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Doing the writing thing for the @TheAthleticNHL. SoCal has always been home. Eyes on the California teams and beyond. Grits aficionado. Appealingly goofy.
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Projecting the Sharks’ 2026-27 lineup: Can Macklin Celebrini-led San Jose meet expectations?

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By Eric Stephens Verified
| The Athletic Verified
Ryan Warsofsky wants to be the coach who returns the San Jose Sharks to the Stanley Cup playoffs. Falling short in 2025-26, when a surprising push petered out at the very end of the regular season, only intensified his mission to end what is now a seven-year drought. “I can see how badly people want it,” Warsofsky told reporters then.
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Sharks’ Macklin Celebrini unveiled as cover athlete for ‘EA Sports NHL 27’

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By Eric Stephens Verified
| The Athletic Verified
Macklin Celebrini is a certified star. The hockey world knows it. As will the video game world, where the 20-year-old is being recognized as a face of the NHL. On Tuesday, EA Sports dropped a teaser reveal for its “NHL 27” video game, featuring the San Jose Sharks phenom on the cover. Celebrini is the second Sharks player to grace a standard cover in the popular franchise’s history, joining Owen Nolan (NHL 2001), and the youngest EA NHL cover athlete ever.
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Can the Anaheim Ducks build a Stanley Cup contender around an $18 million player?

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By Eric Stephens Verified
| Breaking One
Even at a much higher number than Pat Verbeek wanted, than what Leo Carlsson's representation pushed for, than what the blossoming center himself even dreamed of, the Anaheim Ducks did what they could have ill-afforded not to do. Signed, sealed, delivered. The outrageous offer sheet that Carlsson signed with the Philadelphia Flyers last week was matched by the Ducks on Thursday. Five years and $90 million, with nearly an astonishing 95 percent of the contract paid out in structured signing bonuses.
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