{"id":297626,"date":"2026-05-03T06:30:23","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T06:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/297626\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T06:30:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T06:30:23","slug":"sharks-prospect-heading-to-ohl-championship-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/297626\/","title":{"rendered":"Sharks Prospect Heading to OHL Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"

Christian Kirsch and the Kitchener Rangers clinched their spot in the Ontario Hockey League Championship on Friday night.<\/p>\n

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Celebrini was named a finalist for the Ted Lindsay Award, along with Connor McDavid and Nikita Kucherov.<\/p>\n

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Of course, the award is given to the most outstanding player as voted on by their fellow players.<\/p>\n

So McDavid, of course, four-time recipient of the award, and Kucherov has won it twice.<\/p>\n

Celebrini is gonna be looking to bring home his first here if, if he, does win it.<\/p>\n

So Mike, obviously this is ultimately voted on by the players.<\/p>\n

We have no say in this, but who do you think, in your opinion, is deserving of the award this season?<\/p>\n

I mean, they’re all deserving, but, McDavid and s- and Kucherov are likely gonna be in the Hart Trophy, finalists, and I’m not sure about, sure about Celebrini ’cause I think he would’ve had to have gotten San Jose into the playoffs for, for him to have been in the Hart mix.<\/p>\n

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I mean, I’ll, I’ll just say this.<\/p>\n

Kucherov is a phenomenal player, but I don’t think he’s well-loved in the league even though he’s won this award twice, just ’cause of his sort of caustic personality.<\/p>\n

And McDavid, I mean, McDavid had a great year, but it’s sort of been there, done that.<\/p>\n

He’s a great player.<\/p>\n

He, you expect that out of him.<\/p>\n

Celebrini almost got a team that was one of the worst teams in the league into the playoffs.<\/p>\n

So if it was me, if I was a player, well, first I’d be making a lot more money, but, I’ll say, it would be Celebrini that would get my vote.<\/p>\n

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