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What could’ve made a perfect Sharks summer even more perfect?
How about San Jose righting a wrong and bringing back popular ex-captain Joe Pavelski to mentor 2024 No. 1 overall pick Macklin Celebrini and 2023 fourth-overall pick Will Smith?
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According to Pavelski himself, that could’ve happened.
“I’ve talked to [Sharks GM Mike Grier] a little bit. They look like they are turning a corner with some of their draft picks and some of the guys they brought in,” Pavelski told Scott Laughlin of SiriusXM NHL Network Radio on Tuesday (h/t the Hockey News' Max Miller). “Just 13 great years in San Jose. [It is] a special place. It will always be where we got the start. There will always be a part of me there.”
However, Pavelski, while technically a UFA, reaffirmed to Laughlin that he hasn’t changed his early June plan to retire.
