Yahoo Sports Sharks Assemble All-NCAA, All-Rookie Forward Line
San Jose Sharks head coach Ryan Warsofsky has assembled a line of Collin Graf, Macklin Celebrini, and Will Smith for tonight's matchup against the Tampa Bay Lightning.
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#SJSharks lines at morning skate (1/2/25):
Kostin-Granlund-Zetterlund
Graf-Celebrini-Smith
Kovalenko-Wennberg-Toffoli
Goodrow-Sturm-Kunin
Thrun-Ceci
Ferraro-Liljegren
Vlasic-Rutta
At first glance, Vlasic was on the first run-through. Will confirm with Warsofsky after— Max Miller (@Real_Max_Miller) January 2, 2025
Graf will make his season debut after being recalled from the San Jose Barracuda on Tuesday. Although he did not play, Warsofsky said the forward's play led to his recall.
"Be responsible with [the puck]. Be responsible without [the puck]," Warsofsky said about his rookie line.
On Tuesday, Graf told reporters that playing with the top five picks would be exciting.
"They're really exciting players to watch and are obviously really good. So it's exciting for sure," Graf said about Celebrini and Smith. "That'd be awesome [to play on the same line]. They're both really skilled players. They're both really good with the puck, so being able to play with them would be awesome."
The Sharks desperately need offense. San Jose hasn't scored more than three goals in a game since beating the St. Louis Blues on Dec. 12.
Oh yeah. Of course," Warsofsky said about wanting his all-rookie line to create offense.
Warsofsky said he won't hesitate to put Graf on the penalty kill if the situation arises.
Macklin Celebrini has been terrific offensively lately, with four goals and eight assists in the last ten games, including Tuesday's 4-0 shutout defeat to the Philadelphia Flyers.
Will Smith and Macklin Celebrini are DYNAMITE, talk about a stellar duo to watch 🧨 pic.twitter.com/HZsVt3fu77
— B/R Open Ice (@BR_OpenIce) December 28, 2024
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