Sharks News/Notes XVI

[NWSharkie]

What a beast

 

[LadyStanley]

 

[LadyStanley]

Quarter of a century later, there's even an app

 

[LadyStanley]

Timo.

 

[themelkman]

Doug Wilson on the topic of the pick your own playoff opponent proposal "be careful what you wish for"
Picking the playoff opponent? NHL GMs don't love it but...

 

[The Ice Hockey Dude]

Timo.

at lease he has 1 roll of TP, LoL

 

[LadyStanley]

Kane's exercise routine

 

[LadyStanley]

Sharks streamed audio from first game in franchise history tonight.

Rusanowsky with Bobby Hull doing analyst.

 

[LadyStanley]

Does anyone know if he's the new clubhouse fitness leader for the Sharks?

 

[LadyStanley]

YAHBC

 

[LadyStanley]

Sigh

 

[LadyStanley]

Baker, Getz. Stories from the ice

 

[LadyStanley]

And.....

 

[The Nemesis]

For the first time in the WHL this year, the league instituted a "US Prospects Draft" with the intent of trying to help recruit more American prospects to the league on account of the WHL's greater US footprint (5 US-based teams compared to 3 in the OHL and 0 in the QMJHL) and comparatively geographically large catchment area for draft intake (basically the entire western half of the country plus Alaska/Hawaii)

I mention this because four selections in the two-round, 44-pick draft were from the San Jose Jr. Sharks program

At 2nd overall, the Tri-City Americans selected C Shaun Rios




At 7th overall, the Vancouver Giants took defenceman Philippe Blais-Savoie



Also: Blais-Savoie briefly spoke to the Giants radio voice after being drafted, which can be found in this link - Giants Select D-Man Philippe Blais-Savoie In Round 1 of the 2020 WHL U.S. Prospects Draft


Then in the second round (34th overall) the Calgary Hitmen selected defenceman Briggs Orr





while the Tri-City Americans double-dipped on Jr Sharks with forward Ben Picard at 43rd overall (HF's limit of 3 embedded tweets per post is gonna prevent this one from showing up. But it's there at the link below)

Tri-City Americans on Twitter


Of course, as is standard for the WHL, the players are drafted at 15 but not eligible for the league (except in ATO-style season-ending duties or limited-run emergency call-up scenarios) full-time until they're 16 outside of being granted Exceptional Player status (which is not the case for any of these players), so it'll be a year before they're in the league if they choose to go that route instead of pursuing the NCAA. But it's cool nonetheless.

I'm excited that in a couple years' time I could be watching a Giants blueline that has a Jr Shark on one side, and Scott Niedermayer's son on the other.

 

[LadyStanley]

Jumbo.

 

[LadyStanley]

Video Conferencing, Web Conferencing, Webinars, Screen Sharing

Couture, two other Pacific division captains, and veteran goalie from a third.

30 min. video chat with NHL scribe submitted questions.

 

[LadyStanley]

Sharks' Kane keeping busy by working on EK9 clothing line

Kane working on his clothing line

 

[LadyStanley]

Vlasic reflects on what went wrong for Sharks this season

Pickles in Tahoe with family. (They were planning on spending time there after season ended, anyway. This way they got snow.)

He's "shut the body down" until they know what's happening with the season.

 

[Barrie22]

Vlasic reflects on what went wrong for Sharks this season

Pickles in Tahoe with family. (They were planning on spending time there after season ended, anyway. This way they got snow.)

He's "shut the body down" until they know what's happening with the season.

So we better hope they don't do a 30 team playoffs then.

 

[Mafoofoo]

Ah I see Vlasic has officially lost it

 

[LadyStanley]

The Texan speaks

 

[LadyStanley]

I was at that game

 

[LadyStanley]

 

[LadyStanley]

 

[Mafoofoo]

So some good news I guess. Somehow all this quarantine is making Karlsson and Hertl heal faster?