Warsofsky just made his intentions CLEAR...

Sharks head coach Ryan Worsofsky just made his intentions clear about his little lineup shake last night and speaks out about the loss against the Edmonton Oilers. So in this video, we're going to break down everything that Worsofsky had to say, Nurse had to say, and what Worsofsky had to say about Dickinson's game lately as well. So you're not going to miss this episode of Sharks Digest. But before we dive into everything here, I just want to say around the world for 4,000 subscribers here before the season starts. So if you're new here, you want us to have a date on the latest news around the San Jose Sharks, we're home for it here on YouTube. So down below, hit that subscribe button. It's completely free to do so. But yes, today we're back talking about the San Jose Sharks after another loss. Unfortunately, the San Jose Sharks lose to the Edmonton Oilers at home yesterday. And it was kind of, you know, a game where I think we had a lot of effort. I think we could have won this game if the puck bounces went our way. And obviously, Mack and Celebrini comes back into this lineup. We have Sherwood is an out of this game, obviously, with his day-to-day. We didn't know what was happening. He does play in this game, and we have a full lineup, and we do lose to McDavid and the Edmonton Oilers. But there are some things to take away from this, and this is kind of what Worsofsky had to say about the criticism of moving Igor Chernyshov down to the fourth line in yesterday afternoon's matchup. So let's just dive into everything here. We'll talk about that. We'll talk about what he had to say about Dickinson. We'll talk about what we need to do going forward to win some games. So, you're not going to miss this episode. So, let's dive right into it here. And let's just talk about, obviously, Worsofsky first. As, obviously, Worsofsky explains Chernyshov's role. And this is kind of what he had to say, which I found very interesting. He said, we don't really number the lines as a coaching staff. So, he doesn't really run the system as, like, line one, line two. He kind of goes, like, a Mack line, you know, a Wenberg line, a Misa line, and then a Stopchuk line. And I think last night they've seen how, you know, I'd like to see Chernyshov getting more minutes. There's no doubt about it. He's my favorite player on the team. And I think he has a lot to give to this team this season and a lot of offense to give to this team as well. But I do think that this role was kind of just like, okay, maybe this could work. Maybe this could just give the shakeup we need to, like, get this win, you know, against a tough team. And you get Chernyshov down there with Goodrow and a Stopchuk. and this is a line the fourth line like in the games where we played really bad look the best right they those are the lines that you know they're down on the forecheck they're getting the puck out and when you have guys like a Stop chuk and Goodrow they're great defensive players but they don't have anybody to finish but when they win these forechecks and they have a guy like Chernyshov on their line they come down through the middle late as they you know get a forecheck and find him in the middle to score a goal yeah i think the recipe for success is there but i just don't think they're going to get enough minutes a night to like make this recipe work we might see it like every now and then but I definitely think Chernyshov works better on the line you know either with a Wenberg or a Misa right like I definitely think so so we'll have to see what happens there going forward for Chernyshov but you know obviously we kind of see his line results so far this year when we see him on Misa Toffoli's line he's two goals for one goal against and then when he's off and any other five on five line he's two goals for and then three goals against so his best line is clearly with Misa Toffoli and this was just something that I think Worszowski was just testing last night to see if it would work and you know I know I think it was all right but it wasn't like something that jumped out at me right like he had he has three points through five games this year two goals so he's having great production through the first five games of the season so you know obviously he's dealing with you know bumping up and down trying to build chemistry with these different line mates I think just getting him on one line and keeping him there would be way better for Chernyshov at this point because, obviously, he just wants to play. He just wants to, you know, have a line, build some chemistry with these guys, and then just find out where he needs to be, what situations, where he needs to be on the ice to make himself effective, and getting more ice time with a line will help him get there. But I definitely do like the test of this last night, and we just kind of just take a look at Worszowski. You know, what he's balancing, offensive opportunities, defensive assignments, opponent matchups, flexibility through the lineup. Like, he's just trying to, you know, juggle all these things right now, and he needs to just find a balance. He just needs to say, okay, this is the baseline. If the baseline is not performing, then we'll change it, right? So, we just kind of need to see him. Obviously, with Celebrini coming back in the lineup was kind of a game-time thing, so we kind of had to throw something together, and, you know, it didn't work. You know, we lost. But, you know, I think what I've seen from Worszowski, I'm not losing faith in him. I really do like Ryan Worszowski as the head coach. And obviously, you know, can his line spend more time attacking? Like, that's what we kind of got to think about when we're talking about Igor Chernyshov. Do flexible assignments give him chances to create? And watch his usage as the lineup gets healthy. You know, we just need to see him in a situation where, you know, if this line isn't helping him produce, okay, that's not it. You know, is this giving him more time in the offensive zone where he can go to work and be that big guy in front of the net? Okay, that's the line we want him to be on, right? Like, this is kind of what we're saying here, just finding the right fit for Chernyshov right now because I think we're just trying to find that fit for Toffoli and Chernyshov at this point. And, you know, once the lineup does get set, we'll be fine going forward. But this is what one commenter had to say on one of the videos. I thought it was great from JJ Gunn. He said, I love sticking Toff with Misa. Forces Misa to elevate his game. Perfect for a 19-year-old to learn. Don't really understand the Toff hate at all. The guy does score goals. he's the perfect guy to help and lead and chew up some minutes while the young stars get some rest and I appreciate you JJ Gunn for leaving the comments here on the video and I just wanted to highlight it because I think this is great obviously we're seeing Chernyshov move down which you know I mean as a Chernyshov fan doesn't really like but I get to get I really do get the intention behind this by Worszowski but also you see here you know you get a guy like Misa or Toffoli who moves up with a young star like Misa who we really do need to perform this season and Toffoli's a guy who can score goals right like he scored he's already scored a few goals this year and uh you know when you have a guy like Misa who's a great playmaker like that obviously Graf on this line as well I think these guys could really have some great success together and just like J.J. Gunn says I don't get the hate he scores goals and I agree with you J.J. so I appreciate you commented that on the video but the next section we're going to talk about here is Worszowski praising Sam Dickinson you know uh we were kind of waiting for him to get into this lineup this year Nolan Allen kind of got the first couple of starts and when he got in you know he didn't look he looked all right in his first game the second game he obviously gets a huge assist to Graf to tie the game and last night Warren Worszowski said he thought he was strong again really good so it seems like going forward Sam Dickinson and Truba is going to be the pairing which you know I'm all for to be honest with you just looking at the pairing yeah they might have four goals against as a pairing which they need to tighten up and they need to be better defensively uh but you know that's just growing pains right these guys are just trying to lock it in with each other trying to uh you know find a balance to figure out how to you know make a good line out of their games because they're glaringly and glaringly different Sandikin more offensive uh Trouba way more defensive way more stay at home so once they do get that chemistry and find out where they both need to position themselves to be a successful line I think it will happen like I said it's just growing pains at this point Dickinson like I said he has one point on the year so far he has two blocks six hits and I've liked what I've seen from him obviously when the puck's on his stick I think he's making some great passes there hasn't really been a game I've watched where I've been like oh that was a bad Sandikin game I don't think so I think there may have been some like just some moments within these first couple of games that I was like ah you know yeah maybe he should have made a different decision but he's still young he's still trying to figure it out get more experience and playing with an experienced guy like Trouba will help him get there for sure and if we just take a look here you know his progress behind the points his cleaner exits under pressure winning loose pucks defending without extended zone time you know Sandikin just got to be able to whip a pass up to like a Celebrini or a Marchman or a Stenberg or something right and just find their stick to get out of the zone and not just make these little flip outs everybody change and then we're back into our own zone right we just need to have some cleaner breakouts and obviously a guy like Sam Dickinson who has the passing ability he does will be able to help us out with that for sure and we just gotta reap the praise you know coach obviously He praises his performance, but don't take that too much and don't get an ego over it. Just, you know, take it and just try to build off it and try to be, you know, a better player the next game out. And, you know, pairing totals cover multiple games and early samples can change quickly, 100%. Like I said, you know, right now, four goals against on this pairing is not good, but I definitely think that will go away once these guys, you know, get more time together. I think they definitely have a better opportunity. Obviously, we got to see Macklin Celebrini return last night, which was great. He returns with a goal in this lineup. coming back from injury looked fine to me he looks very fast was looking uh like Macklin Celebrini was making some great plays happening he has six points now uh through I believe three games because he missed two if I'm correct or we might only yeah he missed two uh so one goal five assists for him through three games six points we're taking that from Macklin Celebrini all day long 45% on a face-off dot he's having a great start to the year it's great to see Mac back in action back in form and you know not really wearing that injury at all at least in my eyes I thought he looked good last night. And what Warren Borsowski had to say about the entire team last night, he said, we got to win more pucks. This is something he reiterated in the last game where we lost as well. Just, we got to win those puck battles. We can't just, you know, be in our defensive zone and let them come up with the puck. We need to win those battles, get the pucks out to the red line, dump them in, change, or whatever we need to do, right? Like, we've got to get rid of this dumb chase action for sure. Like, now that we have Celebrini bringing back, we can kind of start chopping them up through a neutral zone and taking it in. I really like the, like, going in just over the blue line, you know kind of give and go that we've kind of been doing I really like that so hopefully we can see that going forward because it has been working for us and right now we just need to build some more pressure recover the pucks after the first chance extended offensive zone possessions we really need to start hemming our opponents in the zones which I think we'll be able to do because if we look sorry if we look at our next couple of games we have the Bruins we got the Panthers the Red Wings the Maple Leafs these are all games that to me are winnable the Bruins are playing very well but i definitely think these are games that we can win i think obviously now we're you know back on on the losing end of it but uh we only won that big game in overtime we'd love to see regulation win so why not against the boston bruins that would be great to see that that's coming up on tuesday i believe uh so i'll be live for that one with you guys so make sure to subscribe with the notifications to watch that watch along with me and one more thing i did want to talk about uh before we wrap up is darnell nurse facing his former team and this is what he had to say about playing his old team in the Edmonton Oilers just kind of says you know that part of my career is over I'm looking forward to my time here in San Jose and really what he needs to do going forward is just be Darnell Nurse get the hits get the blocks and just you know be that player that we all know he could be kind of step up a little bit be a veteran right like we can't you know we've seen games where he struggled you know you know every player is going to struggle at some point during the season so hopefully that's behind him hopefully he can be more disciplined and hopefully he can be a more defensive player just like Jacob Trouba as well I think these guys really need to step up, get behind the young talent here, and just say, hey, yeah, we're here to, you know, have your back when you make a bad decision, right? And these are the kind of players we need on this team, and hopefully we can see that going forward because obviously the veteran support is going to be huge here. They've got to support the young core. They've got to win the battles. They've got to, you know, move the pucks. They've got to give young players reliable outlets. And when you're not doing that, we're going to lose games. We're going to get hemmed in our zones, and we've seen that in the games we've lost and even the games where we've collapsed. you know you know we need to see these defensemen win the battles along the boards that's what we paid them the big money to do so they need to go out there and do that for us to win games so hopefully we can see that going forward obviously turn defensive stops in the offensive possessions i feel like when we have done that you know when we're helped when we have a you know not hemmed in our zone shift we have been doing that so we just need to stop getting hemmed in our zone so much and obviously what do you think about Chia in the shutdown role do you think they should keep moving them matchup by matchup do you think they should stick them to the line me i think we should just stick them to the line and let them build some chemistry with some guys but i can really see him being a swiss army knife player here uh for the San Jose Sharks so hopefully we can see that going forward but what are you guys thoughts on everything we talked about today do you think Dickinson deserves the praise he's been getting from Warsawski do you think Celebrini has been playing a great season for us do you think he should stick to a line let me know what you guys think about Darren Nurse do you think the veterans need to step up love to hear from all you guys, down in the comments section while you're down there, leave a like, subscribe to the channel as always, I've been your host, KC keep your stick on the ice