{"id":8756,"date":"2025-10-17T00:11:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T00:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/8756\/"},"modified":"2025-10-17T00:11:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T00:11:12","slug":"san-jose-sharks-place-timothy-liljegren-on-ir-claim-vincent-iorio-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/8756\/","title":{"rendered":"San Jose Sharks place Timothy Liljegren on IR, claim Vincent Iorio"},"content":{"rendered":"

SAN JOSE \u2013 A San Jose Sharks team that is next-to-last in the NHL<\/a> in goals allowed per game and is still looking for its first win of the season<\/a> is now dealing with a fluctuating defense corps.<\/p>\n

The Sharks on Thursday placed Timothy Liljegren on injured reserve and claimed Vincent Iorio off waivers<\/a> from the Washington Capitals, and could also be without John Klingberg for their game Friday against the Utah Mammoth.<\/p>\n

Liljegren sustained an upper-body injury\u00a0in the Sharks\u2019 5-1 loss<\/a> to the Carolina Hurricanes on Tuesday and will miss at least the next three games, starting with the team\u2019s date with the Mammoth in Salt Lake City.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s unclear how much time Liljegren, a puck-moving defenseman in his second season with the Sharks, will have to miss, as San Jose hosts the Pittsburgh Penguins<\/a> on Saturday and begins a four-game road trip against the New York Islanders on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Klingberg was also injured against the Hurricanes, but remained on the active roster. Klingberg (lower body) briefly skated on Thursday, but was unable to practice. He did travel with the Sharks to Utah, but coach Ryan Warsofsky said the 33-year-old defenseman was \u201cdoubtful\u201d to play.<\/p>\n

Klingberg missed a few days of training camp<\/a> last month after he experienced concussion-like symptoms following the Sharks\u2019 first preseason game on Sept. 21. But he also mentioned during camp<\/a> that his body remained a \u201cwork in progress\u201d after having double hip resurfacing surgery in December 2023.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re banged up,\u201d Warsofsky said. \u201cWe\u2019ve kind of been dealing with this since training camp with some of our guys on the back end, so we have to manage it the best we can. But right now we\u2019ve got a couple of injuries.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 22-year-old Iorio, a native of Coquitlam, British Columbia, is expected to join the Sharks in Salt Lake City, but it was unclear if he would play Friday. If he doesn\u2019t, and Klingberg is unavailable, Vincent Desharnais and Shakir Mukhamadullin would both enter the lineup. Mukhamadullin has been scratched for the last two games, and Desharnais still hasn\u2019t played this season.<\/p>\n

Iorio, listed at 6-foot-4 and 220 pounds, was a 2021 second-round draft pick by Washington and played in nine games with the Capitals, three in 2022-23 and six in 2023-24.<\/p>\n

The Sharks have plenty of talented young forwards in their organization and have a promising goalie in 23-year-old Yaroslav Askarov.<\/a> But they want to add more young defensemen <\/a>to the system, leading them to claim Iorio, a pending restricted free agent,<\/a> rather than promote someone from the Barracuda.<\/p>\n

\u201c(He\u2019s) 22, right-shot, big, he\u2019s got some size,\u201d Warsofsky said of Iorio. \u201cWe talked about him a little bit here, and I think there\u2019s some intangibles that we like and he fits the profile of the player that we\u2019re looking (for).\u201d<\/p>\n

Iorio made the Capitals\u2019 roster out of training camp earlier this month but was a healthy scratch for the team\u2019s first four games and was placed on waivers on Wednesday. The Sharks, after having the NHL\u2019s worst record last season, currently have priority to claim any player placed on waivers.<\/p>\n

Iorio has primarily played with the AHL\u2019s Hershey Bears in each of the past three seasons, most recently finishing third among team blue-liners with 20 points in 67 games in 2024-25, setting AHL career highs in goals, game-winning goals, and games played.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think we would have claimed him if we didn\u2019t think he was going to be an NHL player,\u201d said Warsofsky, who said his good friend and Capitals coach Spencer Carbery had positive things to say about Iorio. \u201cI think there\u2019s potential there. There are still some areas in his game that he\u2019ll have to improve at.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Sharks will take whatever improvements they can get on defense.<\/p>\n

The Sharks have allowed 16 goals in three games, a 5.33-per-game average that, entering Thursday, was only better than the 5.50 goal average the Ottawa Senators had allowed. Nine of the goals the Sharks have allowed have come during 5-on-5 play, a particular problem area for the team over the last several years.<\/p>\n

The Sharks have spoken this week about the lack of connectivity on the ice at even strength, saying that with so many new bodies and constant changes to the lines and defense pairs, it\u2019s been a challenge to develop chemistry and cohesion.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou look at Carolina, they\u2019re a team that looks connected out there,\u201d Sharks winger Collin Graf said. \u201cThey know what they\u2019re going to do when it gets up to the point, the puck\u2019s going to the net.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn terms of our game, if all five guys know what\u2019s happening, like what the play is off a breakout, or the neutral zone spit out off a rim, then it looks connected. But it\u2019s really just us all thinking on the same page, and it makes things go smoother, and it should lead to us getting the puck back and playing the offensive zone more.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Sharks entering Thursday were one of just two winless teams left in the NHL.<\/p>\n

\u201cDesperation, urgency. You can use both those words, and we obviously want to see more of it.\u201d Warsofsky said. \u201cThat\u2019s kind of been the message.\u201d<\/p>\n

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