San Jose Sharks prospect Quentin Musty shed some gentle on his request for a commerce from the Sudbury Wolves earlier this season, saying this week that he wished to have a greater probability to win video games in what’s going to probably be his remaining 12 months within the Ontario Hockey League.
“I have no problem with this city,” Musty advised the Sudbury Star in a narrative revealed Wednesday. “I came here as a 16-year-old kid, and they took me with the first-overall pick (in the OHL Priority Selection), and it has been nothing but great for my four years here.
“My biggest thing was just that I wanted a chance to win and as soon as I heard we were going to do that, I was more than happy to be a part of this group and, hopefully, to help lead this group.”
Musty, taken twenty sixth total by the Sharks on the 2023 NHL Draft, was returned to Sudbury on Sept. 30, halfway by coaching camp in San Jose. Shortly afterward, Musty’s commerce request turned public.
Musty, 19, waited at his dwelling in Hamburg, N.Y. for a commerce, however no deal materialized. After lacking 10 video games in October — and with Sharks basic supervisor Mike Grier dropping persistence with the deadlock — Musty returned to Sudbury in late October and performed his first recreation with the Wolves on Nov. 1.
Musty had 20 factors in his first 11 video games earlier than he sustained a damaged hand on Nov. 24 in a recreation towards Oshawa. Musty’s first recreation again was Sunday, and he had two targets and three assists within the Wolves’ 10-6 win over Kingston.
The sport was two days after the OHL commerce deadline. However as a substitute of dealing the 6-foot-2, 205-pound ahead, Sudbury basic supervisor Rob Papineau determined to maintain Musty and add some items to the staff for the second half of the season.
Sudbury added defenseman Henry Mews, a Calgary Flames draft decide, amongst different gamers, for the second-half. The Wolves entered this week in third place within the OHL’s Central Division with a 22-15-5-0 document.
“It’s fun this time of year,” Musty mentioned. “… It’s exciting to add those pieces to our group. Rob gave us a chance to go out and do some damage, get some wins, and, hopefully, make a long run in the playoffs.
“That’s all I asked for, was a chance to win, and they gave us that chance. It has been great to be back. I missed a lot of time this year — for a couple of different reasons — and it’s just good to be playing hockey again.”
Whereas Musty hopes he and the Wolves could make the postseason and luxuriate in a protracted playoff run, it’s doable that if Sudbury has an early exit, he might be a part of the San Jose Barracuda and be part of the AHL postseason. The Barracuda (20-11-1-2) entered this week in fourth place within the Pacific Division with a .632 factors proportion.
Musty has by no means performed a recreation within the AHL, however it may very well be the beginning of a prolonged professional profession.
“It’s obviously good to have Quentin in your lineup,” Wolves coach Scott Barney advised the Star. “If not the best, he’s one of the best players in this league, and for me, it wasn’t his points in the last game, but the way he worked 200 feet of the ice. When he works that way, he’s going to be a hard guy to play against.
“I think he’s excited about the moves we have made here and about the group we have here, and I think the sky’s the limit for Quentin. The talent is there and when you see that work ethic, it could be a long career ahead for him.”
Within the meantime, Musty enjoys taking part in for Barney, and assistants Drake Berehowsky and Andrew Desjardins, a former Sharks ahead.
“My goal, as well as everyone here, is to play in the National Hockey League, and they’re all about the details, about playing the right way, and it has been great to have them,” Musty mentioned of the employees. “This is, hopefully, my last year in the league, and it has been great to have a coach like Scott and guys like Desi and Bear who have experience and have been here and have played in this league. They have been really good coaches for us.”
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