{"id":98431,"date":"2025-06-29T01:12:11","date_gmt":"2025-06-29T01:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/98431\/"},"modified":"2025-06-29T01:12:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-29T01:12:11","slug":"san-jose-sharks-take-simon-haoxi-wang-cole-mckinney-at-nhl-draft-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/98431\/","title":{"rendered":"San Jose Sharks take Simon (Haoxi) Wang, Cole McKinney at NHL Draft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The San Jose Sharks <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mercurynews.com\/2025\/06\/28\/san-jose-sharks-simon-wang-nhl-draft-oshawa-generals-boston-university\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">made nine selections<\/a> at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/draft\/tracker\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2025 NHL Draft<\/a> at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. They did not trade up or down during the two-day event.<\/p>\n<p>Every player the Sharks selected<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockeydb.com\/ihdb\/stats\/pdisplay.php?pid=271359\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">, but one,<\/a> was listed at 6 feet or taller. The Sharks didn\u2019t take anyone listed at 5-11 or shorter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockeydb.com\/ihdb\/draft\/teams\/dr00007877.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">last year and 2023,<\/a> the only two players the Sharks took who were listed as being under 6-feet tall were 5-9 defenseman Luca Cagnoni (123rd overall, fourth round) and 5-11 defenseman Eric Polhkamp (132nd overall, fifth round).<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a departure from the 2020 draft, in which only two of the nine players the Sharks drafted were taller than 5-foot-11 \u2014 6-foot-4 forward Brandon Coe in the fourth round and 6-foot winger Timofey Spitserov in the seventh round.<\/p>\n<p>This year, no defenseman under 6-0 was drafted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou look at the trend around the NHL now, especially in this draft, there\u2019s a lot of big boys that were taken, and they\u2019re all big kids that can skate,\u201d said Chris Morehouse, the Sharks\u2019 director of amateur scouting, on Saturday. \u201cYou\u2019re obviously trying to pay attention to trends and where things are going, but you also have to be able to play hockey, and you also have to be a good player, and you also have to do things.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>San Jose Sharks 2025 draft picks<\/p>\n<p>Rnd.\u00a0 \u00a0Overall\u00a0\u00a0 Name\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Pos.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ht\/Wt\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2024-25 team<\/p>\n<p>1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Michael Misa\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 C\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 6-1\/182\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Saginaw (OHL)<\/p>\n<p>1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 30\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Josh Ravensbergen\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 G\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 6-6\/191\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Prince George (WHL)<\/p>\n<p>2\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 33\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Haoxi (Simon) Wang\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 D\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 6-6\/222\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Oshawa (OHL)<\/p>\n<p>2\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 53\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cole McKinney\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 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(USHL)<\/p>\n<p>Originally Published: June 28, 2025 at 2:06 PM PDT<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The San Jose Sharks made nine selections at the 2025 NHL Draft at the Peacock Theater in 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