Editor's note: Sheng Peng is a regular contributor to NBC Sports California’s Sharks coverage. You can read more of his coverage on San Jose Hockey Now, listen to him on the San Jose Hockey Now Podcast, and follow him on Twitter at @Sheng_Peng.
Yaroslav Askarov has no problem playing in the AHL.
And that’s where he is, after the San Jose Sharks sent him down to the San Jose Barracuda on Friday. Askarov has missed the entirety of training camp with a lower-body injury, so a spell in the AHL is exactly what he needs to get back into game shape.
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“I felt awesome,” Askarov said after his second straight day of practice on Saturday. “[Don’t] feel any pain, any [tightness].”
Askarov is hoping to be ready to play by the Barracuda’s Oct. 12 season opener.
