San Jose Hockey Now Podcast

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 playing for the Saginaw Spirit. Why not the AHL fo...

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) The San Jose Sharks also re-signed Henry Thrun. Doe...

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 front office? (01:40) The San Jose Sharks re-sign Br...

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 our too early predictions for how many points that...

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 about how San Jose Sharks GM Mike Grier had added t...

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 grades for each San Jose Sharks’ 2024 Draft pick…t...

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 we get to Peters (1:27:00), we discuss a busy off...

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 next year will be different than last year.  But firs...

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. (57:13) But first! It was the NHL Scouting Combine th...

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 wind of Smith signing last Friday. (1:50) What was...

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 San Jose Sharks coaching search. (2:18) Then, we cha...

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, we cover just a few topics in what was a light f...

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 for the coaching search? (4:20) Jigglz brought up...

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. Again. Sigh.*** This week, Sheng and Keegan outline...

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) So if not the roster, did Quinn get fired because...

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 Jose Sharks have finished dead-last in the NHL, secu...

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 talk about the San Jose Sharks’ week that was, touch...

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 state of the San Jose Sharks. But before we get to...

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 Sharks during this call-up. (1:30)  Sheng and Ke...

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 reassigning Ozzy Wiesblatt to the Milwaukee Admirals. W...

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. (1:12) Sheng describes a surreal day around Sharks Ic...

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 answers the question that many people had on Twitt...

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 (8:30)? Last week, Frank Seravalli said on the DFO Run...

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 news of the week. (02:00) This week, it was announce...

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 San Jose Sharks, will be (14:35). Also, have Kahkon...