Macklin Celebrini to play as San Jose Sharks as finish preseason in Utah

SAN JOSE Macklin Celebrini will make his preseason debut on Saturday when the San Jose Sharks face the Utah Mammoth at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City to finish their exhibition schedule Related Articles Sharks takeaways Regenda s future the prediction for Misa and Ned on opening night As San Jose Sharks close camp what roster decisions remain for Mike Grier What Sharks Ryan Warsofsky stated about Macklin Celebrini as camp wraps up Amid so-so camp Sharks want -year-old forward to start taking it to another level Second-period miscues haunt Sharks in another preseason loss to Ducks Celebrini has been unable to play in the Sharks first five preseason games as he recovered from what the club described as an illness after he took part in the first day of training camp on Sept Up until Wednesday of this week Celebrini had been held out of contact drills The Sharks are expected to dress majority of of their players on the NHL roster on Saturday in their final tune-up before the start of the regular season The Sharks begin the - season on Thursday at home against the Golden Knights The Sharks improved to - - this preseason with a - win over the Golden Knights at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas Winger Pavol Regenda who is trying to earn a spot on the Sharks season-opening -man roster had four assists including three on Ethan Cardwell s goals The Sharks must reduce their roster to players by Monday at p m PT The biggest question the Sharks will have is whether to keep two of their top prospects forward Michael Misa and defenseman Sam Dickinson for at least part of the season If they do more players on waivers with forwards Regenda Egor Afanasyev and Carl Grundstrom and defenseman Jack Thompson being among the possibilities NHL teams have hours to claim anyone placed on waivers If that sportsman is not claimed they can be assigned to the club s AHL affiliate At the start of the season if multiple teams submit a waiver claim for a participant the gang that finished last in the NHL standings the previous season wins the claim Please check back for updates to this story