The Sharks announced Monday that they\u2019ve activated winger\u00a0Ryan Reaves\u00a0from injured reserve. They do not have an open roster spot and will need to make a corresponding move, although that can be as simple as transferring\u00a0Macklin Celebrini\u00a0to the non-roster list while they wait to reincorporate him into team activities following his electric run for Team Canada at the Olympics.<\/p>\n
The Olympic break saved Reaves from a longer absence. The veteran enforcer sustained an upper-body injury against the Blackhawks on Feb. 2, although it wasn\u2019t clear when it happened. He only missed the following game against the Avalanche before San Jose\u2019s schedule paused.<\/p>\n
Most thought Reaves would be a press-box fixture after San Jose picked up the final year of his deal at a $1.35MM cap hit from the Maple Leafs last offseason, especially if the rebuilding Sharks were to take a step forward. He\u2019s instead been a regular in a fourth-line role, suiting up 46 times already after only making 35 appearances all season with Toronto last year. His offense has been as limited as always, notching three goals with no assists, but his possession impacts haven\u2019t been a huge drag considering he\u2019s playing under eight minutes per game.<\/p>\n
He\u2019ll be stepping back into a consistent fourth-line role with a mix of\u00a0Adam Gaudette,\u00a0Barclay Goodrow, and\u00a0Zack Ostapchuk\u00a0on the other side of the break. A three-game losing streak didn\u2019t do San Jose any favors earlier this month, and they resume play five points out of a playoff spot with one game in hand. They have the Ducks, Kings, and Predators now to leapfrog to get back into playoff position, with MoneyPuck<\/a> giving them a 21.6% of ending up in the picture.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Sharks announced Monday that they\u2019ve activated winger\u00a0Ryan Reaves\u00a0from injured reserve. They do not have an open roster…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":192763,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[88,90,89],"class_list":{"0":"post-192762","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-jose","8":"tag-san-jose","9":"tag-san-jose-headlines","10":"tag-san-jose-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192762","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=192762"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192762\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/192763"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=192762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=192762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=192762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}