{"id":3603,"date":"2026-07-02T20:39:29","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T20:39:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=3603"},"modified":"2026-07-02T20:39:29","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T20:39:29","slug":"sharks-sign-ivar-stenberg-to-three-year-entry-level-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=3603","title":{"rendered":"Sharks sign Ivar Stenberg to three-year, entry level contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p>SAN JOSE \u2014 The San Jose Sharks on Thursday signed forward Ivar Stenberg to a three-year entry-level contract.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=3601\">Mercury News, East Bay Times earn statewide honors for standout journalism<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Sharks selected Stenberg No. 2 overall in the first round of the NHL draft last week in Buffalo, N.Y. Stenberg, 18, led Swedish Hockey League under-19 skaters in scoring this season with 33 points, helping Frolunda HC capture the 2026 Champions Hockey League title.<\/p>\n<p>Todd Marchant, the Sharks\u2019 director of player development, said there is \u201cno doubt\u201d that Stenberg is ready for the NHL.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a curve that each player has to go through,\u201d Marchant said Thursday. \u201cEven going back to Macklin (Celebrini), first part of the year, when he first started, the NHL was a little bit of a learning curve for him, but then he figured it out, and obviously he\u2019s a player that he is today.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=3599\">Former Olympian indicted on felony charge in what Trump called Reflecting Pool vandalism<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cMichael Misa went through it last year, and he came back from the World Juniors, and it was like we took the training wheels off, and all of a sudden he took flight. So I think that every player is going to be a little bit different, but I have no issues that Ivar will eventually figure it out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Grier said Thursday morning that he wanted to get a deal done with Stenberg: \u201cHopefully we can maybe get something done here before he heads home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=3597\">Housing plans in pricey Saratoga get lift from $100 million-plus deal<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>pic.twitter.com\/CIq0i7uRJG<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 San Jose Sharks (@SanJoseSharks) July 2, 2026<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em>Please check back for updates to this story.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The San Jose Sharks on Thursday signed forward Ivar Stenberg to a three-year entry-level contract.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3602,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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