San Jose named a 24-player roster for the Rookie Faceoff in Anaheim led by top prospect Michael Misa and including five first-round picks Misa, Bystedt, Musty, Dickinson and Ravensbergen. Collin Graf is the most experienced player with 40 NHL and 40 AHL games. Several skaters spent time with the Sharks or Barracuda last season. The roster also includes goalies Matt Davis and Christian Kirsch. Sixteen players are Sharks draft picks and four are on tryouts. Most players are at least 6-foot-1. Only a few have realistic chances to make the NHL roster immediately; Dickinson and Graf are among the likeliest, while Misa has yet to sign an entry-level contract.
SAN JOSE Michael Misa will headline a group of five first-round draft picks on the San Jose Sharks team that will take part in next week's three-team Rookie Faceoff event in Anaheim. Misa, who was selected overall by the Sharks at the NHL Draft in June, joins first-round picks Filip Bystedt (2022) and Quentin Musty (2023), both forwards, defenseman Sam Dickinson (2024), and goalie Josh Ravensbergen (2025) on the 24-player team, which was announced Tuesday.
Forward Collin Graf, who turned pro in April 2024, is the most experienced player on the team, having played 40 games in the NHL and 40 in the AHL with the Barracuda. Other players on the team who spent time with the Sharks or Barracuda last season include forwards Igor Chernyshov, Kasper Halttunen, and Cam Lund, as well as defensemen Luca Cagnoni, Jake Furlong, Braden Hache, and Noah Beck.
Sixteen of the team's players are Sharks draft picks, and four others are on tryouts, including forward Luke Torrance, who had 53 points in 64 games last season with the Oshawa Generals. Notably, all but three players on the team are at least 6-foot-1. Still, only a small number of the 24 players on the Sharks' Rookie Faceoff team have a realistic chance of cracking the NHL roster for the start of the regular season.
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