Sasha Chmelevski is still on the Sharks’ roster. He’s one of three players left (the others being defenseman Ryan Merkley and goaltender Zachary Emond) who would be returned to his juniors club when sent down, the significance of that being that he’s currently missing Ottawa’s training camp.
But the 2017 sixth-round draft pick hasn’t played a preseason game.
The best guess anyone has is that they already expect Chmelevski to make the big club and would rather see him in the full line up than with a glorified AHL squad, but it still seems a bit odd. Jeremy Roy never made it into any preseason action and was unceremoniously sent down in the second round of cuts yesterday, but he also spent significant amounts of the last two seasons injured.
Hopefully we’ll finally see Chmelevski tomorrow against the Calgary Flames. I’m ready for another Ottawa 67 to light up San Jose.
News & Notes
- I try to not link to locked content, but this is a really good read on Rourke Chartier: Sharks prospect Rourke Chartier gets advice from former NHL captain during ‘dark times’
- In this house, we love Wes McCauley: NHL’s best referee: Wes McCauley goes by his own book
- You’ve heard of Jack Hughes, but have you thought about any of the goalies available in next year’s draft? Will goalie be selected in first round of 2019 NHL Draft?
- The Sharks missed out on Kovalchuk and now have to face him with the Kings. What can they expect? Inside Ilya Kovalchuk’s decision to return to the NHL
- Who doesn’t love NHL history? Meet the NHL goalie who turned game-day retirement into an art form
- Ice hockey has gone global: Get your skates on: the rise of British ice hockey
- The NHL is being real weird about Fortnite. Weekly Reader: ‘Fortnite’ and the NHL player, and a Senatorial flub/
Scores & Recaps
- St. Louis Blues 5, Columbus Blue Jackets 1 [St. Louis Game Time gamethread, The Cannon recap]
- Detroit Red Wings 3, Pittsburgh Penguins 2 [Winging It In Motown, Pensburgh gamethread]
- Edmonton Oilers 3, Winnipeg Jets 5 [The Copper & Blue gamethread, Arctic Ice Hockey gamethread]/
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