{"id":555311,"date":"2026-04-18T14:30:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T14:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/555311\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T14:30:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T14:30:23","slug":"sjhn-daily-central-scouting-final-rankings-cuda-playoff-match-up-set-sharks-no-9-in-lottery-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/555311\/","title":{"rendered":"SJHN Daily: Central Scouting Final Rankings, Cuda Playoff Match-Up Set, Sharks No. 9 in Lottery"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gavin McKenna and Ivar Stenberg lead the North American and International NHL Central Scouting final rankings<\/a>.<\/p>\n

McKenna, who totaled 15 goals and 51 points in 35 games with Penn State, is ranked ahead of defensemen Chase Reid, Carson Carels, Keaton Verhoeff, and Daxon Rudolph respectively. The second-highest ranked North American forward is Brantford\u2019s Caleb Malholtra.<\/p>\n

Stenberg put up the most points in an SHL draft year since the Sedin twins in 1998-99. He was ranked just ahead of defensive prospect Alberts Smits, who suited up for Latvia at the Winter Olympics.<\/p>\n

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The San Jose Sharks<\/a> are No. 9 in the 2026 Draft Lottery; the lottery will be on May 5. San Jose<\/a> has a 5 percent chance of winning the No. 1 pick.<\/p>\n

The Sharks also have the Edmonton Oilers<\/a>\u2019 first-round pick. The Oilers take on the Anaheim Ducks<\/a> in the first round of the playoffs.<\/p>\n

AT SAN JOSE HOCKEY NOW\u2026<\/p>\n

How has Will Smith<\/a> improved this season?<\/p>\n

Eric Pohlkamp<\/a> signed his entry-level-contract!<\/p>\n

Former Chicago Steel general manager knew Macklin Celebrini<\/a> was special.<\/p>\n

Pavol Regenda<\/a> talks free agency and lacking playing time.<\/p>\n

John Klingberg<\/a> still wants to play.<\/p>\n

Macklin Celebrini<\/a> passes Joe Thornton<\/a> for the most single-season points in franchise history.<\/p>\n

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William Eklund<\/a> discusses his brother\u2019s NHL debut:<\/p>\n

OTHER SHARKS NEWS\u2026<\/p>\n

Steph Curry, George Kittle among Bay Area athletes to praise Celebrini for breaking Thornton\u2019s franchise record<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The San Jose Barracuda will be facing the Henderson Silver Knights in a best-of-3 first round in the playoffs. They\u2019re pretty banged up right now, though, and have lost 10 of their last 11.<\/p>\n

Assessing Yaroslav Askarov<\/a>\u2019s first full NHL season<\/a>.<\/p>\n

AROUND THE NHL\u2026<\/p>\n

Jonathan Quick<\/a> played his last NHL game.<\/p>\n

Sidney Crosby<\/a> talks rivalry with Philadelphia Flyers<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The complete first-round playoff schedule is here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Kyle Davidson<\/a> extended as Chicago Blackhawks<\/a>\u2019 general manager.<\/p>\n

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Boston Bruins<\/a> to face Buffalo Sabres<\/a> in first round.<\/p>\n

Rick Bowness will return as Columbus Blue Jackets<\/a> head coach<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Has Dougie Hamilton<\/a> played his last game with the New Jersey Devils<\/a>?<\/p>\n

Will Patrick Kane<\/a> return to the Detroit Red Wings<\/a>?<\/p>\n

Equipment mishap<\/a> led to funny warmups at ECHL game.<\/p>\n

The post SJHN Daily: Central Scouting Final Rankings, Cuda Playoff Match-Up Set, Sharks No. 9 in Lottery<\/a> appeared first on San Jose Hockey Now<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gavin McKenna and Ivar Stenberg lead the North American and International NHL Central Scouting final rankings. McKenna, who…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":555312,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5127],"tags":[44170,233,532,95,229,21430,96,3887,230,21432,93,1294,2626,146,766,18709,9280,5,164,629,6306,1781,691,2274,2529,3891,501,2409,151,4,1693,1568,24015,3952,2821,1265,2147,56,519,167,168,5306,5305,1780,768,18596,2208,66,507,801,1125],"class_list":{"0":"post-555311","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-jose-sharks","8":"tag-alberts-smits","9":"tag-anaheim-ducks","10":"tag-auston-matthews","11":"tag-boston-bruins","12":"tag-buffalo-sabres","13":"tag-carson-carels","14":"tag-chicago-blackhawks","15":"tag-colin-white","16":"tag-columbus-blue-jackets","17":"tag-daxon-rudolph","18":"tag-detroit-red-wings","19":"tag-dougie-hamilton","20":"tag-draft-lottery","21":"tag-edmonton-oilers","22":"tag-gavin-mckenna","23":"tag-george-kittle","24":"tag-henrik-sedin","25":"tag-hockey","26":"tag-igor-chernyshov","27":"tag-ivar-stenberg","28":"tag-jason-demers","29":"tag-joe-thornton","30":"tag-john-klingberg","31":"tag-jonathan-quick","32":"tag-keaton-verhoeff","33":"tag-lucas-carlsson","34":"tag-macklin-celebrini","35":"tag-nashville","36":"tag-new-jersey-devils","37":"tag-nhl","38":"tag-nhl-central-scouting","39":"tag-nolan-allan","40":"tag-north-american","41":"tag-oliver-wahlstrom","42":"tag-patrick-kane","43":"tag-pavol-regenda","44":"tag-penn-state","45":"tag-philadelphia-flyers","46":"tag-san-jose","47":"tag-san-jose-barracuda","48":"tag-san-jose-sharks","49":"tag-sanjose","50":"tag-sanjosesharks","51":"tag-sharks","52":"tag-sidney-crosby","53":"tag-steph-curry","54":"tag-swedish-hockey-league","55":"tag-toronto","56":"tag-will-smith","57":"tag-william-eklund","58":"tag-yaroslav-askarov"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555311","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=555311"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555311\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/555312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=555311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=555311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=555311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}