Teddy Mutryn has already given San Jose Sharks development camp a little more to chew on than just another prospect skating through three days of drills.
San Jose Barracuda coach John McCarthy said the 2025 third-round pick has shown growth since last year, especially in the small details that tend to separate a promising player from a polished one.
“Smaller stuff, stuff along the yellow [of the boards],” McCarthy said. “We cover a lot of the same topics. So, the guys that have been to [more development camps] you’d expect to have a little bit of advantage, but I thought he took that concept and ran with it pretty good.”
Mutryn said the second trip through camp has made everything feel a little easier.
“Maybe a little more comfortable, a little more confident, and then you know a lot more people,” Mutryn said. “Being a guy that’s more outgoing, meeting new guys is the biggest thing out here.
It’s getting familiar with the group and stuff. The on-ice stuff and off-ice stuff is big, but being comfortable with the guys in the organization is the biggest part.”
That comfort has shown up at a busy week in San Jose, where Mutryn also took part in the Great Big Game Show. He said the experience was a blast, even if his team came up short.
“It’s been great. The game show was a ton of fun.
My team didn’t win, unfortunately. Got to work on my trivia skills, but no, it’s been great.
We have a great group of guys out here.”
Mutryn is coming off a big season with the Moncton Wildcats of the QMJHL, where he scored 31 goals and added 37 assists in 54 games. Next stop: Boston College, where he’ll begin his freshman year.
Before that, though, he’s headed to USA’s World Junior Summer Showcase, and he’ll have a familiar face there. His brother Casey, who was drafted in the second round by the Seattle Kraken last week, is also going.
The two have spent their lives competing against each other, and Teddy sounded genuinely thrilled to see Casey land his moment.
“It was awesome. I was so happy for him.
Obviously, we’ve grown up together our whole lives playing hockey, competing against each other. But I’m his No. 1 fan, maybe besides my parents, but just so happy, so proud of him.”
Their relationship has always had a competitive edge, and Teddy didn’t try to hide that. He described Casey as “feisty,” and said the battles started long before they were on the ice as prospects.
“Case, he’s feisty, that’s for sure. Maybe I got the best of him when we were younger, and then backed off once he got a little taller than me.
We have our battles, but growing up it was just competing. We had a bunch of good buddies in the neighborhood, we were just playing anything we could, whether it’s football outside, baseball, wiffle ball, literally anything, and we’re just competing.
Usually some tears came, some fights, but it helped us all out, and I think that’s the biggest part of our competitive spirit, competitiveness.”
That edge hasn’t gone away. If anything, Teddy says it’s just gotten more pointed as the two brothers have gotten older.
“It’s very competitive. I don’t want to lose to him, I’ll tell you that for sure.
It definitely gets chippy, maybe more on the slashing end, maybe not trying to run each other, but it definitely gets chippy. I’d say a lot more now that we’re grown up and a little more mature, not resorting to violence as much.
It’s a little more verbal - verbal arguments, just yelling back and forth at each other I’d say is the most. We have some good matches on the ice, on the course.
Wherever we can, we’re usually getting at it. We spend a lot of time together, so obviously you’re going to butt heads.”
For now, though, Teddy’s focus is on the summer showcase and then Boston College. He said the goal is to make a strong impression at WJSS and carry that into the college season.
“For me, it’s just the Summer Showcase, have a good showing there, and then get ready for the season. The start of the year is huge for BC and for myself personally, but I think at BC, team success will lead to individual success.
So win as many games as possible and go as far as possible with them - hopefully national championship, hopefully bean pot. Those are the goals.”
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