Sharks Recall Top Prospect

RALEIGH, N.C. — The San Jose Sharks have recalled Shakir Mukhamadullin.

This is a long-awaited recall, as Mukhamadullin was expected to compete for a job with the NHL club during training camp.

But the 2020 New Jersey Devils’ first-round pick, one of the centerpieces of the Timo Meier trade, missed all of camp with a lower-body injury.

He got back to game action on Oct. 30, but with the San Jose Barracuda.

Offensively, he’s had a slow start to the season with zero goals and six assists through 14 games. That’s not quite his 7-27-34 line in 55 games last year and 1-9-10 in his 12-game Barracuda debut in 2022-23.

Mukhamadullin did notch two assists in the Barracuda’s last tilt on Dec. 8, a 2-1 victory over the Coachella Valley Firebirds.

The San Jose Sharks are sending right-handed blueliner prospect Jack Thompson down in favor of Mukhamadullin.

The 6-foot-3 Russian left-hander could possibly make his San Jose Sharks’ season debut on Dec. 12 at the St. Louis Blues.