Sharks 2022 NHL Draft Day 2 Recap

 The remainder of the 2022 NHL Draft has concluded, and more moves have been made on the Sharks front, specifically the remainder of their draft selections and a trade. Besides those, rounds 2-7 were mostly uneventful as they usually are most years. 

First, let's discuss the trade involving the Sharks. San Jose acquired forward and pending RFA Luke Kunin from the Nashville Predators in exchange for forward John Leonard and a 2023 third-round pick. Some Sharks fans don't like the move, but I think it's an okay one and has the potential to work out in the Sharks' favor. Kunin scored 13 goals and and nine assists for 22 points in 82 games for the Predators last season and tallied one assist in four playoff games. In total, Kunin has 46 goals and 47 assists for 93 points in 251 games with the Wild and Predators, along with four goals and one assist for five points in 14 playoff games. On the other hand, Leonard is also a pending RFA and scored one goal and one assist in 14 games for the Sharks this past season. In total, Leonard has four goals and 11 assists for 15 points in 58 NHL games.

Now onto the remainder of the Sharks 2022 draft selections. I am not too familiar with draft picks in the later rounds, so I will list them out accordingly. Some of them will turn into surprise picks at the NHL level, while others will fizzle out. Hopefully more of them than not will have successful NHL careers. Here they are: 

Round 2, Pick 34: Cameron Lund, Center, Green Bay Gamblers (USHL) 

Round 2, Pick 45: Mattias Havelid, Defenseman, Linkoping (SHL) 

Round 3, Pick 76: Michael Fisher, Defenseman, St. Mark's School (USHS-Prep) 

Round 4, Pick 108: Mason Beaupit, Goaltender, Spokane Chiefs (WHL) 

Round 5, Pick 140: Jake Furlong, Defenseman, Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL) 

Round 6, Pick 172: Joey Muldowney, Forward, Nichols School (High-NY) 

Round 7, Pick 195: Eli Barnett, Defenseman, Victoria Grizzlies (BCHL) 

Round 7, Pick 217: Reese Laubach, Center, Northstar Christian U-18 (High-MN, also San Jose native and Jr. Sharks alum) 

Next up, the NHL free agency period opens next week, so stay tuned to CPF Hockey to find out who the Sharks sign in free agency this year. 

Sources: NHL Network, NHL App, San Jose Sharks via Instagram

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