As Sharks’ preseason nears end, Macklin Celebrini believes he’ll play soon

SAN JOSE San Jose Sharks center Macklin Celebrini shed his non-contact jersey for Wednesday s practice taking the next step in his recovery from an undisclosed illness and opening the possibility of him playing in one of the company s final two preseason games Related Articles Was Sharks demotion of first-rounder just part of his advancement or a red flag Sharks update What requirements to happen before Macklin Celebrini plays a battle New Sharks defenseman embraces his new normal What exactly will that be Second period letdown dooms Sharks in preseason loss to Anaheim Ducks Sharks Celebrini mum on illness details but does make one declaration Celebrini skated in an orange non-contact jersey on Tuesday and has in fresh days remained out of the organization s most of physical drills Sharks coach Ryan Warsofsky has announced Celebrini would need to practice without any restrictions before he could play in a battle Obviously good to get the orange jersey off Warsofsky announced and we ll see how he progresses He looks like a Ferrari out there Celebrini will not play in Wednesday s preseason against the Anaheim Ducks but should be an option to dress for either Friday s challenge in Vegas against the Golden Knights or Saturday s contest in Salt Lake City against the Utah Mammoth It sucks being out not participating as much as I wished to Things happen and you ve just got to kind of deal with it Celebrini commented Wednesday But I m excited for the start of the year and can t wait to authentically start playing games