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22
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5%
1 of 22 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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The San Jose Sharks signed coach Ryan Warsofsky on Thursday to a multiyear contact extension on the first day of training camp before his third season at the helm.
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Sharks → sign → helm
The 37-year-old Warsofsky had a 59-85-20 record in his first two seasons with San Jose as he has helped the rebuilding team get to the brink of the playoffs.
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team → have → playoffs
Warsofsky thanked owner Hasso Plattner, general manager Mike Grier and team president Jonathan Becher for giving him his first shot at being a head coach in the NHL and believes the team is ready to end a seven-season playoff drought.
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team → thank → drought
“The goal when we took over was to make this team relevant again and start being more competitive,” he said.
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he → take → ?
“We’ve taken some steps.
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We → take → steps
I give a lot of credit to Mike to bring in the right people.
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I → give → people
You don’t change a culture with one person.
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You → change → person
You change it with a lot different people and a lot of the right people and we’ve done that.”
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we → change → that
The Sharks improved by 34 points last season for the 10th best single-season jump in the last 30 years.
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Sharks → improve → years
They finished four points out of the playoffs last season but come into this season with playoff expectations thanks to superstar Macklin Celebrini.
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They → finish → Celebrini
Grier said he wanted to get the extension done before the season so Warsofsky could focus on the team on the ice.
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Warsofsky → say → ice
“It gives him a little bit of peace of mind to go out there and do his job without maybe having this hanging over his head a little bit if things don’t go well to start the season,” Grier said.
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Grier → give → season
“I think he’s shown enough here in his time here in these four years even as an assistant that he can do the job, so I think the timing just worked out that we wanted to get ahead of it before the season.
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we → think → season
Warsofsky is the NHL’s youngest active head coach and has had success at nearly every level of hockey he has coached at in his career.
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he → have → career
He won a gold medal at the world championships with Team USA in 2025, as well as a Calder Cup title as both a head coach and assistant in the AHL.
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He → win → AHL
Grier believes Warsofsky is still growing as a coach and praised his work with both superstars like Celebrini, as well as in developing other players in the middle or bottom of the lineup.
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Warsofsky → believe → lineup
“He’s a very good teacher,” veteran forward Tyler Toffoli said.
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Toffoli → ’ → ?
“He takes the time to make sure that we understand what’s going on.
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what → take → time
He’s already starting from day one this year.
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He → start → day
He’s very passionate and he wants to win.
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he → ’ → ?
You can see at times last year he was borderline devastated and at times he was on the moon.
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he → see → moon
He’s very passionate and he wants to win as much as we do on the ice.”
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we → ’ → ice