Sharks Top 10 Prospects of 2025-2026 | EP 103 Musty, Lund Rising?

Who are our 2025-26 pre-season top-10 San Jose Sharks prospects?

In a throwback San Jose Hockey Now Podcast segment, it’s just Sheng and Keegan together again to reveal their top-10. How much are Quentin Musty, Cam Lund, and Eric Pohlkamp trending up? Who’s No. 2, Yaroslav Askarov or Sam Dickinson? Where do 2025 Draft picks Michael Misa, Josh Ravensbergen, and Haoxi (Simon) Wang rank?

The general cut-off for prospects for this ranking, by the way, is 50 NHL games.

Before our top-10 prospects talk, San Jose Sharks legend Dan Boyle, Sharks Ice beer league champ Zubair Jeewanjee, insider Sheng Peng, and prospects guru Keegan McNally discuss all the hot Sharks training camp topics.

18-year NHL veteran Boyle weighs in on the idea of a fourth-liner like Barclay Goodrow being named Sharks captain. We discuss Jack Thompson perhaps being at a crossroads in his Sharks’ career. From Misa to Will Smith to Alex Nedeljkovic to Philipp Kurashev, who impressed in the Sharks’ pre-season debut?

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Timestamps

00:00:00 Introductions
00:00:24 Sponsor: Bring Hockey Back (coupon code: SanJoseHockeyNow)
00:01:13 Dating apps, boundaries & hockey fandom
00:03:36 Band tees & music rabbit hole (Tool, The Liars, Dumb & Dumber, Tarantino)
00:10:40 News/notes segue
00:11:45 Sharks captaincy recap: Goodrow vs. Toffoli, Ferraro context
00:16:04 Dan Boyle: What a captain *actually* does in the NHL
00:24:04 Do captains need to play big minutes?
00:32:00 Predictions: “C” now vs. bridge years without a captain
00:33:38 Jack Thompson’s camp: tweener risk & path to NHL
00:39:05 Boyle’s 80–90% rule for bubble players
00:45:48 Michael Jordan lesson: fail forward & keep shooting
00:50:30 Sports psychology & George Mumford
00:51:01 Dan Boyle signs off
00:52:00 Camp updates: illness return, cautious ramp-up, PP units
00:53:29 Klingberg injury; Dickinson power play looks
00:56:39 Preseason Game 1 takeaways & context
00:58:49 Smith/Dickinson connection — what translates at NHL speed?
01:00:57 Michael Misa’s “winning details”: faceoffs, strength, denial without penalties
01:03:06 Group A/B practice reads — what they mean (and don’t)
01:05:56 Musty’s 2nd-period dip & in-game coaching adjustments
01:08:07 Roster math: waiver-exempt vs. earning trust
01:14:04 Goaltending: puck-handling as a hidden weapon
01:16:06 Nedeljkovic example: clean rims past pressure
01:16:53 Yaroslav Askarov’s puck-handling upside — asset or risk?
01:17:29 Tandems & mentorship: Askarov learning from Nedeljkovic
01:18:24 Why this roster feels better *constructed to win*
01:19:11 Grier’s summer moves: puck movers & more skill
01:19:42 Orlov’s impact & easing Ferraro’s minutes
01:20:29 Condolences to Mike Grier’s family
01:20:53 Top-10 San Jose Sharks prospects intro
01:21:20 Honorable mentions & methodology (games cutoff, graduation rules)
01:22:30 Depth discussion: Graf, Mukhamadullin, Askarov, more
01:23:39 Bubble prospects & the “third tier” pool
01:25:03 Prospect tiers: Pohlkamp, Halttunen, Sahlin Wallenius, Cardwell
01:28:30 San Jose Sharks’ surprising wing depth for Barracuda
01:29:45 Other sleepers: Roberts, Svoboda, Muldowney, Laubach
01:32:14 Honorable mentions wrap-up
01:33:39 Just missed Top 10 — Wang & Lund debates
01:37:33 Lund as a “poor man’s Chris Kreider” comp
01:40:12 Sharks’ wing depth & potential breakouts
01:41:48 Top-10 countdown begins