After finishing with the worst record in the NHL last season, the San Jose Sharks aren’t exactly starting this year off on the right foot.

San Jose Sharks general manager Mike Grier revealed a few notable players will be absent from the ice when training camp gets underway on Thursday. In a release, Grier stated that captain Logan Couture,

It feels like a new era for the San Jose Sharks. “Feels”, of course, is the operative word — it’s just the first day of training camp. The players can feel it too though, from the addition of top prospects like Macklin Celebrini and Will Smith and Yaroslav Askarov,

The San Jose Sharks opened training camp Thursday without four injured players, including goalie prospect Yaroslav Askarov, who is out with a lower-body injury, the team announced Thursday morning before taking the ice.

San Jose Sharks began their training camp without captain Logan Couture, Yaroslav Askarov, Shakir Mukhamadullin, and Marc-Edouard Vlasic.