⚔️ Musty vs Chernyshov: Who Cracks Sharks’ Roster First?

⚔️ Musty vs Chernyshov: Who Cracks Sharks’ Roster First?

So here’s just a general question about Igor Chernop, Quentyn Musty, and Casper Hen for you guys. It doesn’t seem like like you guys feel that that these any of these three will make the NHL this year, but if you were to pick one of them, who do you think is the most likely and why between Churnishoff, Musty, and Hal? Churnishoff. Yep. Easy. Easy. Yeah. Yeah. Honestly, I would agree. I I do think I think that his game is is the most mature of the three of them. I think when you look at Halton, he’s going to have to learn how to utilize his shot. Uh you know, and adjust the speed of the pro game and how, you know, how to find a ways to get open, find ways to to be a differencemaker away from the puck. Uh I think his skating has improved uh in his OHL career thus far, but I think it, you know, there’s still, you know, a need to improve it even further there. um physical engagement is inconsistent. Um so I I think that there’s there’s a need for him to round out his game other than being that guy that that’s got that killer one-time. Um and I don’t think San Jose wants him to just be a onenote player. Um you know, they don’t want a Mike Hoffman type on the power play and that’s it, right? They want a guy that that’s going to be able to to be a contributor in a lot of different ways. So I I can’t see him pushing for an NHL roster spot. They’re gonna want him playing, you know, decent minutes in the AHL. They’re gonna want him getting power play time for sure. Um, you know, Musty maybe last year I would have said that might have been the case, but I I don’t know. I would maybe it’s sounding harsh, but I would say that his game maybe took a little bit of a step back. Right. You mentioned this on a show before. Yeah. Yeah. I I think that some of the positive things that we saw from from him in terms of improving his his defensive play, his his physical engagement, I think all of that kind of reverted back a little bit to his draft year um this past season. Um and and maybe the light goes on. You know, maybe he’s at training camp and you know, you know, he for lack of a better term beasts out. Um but I think he’s a guy that that needs some age time. I think that, you know, he he needs to figure out how he needs to play consistently to to be an impact player at the pro level. Um, whereas Chernoshave, you know, step right into the OHL and he was an impact player because he does a lot of little things well and he found some instant chemistry with with Michael Misa for for that reason as well. Um, you know, there he’s a guy that I don’t think has a ton of weaknesses in his game. I think that he is a very well-rounded player. Um, especially, you know, in the offensive end, you know, maybe, yeah, there there are some things that he can do to improve his play away from the puck, you know, in the neutral zone in the defensive end. Um, but I think that he’s somebody that supports play well in the offensive end. I think that he is a guy that, you know, can drive possession. Um, I think he’s skilled enough. I think he’s smart enough. Um, I was really impressed with his play in the OHL this year and I think that he of the three has the potential to move the quickest. Okay. Okay. Will, what do you think of these three? Pretty much exactly agreed. I am most skeptical of Haltonin. I mean, I I I uh with him it’s like he he kind of checks a lot of the boxes for at the very best for me like a long-term project, right? Like I think his game is very limited as it is. Like I mean again I I agree the skating is better than it was but it was when he was a draft eligible it was bad and like it was he was slow and not very skilled and but he could hammer a hockey puck. like he can shoot. And so it’s like, but to me, the whole thing the old the whole thing with guys who shoot really well is like that’s the end of a chain of events. And if you’re only really useful at the end of the chain of events that everyone else needs to work at, then what value do you bring, right? And so for me that I agree like I agree with Brock like I think he’s a guy where you you you do need to see more engagement use the tools that he’s got more and and I think he’s at best like you’re going to see him compleimement some really heavy possession players like I could see him kind of in the same vein as like a Clim Cen with a shot because but he does need to learn that sort of I’m going to rip your head off instinct because he does have that that edge in his game sometimes. times like I remember his draft here. He was throwing some big hits in a men’s league in Finland and you’re going I could see why NHL teams really like this guy. He can hit and he can shoot. The rest is a work in progress, but we’ll see. So, I will be very I think he’s an AHL baby steps up guy and maybe he’s in the NHL. Musty I think the floor is similar with Musty where it’s like I am I but he’s the type of player where I watch him and I just want to grab him by the shoulders and go, “Do you have any idea how good you are?” like you it’s but because there are moments where you go what is he thinking? What is going on in this guy’s brain? Right? Like I don’t understand like the defensive end of things sometimes moving the puck he will have some mystifying moments where you’re like he’s his head’s not really in the game but when he’s ripping he can rip. And so it’s like what are you going to get with that? And I find that over time coaches, if you have a high off high offense sort of skilled guy, when they are unreliable, that’s when coaches go, I would rather play someone more reliable without maybe as much skill because I just know what I’m going to get out of them rather than what Musty can be, which is a bit of a wild card. Cherishave, I love Cherishave. I think he is a great example of the type of player that I think Halton and could be where it’s like he compliments and augments guys like Will Smith so or Will Yeah, Will Smith is another one, but Michael Misa too. William Ecklund like I think he compliments those types of players so well with regards to if you need a guy to help you out, take some pressure off you in the offensive zone, you know, or entering the offensive zone in the neutral zone, he can skill it up. He can make a play. He can go to the net. He can shoot from mid-range.

The Sharks have prospect winger depth but which one is more NHL-ready: Quentin Musty or Igor Chernyshov?

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