Sharks POUNCE on Waived Capitals Prospect | Is Vincent Iorio the ANSWER to Sharks’ Struggles?

Sharks POUNCE on Waived Capitals Prospect | Is Vincent Iorio the ANSWER to Sharks’ Struggles?

The San Jose Sharks have claimed Vincent Aario from the Washington Capitals. What are they getting with another defenseman? Your Locked On Sharks, your daily podcast on the San Jose Sharks, part of the Locked On Network, your team every day. Hello, welcome to Locked On Sharks, the premier hockey podcast covering your favorite team in the Bay Area. My name is JD Young, caretaker at The Reef, also the co-host of Locked On NHL. I want to thank you for making Lockown Sharks your first or maybe now second listen of the day. Uh proudly a part of the Locked On Network. We cover your team every day. And if you want to be an everydayer, all you have to do is just follow along wherever you get podcast. And of course, you can watch on YouTube as well. And we’re gonna be doing a nice little kind of 10minute chunk here as the San Jose Sharks uh claim Vincent Aora um off of waiverss from the Washington Capitals. So we’ll kind of go through his past uh what the Sharks are kind of getting here and where he probably kind of fits in right now. So, uh, before we kind of get into Iorio, um, do we do have some kind of corresponding news as as you kind of expected to be honest that Timothy Lilren placed on IR. If you remember in the last game against the Hurricanes, he kind of took a spill at the end, looked like he fell right on his tailbone. Um, so he is on IR right now. And I have a feeling this is very much a corresponding move to that as a structure trying to add another guy who can uh potentially help out the Decor. And like they currently have 10 10 defenseman. It feels they have a lot of defenseman right now. Uh a bajillion defenseman on under with with San Jose. But uh let’s get to know uh Iorio a little bit more here. So, uh, he is a former second round pick of the Washington Capitals. Uh, he was picked 55th overall in the 2021, uh, uh, draft class. Um, so, and he came from the WHL where he played with the Brandon Wat Kings for four seasons with them. Um, in his final season, he uh, played a little bit like he was part of that kind of co class, right? So if you look like the 2020 2021 season only played 22 games as part of that weird co bubble where they played a little bit of WHL games. Um but he played uh in the 20 his last season with the weekend kings. Um he put up 44 points in 60 games including 11 goals. Uh played some time um after that with the caps but has spent the majority of his time with the Hershey Bears in the AHL. Does have nine career games. He has an assist in that time as well. But like I said, majority of time he’s been spending um on the Hershey Bears, which is a very good one of the premier AHL organizations. Last season, uh with the Bears, uh he played 67 games, has five goals, 15 assists with 86 shots on goal. Uh, so not like a an offensive juggernaut and that’s not really his game, but um, you know, he’s a guy who’s been kind of developing here and he’s only 22, turns 23 next month. He’s also a pretty, you know, has pretty good size here at 6’3, uh, 2015. I’ve kind of seen both numbers for him. Um, uh, and he’s still on he’s on an $814,000. like he’s on a very minimal contract right now that expires at the end of this year. So, this is a for the Sharks, you’re you’re taking a bet on talent here as you try to again 22 23 year old defenseman um trying to kind of figure out what you have here with him. So, um, as for kind of looking at his what type of player he was, uh, going through his draft process. So, um, Elite Prospects gave him, uh, a C grade. Uh, they gave him out of a scale of one to nine with his, uh, you know, nine being like super elite uh, type like uh, pro, you know, kind of grading. They gave him a five for skating. is a solid skater. Four and a half for shooting, six for passing, five for puck handling, five for hockey sense, and a five for physical. Like I said, a C grade for him. Um, and kind of going through his scouting reports, reading uh about him. He’s a player with standout tools, generally fare better than jack of all trade types at this uh point of rankings. uh his standout tool, his passing and his outlets. Even though his skills are a distributor, only resulted in seven assists in 22 games as part of the COVID bubble. Iora is a uh breakout is basically consulted with a blaster. Wellplaced laser beam after wellplaced laser beam. He misdirects opponents by holding relaxed even vulnerable before firing. He looks off his targets, skates into the lane, and then holds the deception until the puck’s released. Even for the long range threeline passes, if the pass isn’t there, he resets to find the next option and often accelerates at the pass to jump to the rush. Only thing that’s missing is the imp shrug at the end of his passes like the solo one offered solo by uh stormtroopers after tricking them out of the shield bunker. Anyway, um they do say that like all that deception does kind of lead to a lot of waste opportunities. Uh and that’s something he’s, you know, cleaned up over the past couple years in the AHL. You know, he has a look of an NHL level defender is certainly there. Uh like I said, he skates pretty solidly. He does have a tendency to overplay passing lanes instead of grabbing his man. Uh which is, you know, something that you’re hopefully cleaned up here in the AHL. Um but you know he’s he’s probably like a low like he’s probably a number five or number six type of defenseman is what they they kind of picked for him. So, um I think the the the big question here is like well why why would the Sharks do this when you have so many defenseman you’re having trouble getting guys on the ice right u well one losing you know Timothy Liginrren right now that hurts uh because Ligrin is one of your better breakout type of players uh so he can help kind of fill this role um and two like the Sharks have had so much trouble defensively ly I’m okay with taking shots, right? And especially where the Sharks are at as an organization, you should continually take swings at the bat and try to just figure it out, right? And if the Sharks have to trade somebody or if if Iori works out, Ioria works out for you, that’s great. If he doesn’t, you can always put him back on waiverss and either he gets claimed by the Capitals again. Um, or he gets sent to the AHL and you have more depth for when you do need to like when you start potentially selling off some of your pieces here. So, this is very much a lowrisk uh type of maneuver. Um, and again, if the Sharks run into contract issues, it’s not like they can’t trade them. We’ve seen them work their way through this here. You can trade somebody uh if you want to trade one of your other defenseman, whatever it is. Um you have ways to kind of work out through this. So, I like the move. I like the Sharks again continually taking swings on talented players. And as a former second round player and a right-handed defenseman, which we know the Sharks need more of these type of players in their pipeline, um or at least more options, uh we’ll, you know, I I think it’s a good call. We’ll see. Um, you know, I mean, because the Sharks don’t play again till Friday. So, assuming he probably doesn’t get here till Friday. I would expect we probably don’t see him on the week. Maybe we see him on Saturday’s game. Um, but I would expect we probably they probably want to at least get like a at least one practice under his belt, but who knows? uh where he kind of fits in like when we’ll get to actually see him on the ice. But um yeah, it’ll be it’ll be interesting to see. I I’m I again I like the I like the move. I like just taking swings. Um and if it doesn’t work out, it’s easy to kind of again send them to the miners. If you put them on waiverss and somebody else claims them, then it’s like no skin off your teeth. And if not, you can trade if he works out you it’s free money basically. So, um, but yeah, that’s, you know, I I think Mike Greer keep taking swings. So, uh, we’ll be back later today with another episode. So, that’ll be coming out tonight. Uh, most likely an interview. So, keep your eyes out for that. Uh, so make sure you guys are following along wherever you get podcast. And of course, you can watch on YouTube as well. Follow the show on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and on Tik Tok at lockedown sharks. Follow me on Twitter and Blue Skyfry Hole. Until later. Bye friends.

The San Jose Sharks make a surprising move, claiming defenseman Vincent Iorio off waivers from the Washington Capitals. What does this acquisition mean for the Sharks’ blue line and their rebuilding strategy?

JD Young breaks down Iorio’s background, from his days with the Brandon Wheat Kings to his recent stint with the Hershey Bears. He analyzes the young defenseman’s stats, playing style, and potential impact on the Sharks’ roster. Young explores Iorio’s standout skills, comparing his breakout abilities to “Han Solo with a blaster” and discussing how he might fill the void left by Timothy Liljegren’s injury.

The host examines the strategic implications of this move for the Sharks, exploring why the team is taking a chance on another defenseman despite their current depth. He argues that for a rebuilding franchise like San Jose, low-risk bets on talented players could pay off big. Young also speculates on when fans might see Iorio hit the ice for the Sharks and what his addition means for the team’s defensive pipeline.

Tune in to get the full scoop on Vincent Iorio and how he fits into the San Jose Sharks’ plans for the future.

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