SAN JOSE — Coach Pete DeBoer talked extensively at the start of the season that some players were going to have to sacrifice some ice time this year simply because the Sharks had more depth throughout their lineup.
In that sense, no player has been affected more through the first five-plus weeks of the season than defenseman Joakim Ryan, particularly in recent third periods.
Ryan averaged 16:45 of ice time in 62 regular season games in his rookie year in 2017-18, but that’s down to an average of 10:47 in the 16 games he’s played this season.