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Is Tomas Hertl Heating Up?

Andrew Bensch | December 2, 2014

Need for Speed As mentioned recently, Tomas Hertl still looks to be overcoming the knee injury he suffered last season. He doesn’t seem to have the same jump in his…

Categories Player Profiles, San Jose Sharks

Dilemma in San Jose

Andrew Wilson | October 20, 2014

The San Jose Sharks have a problem that they will soon have to deal with. This impasse is the abundance of bottom six forwards the Sharks posses. At this moment…

Categories San Jose Sharks

Facing Fate: Why Sharks Will Stumble Again

Andrew Bensch | September 7, 2014

Last week we previewed what the San Jose Sharks are going to look like on the blue-line and at forward come the regular season. But where will the 2014-15 Sharks…

Categories Previews and Predictions, San Jose Sharks

Sharks Season Preview Part II: Forwards

Andrew Bensch | September 5, 2014

  With training camp nearing, it’s the time of year for season previews. Last week we previewed what the San Jose Sharks blue-line might look like on opening night. But…

Categories Previews and Predictions, San Jose Sharks

Sharks Will Struggle to Replace Torres

Andrew Bensch | August 21, 2014

Back to Square One As mentioned here yesterday, Raffi Torres is far from a goon, and the San Jose Sharks will sorely miss the 31-year-old’s physicality and scoring ability. The…

Categories Previews and Predictions, San Jose Sharks

Battle Royale: the San Jose Sharks and Los Angeles Kings Jockey for Pacific Supremacy

Walter McLaughlin | August 21, 2011

“I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.” — Thomas Jefferson. One team has ruled the roost four consecutive years, missing a fifth (despite…

Categories Los Angeles Kings, San Jose Sharks

‘Joey the Kid’ Needs Six Shooter for Sharks to Tame the Wild, Wild West

Walter McLaughlin | August 9, 2011

Back when the western portion of eastern Canada was young, there was a big kid straight out of the frozen, blustery plains of Ontario.  At 6’4″ and well over 200…

Categories Player Profiles, San Jose Sharks
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