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Going to my first game in 2 years today. But most excitedly, taking my 8 and 6 year olds to their first ever Sharks game!

Time: 1:00pm. TV: NBCSCA. Radio: Sharks + SAPC  San Jose returns home from their quick stop in LA to host the Dallas Stars in a matinee affair at SAP Center on Saturday.  Dallas beat San Jose 4-1 on December 5th in Texas, then handed them a 5-3 defeat December 18th in San Jose.  Today's game will complete the season series between the two teams.  The Stars continue their pursuit of the Colorado Avalanche for the top record in the league. They trail the Avalanche by 11 points.  That has allowed the Minnesota Wild to join the discussion for the 2nd overall record. Dallas is 4-2-3 over their last 10 games.  They had lost 6 straight before beating the Washington Capitals on Wednesday night.  Dallas then flew across country to San Jose for the completion of their current 3-game road trip. You'll get no sympathy from the Sharks who log far more air miles than Dallas.  Mikko Rantanen leads the team in scoring with 59 points on 17 goals and 42 assists. Jason Robertson leads the team in goal scoring with 25 tallies. Wyatt Johnson trails Robertson by a single goal for that the lead. Jake Oettinger leads the team in all goaltending stats, but netminding assignments are TBD for Saturday's game.  Team Captain Jamie Benn broke his nose on Sunday but is expected to join the team.  The Sharks roster situation is starting to get a little clarity. Michael Misa is expected to remain with the NHL team for the remainder of the season. Misa was a scratch on Thursday night in LA after returning from the World Juniors Championships. Will Smith returned to practice, but the Sharks are still mum on when he will come off the injured list. San Jose still has 12 games remaining before the Olympic break, so they will likely need him at some point.  Smith's return will precede Philipp Kurashev's by a week or so according to head coach Ryan Warsofsky.    Projected Lineup: Eklund - Celebrini - Chernyshov Regenda - Wennberg- Toffoli Skinner - Gaudette - Graf Goodrow -Ostapchuk- Reaves   Orlov - Liljegren Ferraro - Iorio  Dickinson - Leddy Askarov   Vegas Odds:

Another goalie from the pick-and-pull.  Possibly as insurance should Asky or Ned get injured

cool to see the evolution of this trade from this thread, Mike. On 05Oct you posted that we got Ellis et al for Grunstrom. Now Ellis for Brossoit et al.    Not sure if Brossoit is better than Ned. He has good numbers but anyone playing for Winterpeg likely also would have. But since Ned hasn't really flashed anything brilliant this year I say give him a shot. If anything he'll have a good nickname, like Hockey Bro or Brossy or sommat. Ellis was a salary dump acquisition. Allan, while mostly AHL-level so far, at least is a warm body. Does this mean the Sharks are buyers now??? That could be exciting.

The Sharks have acquired G Laurent Brossoit, D Nolan Allan and a 7th round draft pick (2028) from the Chicago Blackhawks for D Ryan Ellis, D Jake Furlong and a 4th round draft pick (2028).   Brossoit has a remaining cap hit of $1.7m which expires at the end of the season. Ellis has $3.2m remaining (expiring at end of 2027). Nolan is an RFA this summer, Furlong next summer.