My 2025-26 Sharks Awards Vote
The San Jose Sharks have announced their 2025-26 Awards. Here’s how I voted! Player of the Year Winner: Macklin Celebrini My vote (in order): Macklin Celebrini, Alex Wennberg, Dmitry Orlov If I could’ve voted Macklin, Macklin, Macklin, I would’ve, that’s how good a year that he had, no disrespect to the rest of the San […] The post My 2025-26 Sharks Awards Vote appeared first on San Jose Hockey Now.
The San Jose Sharks have announced their 2025-26 Awards. Here’s how I voted! Player of the Year Winner: Macklin Celebrini My vote (in order): Macklin Celebrini, Alex Wennberg, Dmitry Orlov If I could’ve voted Macklin, Macklin, Macklin, I would’ve, that’s how good a year that he had, no disrespect to the rest of the San Jose Sharks.
That said, Wennberg enjoyed a solid offensive season and is one of the best defensive centers in the league. He’s the only other Sharks forward, besides Celebrini, to average over 20 minutes a night. Orlov had some high-profile mistakes at the end of the season, but overall, he was still San Jose’s best all-around defenseman, moving the puck and killing plays with regularity.
He was an upgrade on other Sharks’ placeholder No. 1 defensemen of years past, blueliners like Mario Ferraro and Jake Walman. I will say, Ferraro, with a slightly lighter load, had one of his better seasons in teal.
He was definitely in the running for the No. 3 spot on my vote. Media Good Guy Winner: Mario Ferraro My vote (in order): Alex Nedeljkovic, Ferraro, Wennberg I usually vote for the guys with the most media responsibilities, a la leadership who have to come out and answer our questions after a tough loss.