{"id":264540,"date":"2026-04-12T21:53:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T21:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/264540\/"},"modified":"2026-04-12T21:53:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T21:53:10","slug":"sharks-recall-luca-cagnoni-pro-hockey-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/264540\/","title":{"rendered":"Sharks Recall Luca Cagnoni \u2013 Pro Hockey Rumors"},"content":{"rendered":"

The San Jose Sharks announced<\/a> today that they have recalled Luca Cagnoni<\/a> from their AHL affiliate, the San Jose Barracuda.<\/p>\n

Cagnoni hasn\u2019t played in the NHL this season, but got into six NHL games last year. In the meantime, he\u2019s been one of the AHL\u2019s most productive offensive defensemen, scoring 16 goals and 52 points as a rookie in 2024-25, and 43 points in 67 games in 2025-26.<\/p>\n

The 5\u20199\u2033 180-pound blueliner is a former WHL star who is generally considered to be one of the better prospects in the Sharks\u2019 system, which is one of the league\u2019s very best. As with most defensemen his size, he has had to answer questions related to whether he\u2019ll be able to handle the physical rigor and intensity of the NHL, but so far in his two-year professional career, he\u2019s answered those questions in an emphatically positive direction.<\/p>\n

The Sharks have not yet been eliminated from the playoffs, but their hopes of reaching the postseason are very slim. In the event they are eliminated from the playoffs before the end of the regular season, this recall will allow the team to get a look at Cagnoni\u2019s progress.<\/p>\n

His success at the AHL level suggests he could be nearing the point of NHL-readiness, and the Sharks are likely to want the chance to assess how close they believe Cagnoni is to making a real push for a full-time NHL roster spot.<\/p>\n

The environment of the Sharks defense is favorable to Cagnoni, as he could have a significant opportunity ahead of him. San Jose\u2019s defense is almost entirely unsettled for next season, with only Sam Dickinson<\/a> and Dmitry Orlov<\/a> under contract for 2026-27.<\/p>\n

Mario Ferraro<\/a>, Vincent Desharnais<\/a>, Nick Leddy<\/a>, and John Klingberg<\/a> are set to hit unrestricted free agency, while Shakir Mukhamadullin<\/a> will be an RFA. Klingberg has quarterbacked San Jose\u2019s No. 1 power play unit this season, and if the Sharks let him walk, a significant amount of time on the man advantage will open up \u2013 time Cagnoni could very well seize if he makes the team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The San Jose Sharks announced today that they have recalled Luca Cagnoni from their AHL affiliate, the San…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13334,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[3853,3521,88,90,89,98],"class_list":{"0":"post-264540","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-jose","8":"tag-ahl","9":"tag-luca-cagnoni","10":"tag-san-jose","11":"tag-san-jose-headlines","12":"tag-san-jose-news","13":"tag-san-jose-sharks"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264540","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=264540"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264540\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=264540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=264540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=264540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}