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Shakir Mukhamadullin’s 2024-25 season is over.
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WATCH HEREThis means not only is his Sharks season done, but so is his chance to help the San Jose Barracuda in the upcoming AHL playoffs.
Shakir Mukhamadullin, a bright spot in another dismal Sharks season, suffered a brutal upper-body injury on Apr. 1, when the Anaheim Ducks’ Frank Vatrano took him into the boards.
The 6-foot-4 defenseman was spotted in a sling for his left arm days later.
It’s believed to be a shoulder injury, though the Sharks declined to confirm that.
“We’re not there yet,” San Jose coach Ryan Warsofsky said, when asked if Mukhamadullin will require surgery.
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A full recovery is expected.
The top San Jose Sharks prospect, after struggling to start the season in part because of a serious groin injury, was enjoying a breakout March, fulfilling some of the potential that made him a New Jersey Devils’ first-round pick in 2020 and a centerpiece of 2023’s Timo Meier trade.
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