Posts About "Brent Burns"
3 Statistics for Peter DeBoer – Part 3
September 28th, 2018 With the San Jose Sharks days away from their Oct. 3 season opener, we continue our season preview. We've covered the team's pre-Erik Karlsson trade roster, our expectations for divisional opponents, the Sharks' greatest vulnerability and the team's X-factors. I've taken a look at important side effects of the Karlsson trade and my...
San Jose Sharks X-Factors
September 22nd, 2018 We continue with our preview of the San Jose Sharks season with a look at the team's X-factors -- the sort of player who might emerge from a less visible role and deliver something critical to the team’s ultimate success. For the San Jose Sharks, I’ve identified two players -- one forward and one defenseman. In our preview...
Side Effects of the Karlsson Trade
September 18th, 2018 There’s been nothing but praise for the San Jose Sharks trade which brought Erik Karlsson to the team. The Sharks returned plenty to the Ottawa Senators; at least six assets and potentially up to eight. Despite all the praise, there are some potentially awkward consequences, and we’ll take a look at those today. The Karlsson...
Three-Headed Shark: Karlsson, Burns & Vlasic
September 15th, 2018 The San Jose Sharks made the biggest possible splash in the trade market by acquiring Erik Karlsson from the Ottawa Senators. Lots of articles have analyzed each piece of the trade, but most agree that this was a clear win for the Sharks. Let's get to what this means for the Sharks team dynamic and how this team joins only seven other...
A San Jose Sharks Snubbing
September 5th, 2018 Every sport has it’s offseason, and with fewer stories, it’s a perfect time for making lists. In the case of the NHL Network, they produced four lists of the league’s top players, by position. And if the NHL Network is putting out lists, you can pretty much bet San Jose Sharks fans (and others) will be outraged by who was...
Fuzzy History of the NHL Playoff Beard
June 7th, 2018 With the 2018 NHL postseason upon us, it’s time to grow out those beloved playoff beards once again. Long a tradition of NHL players, the facial hair-growing frenzy has been adopted by fans in recent years. Snapchat filters, NHL sponsor commercials, and in-game giveaways have turned the playoff beard into a hockey pop culture...
