Michael Misa is going to the AHL.<\/p>\n
San Jose Sharks head coach Ryan Warsofsky announced that the 2025 No. 2 pick, out since Nov. 5 with a lower-body injury, will be going to the AHL on a conditioning loan.<\/p>\n
Misa is expected to make his AHL debut for the San Jose Barracuda on Friday against the Tucson Roadrunners. The 18-year-old center is also projected to play on Saturday against the Roadrunners.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s going to be good for him, go down there, touch the puck. You got to respect that league. It\u2019s not as easy as everyone thinks, you\u2019re gonna walk in there and just start lighting up the scoresheet,\u201d the San Jose Sharks bench boss said. \u201cIt\u2019s a challenging league. It\u2019s a heavy league. It\u2019s an older league, it\u2019s getting a little bit younger, but there\u2019s some guys that play hard, that are fighting at 30 years old to maybe get their first [NHL game].\u201d<\/p>\n
An AHL conditioning loan is two weeks.<\/p>\n
Per PuckPedia, because Misa was on IR at time of his AHL conditioning loan, he won\u2019t count against the San Jose Sharks\u2019 23-man roster, unlike Vincent Iorio, who counted against the NHL roster when he was in the AHL for a conditioning stint recently.<\/p>\n
Potentially in the cards for Misa, also, is joining Team Canada for the 2026 World Junior Championships. Canada begins their World Juniors training camp on Dec. 12. The tourney begins on Dec. 26 in Minnesota.<\/p>\n
Plan is for Misa to play this weekend against Tucson, per Warsofsky.<\/p>\n
Not sure how long he will be down there on his conditioning loan or if this is a prelude to joining Canada for WJCs.<\/p>\n
Misa already welcomed with open arms by Cuda, Musty has already invited him out to dinner<\/p>\n
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