San Jose Hockey Now's Sheng Peng looks at realistic comparisons for the Sharks' top six core pieces heading into the 2025-26 season.

4 Macklin Celebrini holds up a finger signifying number one after being selected first overall by the San Jose Sharks during the first round of the 2024 Upper Deck NHL Draft at Sphere on June 28, ...

Rick Celebrini and Grier are on board with this if Macklin becomes a Shark and is with the team this season. Grier said something like that could also play out with 19-year-old Will Smith.

Macklin Celebrini celebrates with his parents Robyn and Rick after becoming the No. 1 overall pick in the 2024 NHL Draft. (Photo courtesy Getty Images) ...

Macklin Celebrini won the 2024 Hobey Baker Memorial Award, given to the best player in men's college hockey. Celebrini, the freshman forward from Boston University, is expected to be the No. 1 ...

Macklin Celebrini, seen here with his father Rick while he was a member of the USHL's Chicago Steel in the 2022-23 season, left the Bay Area as a young teenager to pursue his hockey dreams.

Why is Macklin Celebrini the near-assured No. 1 pick at the 2024 NHL Draft? Like Bedard before him, Celebrini offers the most upside as a top-six franchise scorer of any player in this class.

Macklin Celebrini #71 of the San Jose Sharks looks on during the first period against the Seattle Kraken at Climate Pledge Arena on Nov. 30, 2024 in Seattle, Washington.

On Monday, Macklin Celebrini will play his first NHL game in his hometown of Vancouver, BC. San Jose Hockey Now's Sheng Peng spoke to four of Celebrini's youth coaches to understand what shaped ...

Of course, Bedard will be more than fine without the Blackhawks winning the lottery, but imagine what drafting Macklin Celebrini, the consensus No. 1 pick in 2024, would mean for Bedard and the ...

Macklin Celebrini: "It's fun, and it's something that I've done my whole life. Growing up, whenever I was on the ice, I was the happiest and just having fun playing.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Rookie center Macklin Celebrini has been steadfast in staying upbeat amidst a losing season in which the young, rebuilding San Jose Sharks are in jeopardy of finishing last ...