{"id":365187,"date":"2025-12-20T00:54:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-20T00:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/365187\/"},"modified":"2025-12-20T00:54:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T00:54:11","slug":"sjhn-daily-rj-celebrini-tearing-it-up-desharnais-update-sharks-olympic-status","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/365187\/","title":{"rendered":"SJHN Daily: RJ Celebrini Tearing It Up, Desharnais Update, Sharks&#8217; Olympic Status?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The San Jose Sharks should have representation at the Olympics in Milan in February.<\/p>\n<p>According to TSN\u2019s Pierre LeBrun, Macklin Celebrini seems <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/6900997\/2025\/12\/19\/canada-olympic-roster-trades-danault-andersson\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cmost likely in\u201d<\/a> to make it for Team Canada:<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Team Canada \ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udde6 management member was in the building to watch Celebrini again last night\u2026  Remains very much in the conversation two weeks away from the roster deadline. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sCWq6Zfe8L\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/sCWq6Zfe8L<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Pierre LeBrun (@PierreVLeBrun) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PierreVLeBrun\/status\/2001357821036953797?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">December 17, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>While Celebrini may have been a dark horse candidate heading into the season, his versatility and offensive prowess with the San Jose Sharks this season have been undeniable. The 19-year-old superstar is currently third in the NHL in points, 53, behind just Connor McDavid and Nathan MacKinnon, both of whom are undoubtedly locks for Team Canada.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Philipp Kurashev is pretty much a lock for the Swiss team in Milan \u2014 with just<a href=\"https:\/\/www.quanthockey.com\/nhl\/nationality\/active-swiss-nhl-players-career-stats.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> 11 Swiss players<\/a> in the NHL, odds are in his favor. Given his current week-to-week upper-body injury, there may have been some doubts regarding his availability to play in February, by San Jose Sharks head coach Ryan Warsofsky allayed fears.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Forgot to tweet this earlier, but Philipp Kurashev&#8217;s upper body injury is not expected to prevent him from participating in the Olympics, assuming he is named to Switzerland&#8217;s roster.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SJSharks?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#SJSharks<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Curtis Pashelka (@CurtisPashelka) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CurtisPashelka\/status\/2001766164662301059?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">December 18, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>William Eklund, Alex Wennberg, and John Klingberg also look like Team Sweden candidates.<\/p>\n<p>The 2026 Winter Olympics begin on Feb. 6.<\/p>\n<p>At San Jose Hockey Now\u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sanjosehockeynow.com\/san-jose-sharks-jeff-skinner-healthy-scratch-interview\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jeff Skinner<\/a> talks about his \u201cfrustrating\u201d season with the San Jose Sharks.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sanjosehockeynow.com\/preview-lines-35-dellandrea-on-how-konopka-helps-sharks-win-faceoffs\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ty Dellandrea<\/a> explains how Zenon Konopka is helping the Sharks win faceoffs.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sanjosehockeynow.com\/san-jose-sharks-will-smith-out-of-sling-injury-locker-room\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Will Smith<\/a> appears to have ditched his arm sling.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sanjosehockeynow.com\/san-jose-sharks-celebrini-graf-wennberg-nedeljkovic-locker-room\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Macklin Celebrini<\/a> is making his linemates and team better.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sanjosehockeynow.com\/san-jose-sharks-ryan-reaves-toffoli-podcast-49ers-attend-game\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sam Dickinson<\/a> is still an option to go to World Juniors.<\/p>\n<p>Other Sharks News\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Yaroslav Askarov discusses his childhood and his newfound <a href=\"https:\/\/sharkshockeydigest.com\/san-jose-sharks-askarov-childhood-dad-stretching-puck-play\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">love of stretching<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Desharnais is skating, hopefully close to practicing right after Xmas<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sheng Peng (@Sheng_Peng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sheng_Peng\/status\/2002112756661825990?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">December 19, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Celebrini family\u2019s youngest, RJ, is doing big things as a 13-year-old:<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Macklin Celebrini&#8217;s youngest brother RJ has been absolutely lighting up the PCBHL through 39 games. \ud83d\udea8 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/d6Fj0L0KVR\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/d6Fj0L0KVR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 BarDown (@BarDown) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BarDown\/status\/2001671794600599942?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">December 18, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Connor Bedard linked up with Macklin Celebrini\u2019s little bro RJ in Vancouver and had to shout out the TEAR he\u2019s on in the U15 PCBHL \ud83e\udd1d<\/p>\n<p>106 points in 39 games \ud83d\udd25<\/p>\n<p>(via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NHLBlackhawks?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@NHLBlackhawks<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XwrYJUAVBa\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/XwrYJUAVBa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 B\/R Open Ice (@BR_OpenIce) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BR_OpenIce\/status\/2001717381702521015?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">December 18, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Michael Misa discusses how the San Jose Sharks players sent him off and his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/hockey-canada\/article\/i-got-to-step-up-misa-embraces-high-expectations-with-team-canada\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">high expectations<\/a> with Team Canada at the upcoming World Juniors tournament.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Mack is on the attack \ud83e\udd88<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SanJoseSharks?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@SanJoseSharks<\/a> forward continued to tear it up, notching 9 points in 3 games \u2013 all at even strength \u2013 to earn his first career NHLPA Player of the Week honours! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ME377LevGb\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/ME377LevGb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NHLPA (@NHLPA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NHLPA\/status\/2002051359487807528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">December 19, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Askarov heckled Drew Remenda:<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Yaroslav Askarov heckling Drew Remenda mid pre-game analysis. \ud83d\ude02  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SJSharks?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#SJSharks<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cFtrWDkhKo\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/cFtrWDkhKo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 SnipeCity420 \uea00 (@SnipeCity420) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SnipeCity420\/status\/2001853011539431517?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">December 19, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Around the League\u2026<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/pittsburghhockeynow.com\/pittsburgh-penguins-sale-fenway-sports-group-to-hoffman-family-close\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pittsburgh Penguins<\/a> sale will likely move forward in coming days.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/coloradohockeynow.com\/2025\/12\/18\/report-mackenzie-blackwood-being-considered-for-team-canada\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mackenzie Blackwood<\/a> is being considered for Team Canada.<\/p>\n<p>The NHL announced the headliner for the upcoming <a href=\"https:\/\/floridahockeynow.com\/nhl-announces-headliner-for-nhl-winter-classic-concert-in-miami-heres-who-it-is\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Winter Classic<\/a>. Meanwhile, <a href=\"https:\/\/floridahockeynow.com\/paul-maurice-matthew-tkachuk-is-on-track-to-join-florida-panthers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Matthew Tkachuk<\/a> is close to re-joining the Panthers.<\/p>\n<p>The Philadelphia Flyers have waived <a href=\"https:\/\/phillyhockeynow.com\/2025\/12\/18\/flyers-waive-defenseman-egor-zamula\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Egor Zamula<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/detroithockeynow.com\/2025\/12\/18\/grand-rapids-griffins-best-start-ahl-history\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Grand Rapids Griffins<\/a> have set a new AHL record.<\/p>\n<p>How will the NHL\u2019s roster trade freeze effect the<a href=\"https:\/\/sportsnaut.com\/nhl\/montreal-canadiens\/montreal-canadiens-holiday-roster-trade-freeze-impact\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Montreal Canadiens<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>Tristan Jarry suffered <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/nhl\/article\/oilers-jarry-exits-vs-bruins-pickard-comes-in\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">an injury<\/a> for the Edmonton Oilers. He\u2019s gone on IR.<\/p>\n<p>The Tampa Bay Lightning had a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/nhl\/article\/lightnings-vasilevskiy-mcdonagh-to-return-vs-kings\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">pair of players<\/a> return for their game against Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The San Jose Sharks should have representation at the Olympics in Milan in February. 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