{"id":558284,"date":"2026-04-22T22:48:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T22:48:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/558284\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T22:48:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T22:48:30","slug":"scouts-predict-barracuda-silver-knights-talk-chernyshov-vs-connelly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/558284\/","title":{"rendered":"Scouts Predict Barracuda-Silver Knights, Talk Chernyshov vs. Connelly (+)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LAS VEGAS \u2014 Can the San Jose Barracuda unhorse one of the best goalies in the AHL?<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s their burning question heading into their best-of-three first round against the Henderson Silver Knights, starting on Wednesday night at Lee\u2019s Family Forum.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">McCarthy added that Havelid is close, but won&#8217;t be available tonight. Havelid skated today, it was an optional skate.<\/p>\n<p>Carlsson is week-to-week, could be an option in the next round?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sheng Peng (@Sheng_Peng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sheng_Peng\/status\/2047061765993963759?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">April 22, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Carl Lindbom has a sparkling 24-5-5 record with a .926 Save %. Underscoring Lindbom\u2019s value to the Silver Knights, his back-ups Jesper Vikman and Cameron Whitehead have .866 and .873 Save %, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>The 22-year-old Swede is one of only two AHL starters this season above .920: Michael DiPietro of the Providence Bruins has a .930.<\/p>\n<p>The 2021 seventh-round pick also hasn\u2019t been beat in regulation since Jan. 18: Lindbom is 18-0-2 since then.<\/p>\n<p>And to top it off, Lindbom defeated the San Jose Sharks twice this season, on Nov. 29 and Jan. 11.<\/p>\n<p>So how do the Cuda knock Lindbom down a peg?<\/p>\n<p>Four NHL scouts, none with the San Jose Sharks or Vegas Golden Knights, gave their predictions for Barracuda-Silver Knights.<\/p>\n<p>One scout also suggested a player in this series who might be more dangerous than Igor Chernyshov.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, Barracuda head coach John McCarthy, Colin White, and Filip Bystedt shared their thoughts on Lindbom and the Silver Knights.<\/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":"LAS VEGAS \u2014 Can the San Jose Barracuda unhorse one of the best goalies in the AHL? That\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":558285,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[377],"tags":[28668,3887,58,498,11049,5,164,165,5559,905,1128,167,168,3893,169,8740],"class_list":{"0":"post-558284","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hockey","8":"tag-carl-lindbom","9":"tag-colin-white","10":"tag-featured","11":"tag-filip-bystedt","12":"tag-henderson-silver-knights","13":"tag-hockey","14":"tag-igor-chernyshov","15":"tag-john-mccarthy","16":"tag-lines","17":"tag-predictions","18":"tag-preview","19":"tag-san-jose-barracuda","20":"tag-san-jose-sharks","21":"tag-scouts","22":"tag-sjhn","23":"tag-trevor-connelly"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116450800691491158","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558284","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=558284"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558284\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/558285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=558284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=558284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=558284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}