Warsofsky was far more pleased by the San Jose Sharks\u2019 effort on Sunday, a 3-1 victory over the Boston Bruins.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe had a pretty true and honest conversation in the morning [about the Sens game],\u201d Warsofsky said. \u201cThe response was one of the best of the year.\u201d<\/p>\n
In much the same way, Macklin Celebrini is also learning.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s easy to forget that the Sharks\u2019 best player is just 19.<\/p>\n
But Celebrini showed both maturity and compete tonight, when tasked with protecting a late one-goal lead against the Bruins.<\/p>\n
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About three minutes to go in the game, Celebrini (71) has possession of the puck in the defensive zone. This might be a moment for him to go into attack mode.<\/p>\n
But he\u2019s on his backhand, has no surefire pass options, Pavel Zacha (18) is on top of him, and is near the end of a 52-second shift. This isn\u2019t the time for a risky pass to Will Smith (2) in front of him.<\/p>\n
Celebrini, by nature, is a greedy player, he\u2019s more often than not in attack mode. That\u2019s usually a good thing, but this isn\u2019t a time for that. The teen acknowledges the slim lead and the end of his shift, and simply flips the puck out of the zone, which allows William Eklund (72) to change, and for the Sharks to set their neutral zone forecheck.<\/p>\n
This leads to a Mario Ferraro (38) clear and a wholesale line change for the Sharks.<\/p>\n
Of course, the first choice is never to be passive and just clear the puck. But it\u2019s also maturity to recognize when it\u2019s the best option.<\/p>\n
\u201cGood moment of growth for Mack,\u201d Warsofsky said.<\/p>\n
But the first choice for Celebrini, of course, is always to attack.<\/p>\n
Collin Graf shuts the door against his hometown team \ud83d\ude4c pic.twitter.com\/wklu4NY8cs<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Sharks on NBCS (@NBCSSharks) November 24, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n You can argue that the energy that Celebrini conserved making the right play the shift before might have helped give him the energy to strip Morgan Geekie (39) of the puck.<\/p>\n Celebrini\u2019s compete is never questioned, but even the greatest athletes have to be efficient with how they use their energy. If you waste it in one place, say trying to go coast to coast against the Bruins, you don\u2019t have it for a key defensive stop.<\/p>\n Celebrini, William Eklund, and Collin Graf also had a step in part because the line preceding them, Alex Wennberg between Barclay Goodrow and Ty Dellandrea, put them in a good position.<\/p>\n Goody gets the shark teeth. \ud83d\udc4f pic.twitter.com\/bBdFDSPMS5<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 San Jose Sharks (@SanJoseSharks) November 24, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cWhat I like, and especially right before the 6-on-5, when [their] goalie\u2019s pulled, in our forecheck, we didn\u2019t peel off, three guys out, we stayed up. We make Zadorov turn that puck back,\u201d Warsofsky said.<\/p>\n Celebrini added: \u201cWe don\u2019t want to sit back as much when they have their goalie pulled. As much as you can pressure teams, that causes mistakes. As a five-man unit, we did a good job of keeping on them, pressuring them.\u201d<\/p>\n Leave it to Celebrini to take the focus off himself and put it back on the team.<\/p>\n It sounds like everybody was listening to Warsofsky\u2019s morning wake-up call.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s about being an everyday\u2019er in the National Hockey League,\u201d Warsofsky said of his message to the mostly young Sharks. \u201cCompete level. And how hard you have to work to win in this league. How you have to win 50-50 pucks. You got to get in there. You got to put a nose over the puck.\u201d<\/p>\n Macklin Celebrini<\/p>\n Celebrini, on Askarov:<\/p>\n He\u2019s just been unreal. You can\u2019t really put into words. He\u2019s our rock every night, and he\u2019s been incredible.<\/p>\n Celebrini, on what makes Askarov so tough to beat:<\/p>\n I mean, I think you can see it.<\/p>\n He\u2019s just everywhere. You think you have him and you don\u2019t. He\u2019s super-athletic. and, I mean, I think it\u2019s when, when you think you have him, you really don\u2019t.<\/p>\n Celebrini, on the momentum shift from Orlov hitting Sean Kuraly, and the penalty that Ty Dellandrea drew:<\/p>\n It was amazing. I played against him last year when he was on Carolina, and he stood me up, not like that, thankfully, but he\u2019s done that to me, so it\u2019s not easy to get around him. That definitely gave us life. And then that move by Delly, that\u2019s SportsCenter top-10, if that goes in. He\u2019s been unbelievable for us as well.<\/p>\n Yaroslav Askarov<\/p>\n Askarov, on how much fun he\u2019s having now:<\/p>\n It\u2019s way more fun. We started winning more games. Going to bed, you\u2019re smiling, you\u2019re waking up, you\u2019re still smiling. It\u2019s a great feeling.<\/p>\n Askarov, on if he\u2019s trying to move less:<\/p>\n I agree with you, I\u2019m doing maybe like less movements. When you feel right, you don\u2019t have to do much movement.<\/p>\n Askarov, perhaps referencing his October struggles:<\/p>\n Every person can manage that, how long you will have bad days. Our goal [is] to make that bad day not that long. How quick as possible [to] turn the page and move forward<\/p>\n Askarov, on why Celebrini\u2019s shot so elite:<\/p>\n I can\u2019t tell you. Because it\u2019s hard. It\u2019s hard to tell. Everybody knows he has a really great release. It\u2019s good for us [that] we have him, that\u2019s what I\u2019m gonna say.<\/p>\n Dmitry Orlov<\/p>\n Orlov, on raising Shakir Mukhamadullin\u2019s confidence:<\/p>\n He\u2019s good player. He just needs to trust himself. Be in the moment. Enjoy the moment. Just be himself. Most important, don\u2019t worry about what\u2019s going on, you have to control what you [can] control. He\u2019s still learning.<\/p>\n When I was younger too, I had similar situations.<\/p>\n Sometimes, you\u2019re upset, sometimes you\u2019re angry at yourself, when you make a mistake, or you\u2019re scared to make a mistake, and it\u2019s always happens. But I think he\u2019s playing well, and he\u2019s going to get better for this team. For us, it\u2019s important.<\/p>\n Orlov, on the art of the open-ice hit:<\/p>\n You\u2019re just waiting and kind of let the guy feel he can beat you, and you just step in at the right moment. It\u2019s how I\u2019ve been doing it since I [was a] kid. Nobody showed me, I find out myself. I play rugby as a kid. Maybe this helped me out a little bit to make a n open-ice hit. Just instincts, play the game.<\/p>\n Ryan Warsofsky<\/p>\n Warsofsky says he had meeting w\/ #SJSharks<\/a> this morning: “We had a pretty true & honest conversation\u2026the response [vs. Boston] was one of the best of the year.”<\/p>\n The message?<\/p>\n “Compete level. And how hard you have to work to win\u2026It’s about being an everyday\u2019er in the NHL.”<\/p>\n \u2014 Sheng Peng (@Sheng_Peng) November 24, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n Warsofsky, on the \u201chonest and true\u201d message to the team this morning, after the disappointing effort against the Ottawa Senators:<\/p>\n Compete level. And how hard you have to work to win in this league. How you have to win 50-50 pucks. You got to get in there. You got to put a nose over the puck.<\/p>\n But the feeling afterwards in a locker room is pretty good, when you get it done. It\u2019s about being an everyday\u2019er in the National Hockey League.<\/p>\n Warsofsky, on Celebrini playing mature and aggressive to end the game:<\/p>\n Good moment of growth for Mack, and Smitty as well, was more engaged tonight.<\/p>\n What I like, and especially right before the 6-on-5, when [their] goalie\u2019s pulled, in our forecheck, we didn\u2019t peel off, three guys out, you know, we stayed up. We make Zadorov turn that puck back, and\u2026what happened is we put pressure on the puck, they turn it back, and we create a turnover.<\/p>\n Warsofsky said that both Mukhamadullin and Dickinson were really good tonight.<\/p>\n “They were skating. They were engaged. They had purpose to their game. Brains were turned on.”<\/p>\n \u2014 Sheng Peng (@Sheng_Peng) November 24, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t