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 this season, and a little about Macklin Celebrini and the upcoming 2024 draft (
10:30).
We discuss the ending of the WJC and the play/grades of Will Smith, Eric Pohlkamp, Filip Bystedt, Mattias Havelid, Jake Furlong and Kasper Halttunen (
12:58). We plan on having a longer episode recapping the WJC in the coming weeks, with some expert opinions as well.
Sheng and Keegan dive into the Kaapo Kahkonen trade rumor from Elliotte Friedman (
24:00).
Jack Studnicka was sent down to the AHL this week (
33:40), and why a CBA detail forced the Sharks' hand on this move.
We have some IR updates on Logan Couture and a season-ending move for Matt Benning (
42:30).
Tomas Hertl is an NHL All-Star for the second time (
47:30), and why we think the selection was obvious this year for the Sharks.
Finally, it's our mid-season awards. Find out who won the following from both Sheng and Keegan:
Mid-season MVP (
48:10)
Best Forward (
52:10)
Best Defenseman (
54:20)
Most Improved Player (
1:00:50)
Most Surprising Prospect (
1:33:30)
Lastly, we have a few predictions for the last half of the season. Who are the second-half breakout candidates for the Sharks? (
1:38:50).
Finally, Sheng predicts a Kaapo Kahkonen deadline trade, including some historical comparisons (
1:47:20) and Keegan predicts an oddly specific Alexander Barabanov trade (
1:51:45).
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