I saw and wouldn’t be surprised if he ends up our best overall player. 2.Eklund and Muk look NHL ready to me. Muk is poised and intelligent out there. He always seems to be in the right spot on D. In the right spot making the smart passes and shots on offense. I’m just very excited to have a D prospect with this high of a ceiling.

Great to hear about Mukh (I couldn't watch). It sounds from various sources like he'll probably start in the AHL but they'll tell him he's ready and they just want him to dominate down there and really dial in his professional habits before a likely mid-season call-up.

I'm kind of excited for that, and to see how Okhotiuk does in the big club (since he has to get thru waivers, it sounds like he might make it out of camp). If we get anything at all out of Okhotiuk, that's a huge win from the Meier trade that we haven't really been expecting or talking about.