The San Jose Sharks approach Michael Misa’s rookie season much like how they handled Will Smith’s. He was out of the lineup regularly, especially early in the season, didn’t play a lot when he was in the lineup, and overall had a disappointing rookie season compared to the rest of his draft class simply due to a lack of opportunity.<\/p>\n
Games Played – 45 – Misa spent quite a bit of the season as a healthy scratch or injured. He did represent Canada at the World Junior Championship as well, but overall, he didn’t play as often as expected for a second overall pick who immediately jumped to the NHL.<\/p>\n
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Goals – 9 – Tied for the lead amongst Sharks rookies with Igor Chernyshov, who only played 28 games, and Pavol Regenda who played 24 games. Misa was tied for the 25th-most goals by a rookie in the NHL.<\/p>\n
Assists – 12 – The second-most assists by a Sharks rookie, trailing just Sam Dickinson. Misa’s 12 assists tied him for the 34th-most assists by an overall rookie.<\/p>\n
Points – 21 – The most amongst Sharks rookies, tied for 27th amongst rookies league-wide.<\/p>\n
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Shots – 58 – The second-most shots by a Sharks rookie, the 15th most on the team in general.<\/p>\n
Shooting Percentage – 15.5% – Misa scored at a very respectable rate, however his low shot total prevented him from scoring more goals during the season.<\/p>\n
Time on Ice – 12:49 – The lowest average ice time amongst 2025 draft picks that played ten or more games during the 2025-26 season.<\/p>\n
Plus\/Minus – -2 – The tenth-best on the Sharks.<\/p>\n
Giveaways – 28 – The second-lowest giveaways-per-sixty rate of 2025 draft picks that played in ten or more games.<\/p>\n
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Takeaways – 8 – The second-lowest takeaways-per-sixty rate of any 2025 draft pick to record a takeaway during the 2025-26 season.<\/p>\n
Hardest Shot – 86.28 MPH – Misa’s hardest shot of the season came against Winnipeg on April 16, it surpassed his previous hardest shot by nearly six miles per hour. He placed in t he 59th percentile as a result.<\/p>\n
Max Skating Speed – 22.75 MPH – Misa recorded seven 22+ MPH bursts, nearly double the league average. His overall top speed placed in the 76th percentile.<\/p>\n
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Total Miles Skated – 97.73 – Roughly 26 miles less than league average.<\/p>\n
Overall, it was a respectable rookie season for Misa considering the circumstances. With that being said, there was a lot of criticism circulating regarding his usage early in the season, especially before he played his 10th game. While his usage this season could have long-term benefits, it’s hard to not believe that a second overall pick should’ve seen the ice more often.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The San Jose Sharks approach Michael Misa’s rookie season much like how they handled Will Smith’s. He was…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":582076,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5127],"tags":[5,164,375,4,1265,28664,1196,519,168,5306,5305,1780,507,77],"class_list":["post-582075","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose-sharks","tag-hockey","tag-igor-chernyshov","tag-michael-misa","tag-nhl","tag-pavol-regenda","tag-rookie-season","tag-sam-dickinson","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-sharks","tag-sanjose","tag-sanjosesharks","tag-sharks","tag-will-smith","tag-winnipeg"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116625357147750368","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582075","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=582075"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582075\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/582076"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=582075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=582075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=582075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}