{"id":377580,"date":"2026-06-27T21:07:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T21:07:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/377580\/"},"modified":"2026-06-27T21:07:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T21:07:11","slug":"breaking-sharks-pick-7-foot-1-alexander-karmanov-no-201","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/377580\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Sharks Pick 7-Foot-1 Alexander Karmanov No. 201"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BUFFALO \u2014 The San Jose Sharks have made history.<\/p>\n<p>The San Jose Sharks have selected Alexander Karmanov with the No. 201 pick.<\/p>\n<p>Alexander Karmanov is a 7-foot-1 defenseman who had two assists in 20 games for the North Bay Battalion.<\/p>\n<p>The Moldavan is the tallest player ever drafted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKarmanov understands what he has to be to find success at higher levels: A rush-stopping, downright mean defender who takes pride in the details,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eliteprospects.com\/nhl-draft-guide\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Elite Prospects<\/a> says. \u201cWhile Karmanov\u2019s too far out to project, we wouldn\u2019t fault a team for spending a late-round pick on him. He\u2019s shown tangible growth and seems to embrace the identity he\u2019ll need to play a role.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyfaceoff.com\/news\/will-an-nhl-team-draft-monster-alexander-karmanov\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Steven Ellis of Daily Faceoff<\/a> added, \u201cI actually thought he\u2019d be very good against a junior B competition this year, so like under half a point per game, which is hard to do when you\u2019re a guy that doesn\u2019t really have quick hands, but take a chance on the biggest guy you\u2019re ever going to see in person.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This concludes the San Jose Sharks\u2019 2026 Draft.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BUFFALO \u2014 The San Jose Sharks have made history. The San Jose Sharks have selected Alexander Karmanov with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":377581,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[62931,152862,142306,93,126956,88,90,89,98,8864],"class_list":["post-377580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose","tag-2026-draft","tag-alexander-karmanov","tag-elite-prospects","tag-featured","tag-keegan-mcnally","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-headlines","tag-san-jose-news","tag-san-jose-sharks","tag-scouts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377580","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=377580"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377580\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/377581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=377580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=377580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=377580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}