Sharks take two forwards in 2nd round

The San Jose Sharks selected two forwards with pro hockey bloodlines in a busy second round of the NHL draft on Wednesday, taking center Thomas Bordeleau with the 38th overall pick and winger Tristen Robins at No. 56.

Right before they were set to pick at No. 34, the Sharks traded that selection to the Buffalo Sabres for the 38th and 100th overall picks. They used the No. 38 pick to take Bordeleau, whose father, Sebastien, and grandfather, Paulin, both played in the NHL.

They held onto the second of their second round picks to select Robins, whose father, T revor, who started a 10-year pro career in 1993 with the Kansas City Blades, the Sharks’ former IHL affiliate.

The Sharks made four trades Wednesday and ended up with nine draft picks, selecting all forwards, including four in the seventh round.

“When we looked at it, we just said it was a deep draft, let’s get as many chances as we possibly can,” Sharks director of scouting Doug Wilson Jr. said. “That’s how we ended up with nine picks.”

Bordeleau, 18, played 48 games with the U. S. national under-18 team last season and had 16 goals and 30 assists. Bordeleau will be a freshman at Michigan this year.

Robins, 18, had 33 goals and 40 assists with Saskatoon of the WHL last season with a plus-16 rating.

Both are about the same size. Robins is listed at 5-foot-10 and 176 pounds, and Bordeleau is 5-foot-10 and 179 pounds, as seven of the nine forwards the Sharks took are listed below 6-foot. The exceptions are forwards Brandon Coe (6-foot- 4, fourth round) and Linus Oberg (6- 0, seventh round).

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Roy, 23, played 113 games for the Barracuda of the AHL from 2017 to 2020, but his career has been plagued by serious knee injuries. He tore the left anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee in Oct. 2016, and was injured again in Dec. 2017, cutting his first pro season short.