The San Jose Sharks called up the 25-year-old winger on Monday as a replacement for defenseman Vincent Desharnais, who was placed on IR. The move gives the Sharks, who had nine defensemen on the roster before Desharnais was moved to the IR, more roster flexibility.
Statistically, this may be a surprising move.
Regenda has scored only four goals in 19 games with the San Jose Barracuda this season, which is less than the top San Jose Sharks winger prospects, Igor Chernyshov and Quentin Musty. Chernyshov has 10 goals and 16 points in just 13 November games, while Musti has six goals and 15 points in the same span.
Head coach Ryan Warsofsky explained, “Statistics don’t mean everything.”
He added, “There are finer details here for you to play with.” “It’s important for them to continue playing and develop those habits in certain situations, with the puck, away from the puck.”
This is the first full AHL season for 2024 second-round pick Chernyshov and 2023 first-round pick Musti.
Meanwhile, the 6-foot-4 Regenda is an experienced pro winger with 19 NHL games under his belt.
“He’s playing well, playing the pass-heavy style that we were looking for, competitive, gets to dirty areas, gets inside,” Warsofsky said. “We’re scoring, but we can add more scores to our group as far as going inside and playing in front of the goaltender’s eyes. He does a really good job.”
Regenda may also be placed lower in the line-up. If he plays for the San Jose Sharks, there’s a good chance he’ll be on the fourth line.
“In an ideal world, we really don’t want to call up one of those young guys and put them on the line where they can’t access their toolset, which means a top-nine role and maybe some power play time,” Warsofsky said. “So there’s definitely a little bit of that.”
San Jose Sharks (12-11-3)
Yaroslav Askarov will start.
Nick Leddy and Vincent Iorio remained out for a long time, so they are unlikely to play. So the defense should look like this:
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According to Warsofsky, Vincent Desharnais, who missed the last two games with an upper body injury, was placed on IR, and will not play tonight and possibly Thursday. Warsofsky confirmed that the big defenseman’s injury was unrelated to being hit high by a puck on Nov. 26 at the Colorado Avalanche.
It appears the Sharks have even more questions, as Adam Gaudette missed the morning skate due to illness. That’s a game-time decision.
Warsofsky explained that there were some other decisions at the time of the game, although he did not say who those were. It seems Gaudette was the only Shark to miss practice:
#sjsharks Rows at morning skate: Adam Gaudet is not on the ice
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Michael Misa and Jeff Skinner returned to practice for the first time in several weeks, and although they will not play tonight, Warsofsky has upgraded both forwards to day-to-day, recovering from lower-body injuries week-to-week.
Utah Mammoth (12-11-3)
Karel Vejmelka should get the start.
Logan Cooley is a game-time decision. Cooley participated fully in the morning skate.
Warsofsky expressed his condolences to his world championship captain Clayton Keller, whose father recently passed away: “My heart is broken for the kid. It’s a tough thing to go through at a young age. I send him and his family my thoughts and prayers. He’s a great kid.”
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where to see
Puck drop between the San Jose Sharks and Utah Mammoth is at 7pm PT at SAP Center. Watch it live on NBC Sports California. Listen to it on the Sharks Audio Network.
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