For now, the Sharks want to give young players like Lund, defenseman Luca Cagnoni, 20, and center Zack Ostapchuk, 21, a taste of the NHL while pending restricted free agents like Nikolai Kovalenko, Kostin, and Gregor fight for their next contracts.

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SAN JOSE — The San Jose Sharks recalled defenseman Luca Cagnoni, one of the AHL’s top scoring defensemen, from the San Jose Barracuda on Tuesday. Cagnoni, listed at 5-foot-9, 180 pounds, has been an offensive dynamo in the AHL this season 47 points, including 34 assists, in 56 games with the Barracuda in his first year of professional hockey.