SAN JOSE – The San Jose Sharks assigned four players to their AHL affiliate on Monday, clearing the way for center Michael Misa and defenseman Sam Dickinson to start the season on the NHL roster.

On the day teams needed to submit a salary cap-compliant roster of no more than 23 players to the NHL, the Sharks assigned forwards Ethan Cardwell and Zack Ostapchuk and defensemen Luca Cagnoni to the San Jose Barracuda, joining winger Pavol Regenda, who cleared waivers earlier in the day and returned to the AHL.

Assuming Misa, 18, and Dickinson, 19, remain on the team’s season-opening roster, it would mark the second straight year that two of San Jose’s top teenage prospects will begin their professional careers in the NHL.

Had Misa, the second overall pick in June’s NHL Draft, and Dickinson,

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