About a month ago, we jumped back in time and looked at the 2018 NHL Draft and looked at the Sharks draftees. It was depressing to say the least. So, let’s turn back the clock a little further to 2013.
If it’s a forgettable draft for Sharks’ fans, there’s good reason. While the Colorado Avalanche took Nathan MacKinnon number one overall and the Florida Panthers took Aleksander Barkov second, the Sharks didn’t have a pick until 18th overall.
So, let’s take a look back at the Sharks’ 2013 NHL Draft and see if there’s anyone there that’s still impacting the team to date.
No. 18 – Mirco Mueller
At 18th overall, the Sharks selected Mirco Mueller. A 6-foot-3 defenseman from Switzerland, Mueller looked like a promising player for the Sharks. However, it could be argued that San Jose rushed Mueller to the pros too quickly, hindering his development. Muller moved up and down between the NHL and AHL, but never managed to find a foothold with San Jose.
In June of 2017, the Sharks traded Mueller and a fifth-round pick to the New Jersey Devils in exchange for second and fourth-round picks. Mueller was stretchered off the ice in 2019 while playing for the Devils. He now plays in the Swedish Hockey League.
The fifth-round pick that the Devils received, the team selected winger Marian Studenic at 143rd overall. Studenic is currently signed to a one-year, two-way contract with the Seattle Kraken and has played a total of 44 NHL games.
Meanwhile, the Sharks used the second-round pick in the 2017 NHL draft to select Mario Ferraro at 49th overall. Ferraro, as Sharks fans know has become a fixture on the Sharks’ blueline.
In some crazy, convoluted way, the Sharks traded the fourth-round pick (123rd overall) to Nashville along with a sixth-round pick and turned it into the 102nd overall pick. With that pick, San Jose selected Scott Reedy. Reedy played 35 games with the Sharks in 2021-22 and was traded to the Dallas Stars earlier this year in exchange for Jacob Peterson.
No. 49 – Gabryel Boudreau
With the 49th overall pick, the Sharks selected Gabryel Boudreau. Boudreau never made it to the NHL and played just two playoff games with the Barracuda in 2015-16 before he was sent down to the ECHL the next season.
He currently plays in the Ligue Nord-Americaine de Hockey in Quebec.
No. 117 – Fredrik Bergvik
The Sharks hoped that goaltender Fredrik Bergvik would help supply the goaltending pipeline in the organization, but unfortunately Bergvik never took that next step. The now 28-year-old has played his entire career in Sweden.
No. 141 – Michael Brodzinski
Michael Brodzinski played for the University of Minnesota for three years and then joined the San Jose Barracuda. He played a few seasons with the Barracuda, but never managed to take the next step. In 2018-19, Brodzinski was sent down to the ECHL to play for the Orlando Solar Bears.
He still plays for the Solar Bears. He scored 50 points (11 G, 39 A) in 71 games last season.
No. 151 – Gage Ausmus
With the 151st pick overall, the Sharks selected Gage Ausmus. Ausmus played four seasons with the University of North Dakota and was the captain for his final two seasons with the team.
He played two seasons in the ECHL and is no longer playing hockey.
No. 201 – Jacob Jackson
Jacob Jackson played four seasons with Michigan Tech and then moved to the AHL. He played four games for the Utah Grizzlies and Orlando Solar Bears in 2019-2020 and then took two years off, possibly due to COVID.
In the 2022-23 season, Jackson played for the Alliston Hornets of the Provincial Junior Hockey League. There is no word on where he will play next.
No. 207 – Emil Galimov
Another draftee that simply didn’t pan out, Emil Galimov never even made it to the US. The Russian winger has played the last two seasons with SKA St. Petersburg in the KHL and is expected to play with the team again in 2023-24.
He never signed with the Sharks.
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