{"id":481466,"date":"2026-10-01T09:50:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T09:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/481466\/"},"modified":"2026-10-01T09:50:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T09:50:10","slug":"stenbergs-impressive-preseason-why-nhl-transition-should-be-smooth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/481466\/","title":{"rendered":"Stenberg&#8217;s Impressive Preseason: Why NHL Transition Should Be Smooth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ivar Stenberg has been impressive, beyond the offense, in the pre-season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And the offense has been impressive: The top San Jose Sharks prospect had five points in the pre-season, tied for second in the NHL, highlighted by a hat trick on September 24 against the Anaheim Ducks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But, keeping in mind that Stenberg was playing against AHL-caliber competition in two of his three pre-season appearances, his play away from the puck is what makes him look NHL-ready. Stenberg has a solid foundation of two-way habits.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So what\u2019s stood out about the San Jose Sharks\u2019 2026 No. 2 pick away from the puck? Macklin Celebrini, Collin Graf, Ryan Warsofsky, Stenberg, and ex-Toronto Marlies head coach <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JhanHky\" rel=\"nofollow\">Jack Han<\/a> shared their thoughts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stenberg\u2019s hockey IQ is what ties everything for him, on offense and defense.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHe thinks at an NHL level. He keeps up with the pace mentally,\u201d training camp linemate Collin Graf said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The San Jose Sharks winger has done it physically so far, too, at least in the pre-season, picking off multiple opposition passes with ease. Here\u2019s an example from September 22 versus the Vegas Golden Knights, at the one-minute mark.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ivar Stenberg has been impressive, beyond the offense, in the pre-season. And the offense has been impressive: The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":481467,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[4216,3524,75543,14893,1035,1036,88,90,89,98],"class_list":["post-481466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose","tag-alex-wennberg","tag-collin-graf","tag-ivar-stenberg","tag-jack-han","tag-macklin-celebrini","tag-ryan-warsofsky","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\/481466","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=481466"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481466\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/481467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=481466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=481466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=481466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}