{"id":350290,"date":"2026-06-07T06:14:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T06:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/350290\/"},"modified":"2026-06-07T06:14:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T06:14:11","slug":"sharks-reportedly-one-of-only-two-teams-to-have-dinner-with-ivar-stenberg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/350290\/","title":{"rendered":"Sharks Reportedly One of Only Two Teams to Have Dinner With Ivar Stenberg"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ahead of the NHL Draft, teams tend to invite top prospects out to a dinner to get to know them on a deeper level. The <a data-ylk=\"\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/nhl\/teams\/san-jose\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">San Jose Sharks<\/a> have been linked to multiple players in that regard, but reportedly, they were just one of two teams to meet up with Ivar Stenberg for dinner at the Draft Combine:<\/p>\n<p class=\"caas-show-transcript\">View More<\/p>\n<p>Video Transcript<\/p>\n<p>Moving on from the Leafs, let&#8217;s talk about the Sharks.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>This is the fourth straight year that they&#8217;re gonna be picking inside the top four.<\/p>\n<p>back in 2023, they got Will Smith, fourth overall, then Macklin Celebrin, number one overall, then last year, Michael Misa, second overall.<\/p>\n<p>Ryan, with the number two overall pick, you know, who do you expect San Jose to be picking, and is this enough of a move?<\/p>\n<p>We talked about Toronto getting a bump.<\/p>\n<p>What is the bump gonna be like for a Sharks team that was right on the cusp of being a playoff team this year?<\/p>\n<p>Well, my, my initial thought, and I, I, I did this in my, my instant mock draft last night.<\/p>\n<p>I went with a defenseman, Chase Reid from Sault Ste.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Marie in the OHL, because they do have those high-end forwards already.<\/p>\n<p>And yes, they do have Sam Dickinson, who&#8217;s a very good young defenseman.<\/p>\n<p>But I think Sam Dickinson ideally is like a Jacob Chychrun, like he&#8217;s probably like a number two defenseman, you know, in an ideal situation.<\/p>\n<p>Chase Reid, has so much potential, where he&#8217;s so good in both ends.<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s got size, he can skate, he can put up points.<\/p>\n<p>he&#8217;s still, you know, emerging as a, as a developing player, so there&#8217;s still upside there.<\/p>\n<p>I think that&#8217;s the type of player San Jose should go for.<\/p>\n<p>Now, if they go with a forward, Ivor Stenberg would be another amazing top six player for them.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>But in this draft, you have Chase Reid, you have Carson Karls, who&#8217;s kind of a flawless defenseman, when you talk to scouts, and you have Keaton Verhoff, who&#8217;s six foot four and had 20 points as a freshman in the NCHC, which Drew knows very well, is a very hard conference, and Verhoff is still 17 years old.<\/p>\n<p>so the Sharks, they&#8217;re in a, they&#8217;re in a great spot, because they can basically pick whoever Toronto doesn&#8217;t and, and land a great player.<\/p>\n<p>And I think it should be a blue liner just to round out, you know, that roster.<\/p>\n<p class=\"caas-hide-transcript\">Close<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ahead of the NHL Draft, teams tend to invite top prospects out to a dinner to get to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":350291,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[75543,88,90,89,98],"class_list":["post-350290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose","tag-ivar-stenberg","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-headlines","tag-san-jose-news","tag-san-jose-sharks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350290","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=350290"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350290\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/350291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=350290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=350290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=350290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}