The San Jose Sharks, after an embarrassing 5-1 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes on Tuesday, unveiled new lines during Wednesday’s practice. Missing were defensemen John Klingberg and Timothy Liljegren.
#SJSharks lines changed up, no Liljegren/Klingberg on the ice today, Reaves odd man out?
Skinner-Celebrini-Kurashev
Eklund-Wennberg-Toffoli
Graf-Misa-Smith
Goodrow-Dellandrea-Gaudette-Reaves
Orlov-Leddy
Ferraro-Mukhamadullin
Dickinson-Desharnais
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According to head coach Ryan Warsofsky, Klingberg and Liljegren are in danger of missing Friday’s contest at the Utah Mammoth.
Both have day-to-day injuries, suffered against the Canes. Liljegren has an upper-body injury; Klingberg has a lower-body. Warsofsky says that Klingberg’s injury has nothing to do with his well-documented hip issues.
If the Sharks run these lines on Friday, they’ll be a sharp contrast to the lines versus Carolina, and an indication of Warsofsky’s displeasure with his team’s effort against the Hurricanes.
It was back to the “battle” for San Jose at practice on Wednesday.
This is an unusual drill for #SJSharks, but they need to improve close-quarters battle work.
Eklund vs. Ferraro: pic.twitter.com/xLMmw7WdRb
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Now 2v2, Celebrini/Eklund vs. Gaudette/Reaves pic.twitter.com/aYtk4S6ZJk
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Warsofsky: “We got to get rid of the losing mentality. In every sport, there’s organizations that have kind of gone through something like this, and we’re trying to nip it in the butt. We’re trying to get out of it as quick as we can.
“It’s a challenge to fight, [have] the…
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