Head Coach SPEAKS OUT on Sharks defence...

Head Coach Ryan Warsawski speaks out about the team defense after a brutal loss to the Anaheim Ducks in this preseason. In this video we're going to break down everything he had to say about these defensemen and so much more. If you're not going to want to miss this episode of Sharks Digest before we dive into everything here I just want to say we're on the road for 3,000 subscribers here on the channel before the season starts. So if you're a huge Sharks fan and you want to stay up to date on the latest news around the team we're all for it here on YouTube. Subscribe below. Hit that subscribe button. It's completely free to do so. But yes, with that said, last night if you missed the stream we lost 6-2 to the Anaheim Ducks but there were some bright spots in this game. We got to see Sam Dickinson on the Powerplay 2 unit. I got to see him get involved offensively as well. Had a little bit of a blunder at one point as well allowing a goal for the Anaheim Ducks but we'll let it slide and Eric Polkamp really had a great standout game scoring the opening goal of the game coming in, pinching in, coming down the middle of the ice, finding the back of the net and then it was Brett Leeson who I figured was the player of the game. The guys in the chat last night in the live stream had Polkamp as their player of the game but it was a great game all around. Good to see Sharks hockey back but we did get some comments from Ryan Warsawski about this game so let's dive into it and talk about everything he had to say. The first quote he had to talk about was about Polkamp. He said I liked a lot of things that he did. Just moved pucks, let the game come to him, if there was an opportunity to get up the ice he did it. He wasn't trying to do too much things that we've talked about, he used his legs to get out of trouble. There's a lot of work to do. Basically saying yeah, he had a great game, he still has a lot of work to do but Polkamp did have a solid game for the Sharks last night. I mentioned a lot of people thought he was probably the player of the game for the Sharks last night. Had a great scoring chance, scored that goal to open the game. Also had a lot of great scoring chances on the power play as well. Really proven to be that big shot defenseman that we all talked about him for all last season when we've been waiting to see him on the ice in a Sharks jersey. He did not disappoint last night on the power play, one of the power plays that the Sharks did have. He let three big slap shots go creating a lot of rebound opportunities for the players down low and I really liked what I've seen out of him last night. I think he was sound defensively in his own zone, wasn't afraid to rip a big outlet pass. We've seen some good outlet passes from him last night in last night's game and I thought he looked solid. I thought he looked like a solid defenseman for this team against a Anaheim Ducks team that was very overpowering compared to the lineup we had on the ice. I think Polkamp really stood his ground and was able to escape the danger areas and create some playmaking for this team. Zone exits as well but the big point for Polkamp last night was his goal and those big slap shot opportunities that he did have on the power play. But that's not who only Ryan Wrosowski had to talk about today. He talked about Nolan Allen as well. He said did some good things, poised some things we can clean up but step in the right direction. Had a slow start to camp, starting to pick up a little bit. The pace is going to pick up. You're going to get a lot of information thrown at you. There's a lot going on in our meetings and practices. You really got to be mentally focused and ready to execute and on top of it do things that you're good to stick out. And I think that's what Nolan Allen did last night. He played his game for sure. Being that big defenseman, I really did think what we see from Nolan Allen last night, yeah he might have created some turnovers along the boards trying to get the passes out of the zone when they were hemmed in by this Ducks offense but he did have a good showing last night. I think he showed his physicality was his number one thing that stood out to me. I finished all of his checks. He was using his frame and his size and his muscle to try to out muscle his opponent to get them off the puck and that's one thing that I really did like out of Nolan Allen last night was being that hard nosed defensive defenseman. At times yes he might have blundered with a few passes, made a few mistakes but he looked good and he looked better than the last time we've seen him and I think this guy is going to be solid for the Barracuda this year and hopefully he's a guy maybe we can see in the Sharks at some point if injuries do arise but I thought he looked solid last night. A couple of plays like I said that he did, maybe a few turnovers that he did cause but that physicality was very noticeable last night as well but let's move on to another quote that we did see from him about Sam Dickinson. He kept it short. He said did some good things. Did some things that we still got to work on and you know basically saying hey yeah Dickinson played a good game. He did some good things but there was also some things that he you know he struggled with in this game and I think a lot of fans would have to agree with was that Jackson Lacombe goal where Carter Gauthier kind of spun off him to find Lacombe open for that goal and it was a defensive lapse from Sam Dickinson but not something that he can't come back from. He's still learning, still a young player in this league, still a young defenseman trying to find his footing and I think when we seen him in the offensive areas of the ice last night he really did excel. We've seen some great passes from him. He was kind of the quarterback of this offense last night playing top pairing minutes and you know I really think what we've seen out of him last night was solid. You know we've seen him have some great outlet passes to his teammates. When he was in the zone he had a couple nice shots. He was stepping in for wristers trying to you know be that Sam Dickinson we all know he can be and I think we've seen flashes of that last night. He just needs to put it all together. I think we need Sam Dickinson to become the complete package for us. Right now I think maybe he's about 75% of that but I think Sam Dickinson is a very talented defenseman and we're very lucky to have him on our team and you know after this first preseason game yeah you know you can come away with some negatives but you can also come away with some positives. He got some time on the power play two unit, looked really good there quarterbacking that power play and something going into this season we were hoping to see was him quarterbacking one of these power play units. I definitely think we will see that. So hopefully we can see him continue to work on his game here in this preseason and come out of the gates for the regular season firing on all cylinders. But there is one more player that Warsawski did talk about last night and that was LSW Leo Salin-Walnus and this is what he had to say about him. You can definitely see the ability to play with some poise, make plays. He's a smart individual. He saw a high placed hockey game and a good experience for him to go through it. You see the tools and that was definitely something I was thinking last night was when I was watching the game on the live stream I was like yeah this guy was really noticeable whenever he was on the ice he was taking the puck behind the net finding his teammates without let passes. I thought he had a very solid game for the Sharks team and solid game offensively as well. I thought that whenever he had the puck in the offensive zone he was creating something getting working it down low you know trying to make something happen. I think a couple times maybe when the Sharks were hemmed in their own zones he had a lot of long shifts last night is what I noticed and when he got you know at the end of those shifts and his stamina was depleted you know he made some careless plays but I think this is something that he can learn from as well. Having these long shifts that creates that experience to say okay you know when I'm tired I can't just be trying to huck the puck out of the zone to get the change but what I see from last night I did really like. I think he's a guy who he does have like Ryan Wrosowski said all the tools to be an everyday defenseman in this league and we did see flash of that last night. I just don't want to you know be the negative but that was things we did see but we did see a lot of positives from him too. I think his passing his IQ was on show last night trying to create some you know some zone entries for his teammates. He was creating a lot of plays you know from being a puck moving type of guy last night and I liked what I've seen out of LSW last night but like I said it was a lot of talk about the defenseman from Ryan Wrosowski last night and I think you know it was obviously on defense allowing six goals I mean it was on the goaltenders as well so I think that's why he touched on it but I thought the defense was solid last night. You know there was an instance where you know Hayek or Hayek was playing on that third pairing caused a penalty when the game was tied 2-2 and then it got out of hand from there was kind of a turning point for the Anaheim Ducks but it was a solid first preseason game and we're going into our next preseason game now tomorrow night against the Vegas Gold Knights and it'll be at home so it will be our first game where we get to see Ivar Stenberg and we'll get to see you know more of a full lineup from this San Jose Sharks team. Celebrating the mix as well and this will be a fun game to watch and I'm hoping for you guys we'll get in our live stream going so if you guys are interested in getting in our live stream where I come on talk with you guys and go through the game play by play let me know down below in the comments what you enjoyed let me know down below in the comments what you know what you want to talk about any questions you have I'd love to do a little video like that where I answer all your guys questions as well so leave your questions down below in the chat if you made this far while you're down there leave a like subscribe to the channel as always I'm your host KC cheers for sticking around you guys.