Prospect Pool Overview: San Jose Sharks

The Sharks are rebuilding their team and their prospect pool. William Eklund played in the NHL last year but was sent back to play with Djurgården of the SHL. Thomas Bordeleau played well in his first season in an NHL. Tristan Robins, Daniil Gushchin, and Brandon Coe have been outstanding since being drafted in 2020. The Sharks have some good prospects in their draft. They have a few bad contracts but they have good players. The team has found some value in recent draft picks. Brent Burns was traded this summer. San Jose changed GMs. It is committed to building out their prospects pool by coveting draft capital and young players, especially draft choices.

The San Jose Sharks have three picks in the 2022 NHL Draft. They traded the 11th overall pick to the Arizona Coyotes for picks 27, 34, and 45. Filip Bystedt, Cam Lund, Mattias Hävelid, Michael Fisher, Mason Beaupit, Jake Furlong, Joey Muldowney, Eli Barnett and Reese Laubach are the players selected in this draft. The draft is scheduled for June 22nd. The Sharks will pick at 11. It will be held in San Francisco. San Diego is the host team. There will also be a dispersal of other draft picks.

The Sharks have a good prospect pool with a lot of players at the right wing position. Robins, Wiesblatt, Coe, and Gushchin are interesting players who could play anywhere in a team's top nine. Adam Raška is a bottom-six player who has already seen some NHL action.

Eklund played for the Sharks last year. He put up four assists in nine games. San Jose has a few prospects at the position, but they don't have any surefire NHLers. They have some interesting names at top of their pool, such as Knyazev and Hävelid, who have question marks surrounding them.

Prospect Depth Chart Notables: LW, C, WF, D, L, R, A, B, M, S, G, N, and G.