Pickles Goes Bananas After Roussel Cheap Shot Andrew Bensch | November 9, 2014 Vlasic Channels Inner Scott Parker You’ve heard it once, you’ve probably heard it 100 times, the San Jose Sharks are weak and don’t stick up for each other. You can…
Sharks Start 7 Game Roadie From Hell Andrew Bensch | November 8, 2014 Road Trip From H. E. Double Hockey Sticks Saturday night marks the beginning of a seven game road trip for the San Jose Sharks. That’s a long trip for any team.…
Shark Sighting: Tyler Kennedy Bound to Bounce Back Andrew Bensch | November 7, 2014 Inexplicably Scratched Tyler Kennedy is an incredibly talented hockey player. Yet the San Jose Sharks and their head coach Todd McLellan inexplicably scratched him for the entire playoffs last year…
False Narratives: Sharks Lack a Killer Instinct Andrew Bensch | November 6, 2014 Stupid Narratives In the hockey world, there are a lot of false narratives that people just assume to be true after hearing it so many times. Earlier this month we…
Antti Niemi vs Alex Stalock: Fair Treatment? Andrew Wilson | November 6, 2014 Before the season even started Doug Wilson turned heads with his statements during the summer. Other than his words of being a “tomorrow team,” he outlined that younger players would…
Brent Burns Continues to Struggle Defensively Andrew Bensch | November 3, 2014 Seven Straight Goals Over the past four games, the San Jose Sharks have allowed seven goals. Forward turned defenseman Brent Burns has been on the ice for all seven of…
Tomas Hertl May Need Wing(el)s to Fly Again Andrew Bensch | November 2, 2014 What Happened to Hertl? Through his first 12 games, last year’s rookie sensation Tomas Hertl had just two goals and one assist. In other words he was on pace for…
Brent Burns is a Defenseman, Period Andrew Wilson | November 2, 2014 A month into the season, Brent Burns currently leads all NHL defensemen as well as the San Jose Sharks in points. Undeterred by this, critics still want Burns back alongside…
False Narratives: Patrick Marleau Is a Playoff Dud Andrew Bensch | November 1, 2014 False Narrative There is a popular narrative amongst non Sharks followers that 35-year-old Patrick Marleau doesn’t get it done come the postseason. There is however, no factual evidence to this…
Sharks’ Forecheck No Longer Fast, No Longer Furious Andrew Bensch | October 31, 2014 Vancouver Sweep Over the past three plus seasons, there is absolutely no question when the San Jose Sharks were at their most potent. The 2013 Western Conference quarterfinals versus the…
Best of Bad Blood: History of Sharks-Ducks Andrew Bensch | October 29, 2014 For those of us who follow the Californian teams closely, Anaheim and San Jose’s 165 penalty minute gongshow on Sunday was far from surprising. These two teams have a rather…
Feared Fourth Lines Do More than Fight Andrew Bensch | October 28, 2014 “With all due respect to James Sheppard and Matty Irwin, they can’t be your only goal scorers the last three games.” That was San Jose Sharks GM Doug Wilson’s…