San Jose Sharks young stars Macklin Celebrini and Will Smith have had a busy summer.<\/p>\n
Whether it was the duo playing for their respective countries at the 2025 IIHF World Championship<\/a> or doing brand advertisement with CCM (Celerbini) and Bauer (Smith), the highlight now comes at the end of July.<\/p>\n Smith and Celebrini were spotted training with NHL superstars Sidney Crosby and Nathan MacKinnon. Celebrini skated with the two stars for Team Canada at Worlds. The Sharks\u2019 No. 1 center now gets his best friend on the ice with the NHL stars.<\/p>\n Celebrini received high praise from MacKinnon during Worlds. The Colorado Avalanche\u2019s MVP told reporters that the San Jose Sharks\u2019 cornerstone should be in the fight to be part of Team Canada\u2019s 2026 Winter Olympic roster<\/a>.<\/p>\n Advertisement. Scroll to continue reading.<\/p>\n \u201cI have no advice for him,\u201d MacKinnon said to NHL.com<\/a>. \u201cHe\u2019s a pro. He is miles ahead of where I was at 18, mentally. I think his dad has given him a lot of knowledge, you know, put him in a great spot. Obviously, he was raised great, too. A great kid. He\u2019s dominating. He\u2019s standing out with a lot of older players. I think with a good first half he\u2019s going to have a really good chance at the Olympic team. Really impressed with him.<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s amazing. He is so mature for an 18-year-old, such a great attitude. Super happy. I can tell how hard he works. He has a bright future.\u201d<\/p>\n Smith, an American, likely won\u2019t make Team USA\u2019s 2026 Winter Olympics roster, but a terrific summer and start to the season could change that. After all, both the Sharks\u2019 future stars are training with the NHL\u2019s best.<\/p>\n Celebrini was also seen playing golf with Crosby and MacKinnon. Celebrini\u2019s hockey idol is Sidney Crosby.<\/p>\n Advertisement. Scroll to continue reading.<\/p>\n Read more news and stories about the San Jose Sharks on\u00a0Sharks Hockey Digest<\/a>! Bookmark the page and follow Sharks Hockey Digest on Twitter @SharksHKYDigest<\/a>!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"San Jose Sharks young stars Macklin Celebrini and Will Smith have had a busy summer. Whether it was…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":72102,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[4173,1035,24178,88,90,89,98,4174,4861,755,42303,42304,3578],"class_list":{"0":"post-72101","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-jose","8":"tag-2026-winter-olympics","9":"tag-macklin-celebrini","10":"tag-nathan-mackinnon","11":"tag-san-jose","12":"tag-san-jose-headlines","13":"tag-san-jose-news","14":"tag-san-jose-sharks","15":"tag-sharks-news","16":"tag-sidney-crosby","17":"tag-sj-sharks","18":"tag-team-canada","19":"tag-team-usa","20":"tag-will-smith"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72101","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=72101"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72101\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}