{"id":475805,"date":"2026-02-27T21:26:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T21:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/475805\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T21:26:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T21:26:11","slug":"sharks-disgruntled-defenseman-could-miss-weekend-games-due-to-personal-reasons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/475805\/","title":{"rendered":"Sharks’ Disgruntled Defenseman Could Miss Weekend Games Due to Personal Reasons"},"content":{"rendered":"

San Jose Sharks defenseman Shakir Mukhamadullin was a healthy scratch against the Calgary Flames<\/a> on Thursday and could miss the weekend\u2019s games.<\/p>\n

According to Sharks head coach Ryan Warsofsky<\/a>, the defenseman didn\u2019t take part in an optional practice on Friday due to personal reasons.<\/p>\n

Mukhamadullin voiced his frustration about his season to the Mercury News.<\/p>\n

\u201cHonestly, I\u2019m not happy with how my season is going,\u201d Mukhamaduklin told the Bay Area News Group<\/a>. \u201cNot playing that many games. Also have, like, small ice time. When I play, every time, it\u2019s 13, 14 minutes.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mukhamadullin has played 26 games for the San Jose Sharks this season. The 24-year-old had a promising finish to the 24-25 season, but it was cut short by injury. Unfortunately, the momentum couldn\u2019t be maintained, whether due to a healthy scratch or an injury, Mukhamadullin just hasn\u2019t had a consistent spot.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought he did some really good things and was solid in some areas that we\u2019ve asked him to improve at,\u201d Warsofsky said after morning skate on Thursday. \u201cThere\u2019s obviously a little way to go as far as being a big guy and defending with some jam and making the right play and scanning the ice and those things that we\u2019ve talked about with him. I think he\u2019s taking it a step.\u201d<\/p>\n

When pressed for more details on whether injuries and lack of play time have hindered his development, the San Jose Sharks coach admitted that it could be playing a part.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think the injuries weigh that down a little bit. If he\u2019s healthy, we\u2019re probably seeing a different player right now,\u201d Warsofsky said. \u201cEvery player goes through different situations in their career, and not every path to develop into a full-time consistent NHL player is direct.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mukhamadullin has done his best to stay positive in a time when it can be incredibly hard to.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut it is what it is. Just try to stay positive every day. Just a lot of thinking in my head right now about my season, but just stay positive and just prepare for every game and be ready,\u201d Mukhamadullin said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"San Jose Sharks defenseman Shakir Mukhamadullin was a healthy scratch against the Calgary Flames on Thursday and could…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":475806,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5127],"tags":[5,4,519,168,5306,5305,5719,1780,32852,24660],"class_list":{"0":"post-475805","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-jose-sharks","8":"tag-hockey","9":"tag-nhl","10":"tag-san-jose","11":"tag-san-jose-sharks","12":"tag-sanjose","13":"tag-sanjosesharks","14":"tag-shakir-mukhamadullin","15":"tag-sharks","16":"tag-sharks-injuries","17":"tag-sj-sharks"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116144713899012485","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/475805","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=475805"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/475805\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/475806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=475805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=475805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=475805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}