San Jose Hockey Now Podcast

What's the problem with the last-place San Jose Barracuda? We have a special guest, Patrick Williams from AHL.com and NHL.com, who knows all things AHL, to shed some light on why the San Jose Barracuda are struggling this season. (43:30) Williams has a good handle on realistic expectations for the last-place Cuda. But before we get to that interview, we have a few San Jose Sharks topics to cover....

What’s a realistic path for the San Jose Sharks to be competitive by 2025-26 or 2026-27 (54:40)? We’re asking this question because that seems to be GM Mike Grier’s hope. “In two or three years, hopefully we can be a team that is pushing for the playoffs, if not hopefully grabbing a spot,” he said in his media availability on Thursday. https://sanjosehockeynow.com/san-jose-sharks-mike-grier-all-st...

Corey Masisak joins the San Jose Hockey Now Podcast! But before we get to Corey and talk about his incredible Hasso Plattner story (44:56), only on San Jose Hockey Now, we talk about the latest San Jose Sharks news! Keegan and Sheng chatted about the Sharks’ week, including a feel-good victory over the Anaheim Ducks (2:10). Keegan is predicting no more double-digit losing streaks (12:55) for the r...

Chris Peters, NHL Draft and Prospects analyst and Senior Content Creator, @FloHockey, joins the San Jose Hockey Now podcast to recap the World Junior Championship and the play of the six Sharks prospects at the tournament. (1:14:31) But before that, after a 12 game losing streak, we finally have a Sharks win to talk about! (01:32) Throughout the win  against Montreal and a following three assist n...

Welcome to the San Jose Hockey Now Podcast Mid-season Award Show! We hand out all sorts of awards, as well as predict a breakout candidate and predict some trades for the back-half of the season.  But first, there's more!  Sharks are...bad. (02:30). Sheng and Keegan briefly recap this week's losses and how they keep finding new ways to lose (03:15). We talk about the status of the Tankathon for th...

2024 World Juniors round-robin play is over! How are the San Jose Sharks prospects at the WJCs doing? Also, the Sharks have six prospects at World Juniors, third in the NHL. Is that the most in franchise history? But before we get to that, Sheng talks about his (unimpressed) impressions of Sharks games this week (2:40). Is 10 Goals Against Watch back (7:00)? What's the next major coaching challeng...

Daily Faceoff’s Steven Ellis joins us to discuss the six San Jose Sharks prospects at the World Junior Championships and why he’s so high on Will Smith. But first, Keegan and Sheng talk about some of the San Jose Sharks that had a good week, like Filip Zadina (2:40). What’s going on with Logan Couture and Nico Sturm’s injuries (15:40)?  We discuss what Sharks director of amateur scouting Chris Mor...

Should the San Jose Sharks trade Mario Ferraro? And if they do, what’s a reasonable return? That’s what we’re discussing in this episode of the San Jose Hockey Now Podcast. But before we get to that, Keegan and Sheng talk about this week in San Jose Sharks hockey and strong performers like William Eklund, Tomas Hertl, and Mikael Granlund. (2:08) Then we talk about Logan Couture’s honesty about his...

Welcome to the San Jose Hockey Now Podcast! We have a special guest, Luke Kunin who joins to talk the Sharks locker room and his foundation for Type 1 Diabetes (1:17:00). But first, an introduction of the topics for the day (1:30), including Sharks are...good? (2:10) We run through a few of the players who have stepped their game up the past few weeks, including Hertl (7:35), Granlund (16:45), Zet...

Should the San Jose Sharks trade or keep Mackenzie Blackwood?  Keegan and Sheng debate. Sheng thanks everybody for all their well wishes on the passing of his father-in-law. (2:00) Keegan and Sheng then chat about what’s up with the San Jose Sharks. The Sharks are playing better! Is this the team that Mike Grier envisioned? (4:30) They waived Nikolai Knyzhov. Why? (14:35) Logan Couture is still hu...

The theme of this week’s episode of the San Jose Hockey Now Podcast is not writing off players too quickly. First, a brief apology for Keegan's bad audio this week. He's dumb, but at least he apologizes. (0:13) But before we get to that, Keegan and Sheng get to some of the big news surrounding the San Jose Sharks. (3:35) We send our best wishes to Nico Sturm, who is taking a leave of absence becau...

Craig Morgan from PHNX Sports joins the San Jose Hockey Now Podcast (39:10)! He joins us to take a trip down memory lane, reflecting on the 2017-2018 and the 2021-2022 Arizona Coyotes, who both started 0-10-1, just like the Sharks. The echoes between these teams and the current Sharks makes for a great conversation about the parallels between bad teams.  But before we get to Craig, Sheng and Keega...

“Job security” is the buzz phrase in this subscriber’s mailbag edition of the San Jose Hockey Now Podcast.   From Sheng Peng to John McCarthy to David Quinn to Mike Grier to Jonathan Becher to Hasso Plattner to the literal concept of the Sharks in San Jose, everybody’s job security is questioned.   Alaskan_ice started us off nice though, wondering if Sheng or Keegan have ever "geeked out" during a...

Keegan and Sheng look for the bright spots on the 0-8-1 San Jose Sharks.   But before that, they talk about Joe Thornton officially retiring from the NHL (1:52). Sheng takes a guess when the San Jose Sharks will retire Jumbo’s jersey. David Quinn also said something interesting in regards to Thornton joining the Sharks front office (4:15).   Next, we talk about everything wrong with the 0-8-1 Shar...

Scott Hannan joins the San Jose Hockey Now Podcast – and it’s a family reunion!   Really!   But before we find out, between Keegan and Sheng, who’s related to Hannan (1:17:24), let’s talk about some of the big San Jose Sharks news.   What’s going on with Kevin Labanc (1:25)? What was up with the Frank Seravalli report that he was going to be waived?   Radim Simek was actually waived (20:25).   Mik...

On the eve of the San Jose Sharks’ season opener, Keegan and Sheng drop 5 bold predictions (each) for the 2023-24 season. But before we get to the fun, we touch on the big news as Sharks training camp comes to a close. We discuss the opening night lines (2:00), Kaapo Kahkonen earning the nod as opening night starter (7:48), Logan Couture’s setback (10:07), and the NHL’s ban of Pride tape (17:11)....

Ryan Miller, the winningest American goaltender ever and the newest addition to the San Jose Sharks goaltending staff, joins the podcast this week! But before we get to Miller (39:57), Sheng and Keegan discuss all the recent moves and cuts from the Sharks roster, as well as the players who have surprised during training camp. Oskar Lindblom, Jacob Peterson, and Ryan Carpenter were put on waivers,...

What will the San Jose Sharks’ opening night roster look like?   Keegan and Sheng take an early swing at it, just one week into training camp.    Keep in mind that these are our projections as of Sept. 28 – a lot can change from now until opening night on Oct. 12.   We start off with the locks at forward for the San Jose Sharks (1:30), and Sheng touches on what’s surprised him about Filip Zadina (...

What were our impressions of how San Jose Sharks prospects performed at the Rookie Faceoff? Keegan and Sheng started from the net out, touching on Georgi Romanov, Magnus Chrona, and Mason Beaupit’s performances (2:00). They agree that Shakir Mukhamadullin was the San Jose Sharks’ top prospect in this tourney (5:45). But Sheng thinks Mukhamadullin will have to clean this up before he makes the jump...

Tomas Hertl joins the San Jose Hockey Now Podcast!   But before we get to Hertl Power (1:15:00), Keegan and Sheng preview the San Jose Sharks’ Rookie Faceoff roster (1:48) and John McCarthy’s first media availability since Martin Kaut’s accusations.   In honor of the Rookie Faceoff, we formed two all-time San Jose Sharks prospects teams (7:10), the Most Disappointing Sharks Prospects and the Most...

Mario Ferraro joins the San Jose Hockey Now Podcast!   Before we get to Ferraro (1:34:49), Keegan and Sheng touch on surprises from the San Jose Sharks’ Rookie Faceoff roster (2:08) and the Pittsburgh Penguins hiring Doug Wilson (8:00).   Then, we look at how post-salary cap era Stanley Cup winners and contenders have been built (11:50). Based on that, Keegan and Sheng believe Mike Grier’s “hybrid...

It’s time for our pre-season top-10 San Jose Sharks prospects rankings!    Keegan and Sheng counted down their respective top-10 lists, then talked about some honorable mentions at the end.   At No. 10, Sheng has Kasper Halttunen (2:30). Which San Jose Sharks prospect, not in Sheng’s top-10, did an NHL scout slot ahead of Halttunen? Keegan also had Halttunen at No. 10.   At No. 9, Sheng has Thomas...

Jason Demers joins the San Jose Hockey Now Podcast! Before we get to Demers (30:34), Keegan and Sheng give a too-early preview of the 2024 Draft. What trends and prospects should San Jose Sharks fans be keeping a closer eye on? We start at the top of the Draft with Macklin Celebrini, Cole Eiserman, and Ivan Demidov (3:15)? Why might Eiserman drop? Sheng shares what he’s heard about Demidov (8:10)....

Kevin Constantine joins the San Jose Hockey Now Podcast!   But before we get to Kevin Constantine (33:57), Sheng and Keegan discuss the latest additions to the San Jose Sharks staff like Ryan Miller and Thomas Vanek (1:10), and what the Miller hiring signals about the Sharks’ continued investment in player development (8:20). They also reflect on former Sharks’ first-round pick Ryan Merkley signin...

Logan Couture joins the San Jose Hockey Now Podcast! But before we get to Couture (1:44:37) – who talked about the Erik Karlsson trade, denied that Karlsson and Brent Burns have a “strained relationship”, and discussed his own future with the San Jose Sharks – Keegan and Sheng answered your questions in a subscriber mailbag. Stina117 asked if Mike Hoffman would mess up locker room chemistry? (1:55...