Drafting the All-Time Sharks All-Star Team Andrew Bensch | January 28, 2015 Recently colleagues Tom Mitsos and Prashanth Iyer put together an incredibly entertaining All-Time Detroit Red Wings fantasy draft article. In the spirit of their fantastic piece, fellow Sharks writer Drew Weber and…
Sharks Survive But Struggle Without Joe Thornton Drew Weber | January 12, 2015 A Misleading Record After the San Jose Sharks lost their first-line center, Joe Thornton, to an injury sustained against the Anaheim Ducks, the team achieved a decent 2-2-0 record before he…
Nikolay Goldobin Wants To Be WJC Top Scorer Alessandro Seren Rosso | December 26, 2014 In this translated interview, originally appearing on the popular Russian portal Championat.ru, Sharks prospect Nikolay Goldobin talked about the draft, explained why he joined HIFK, and declared that he wants to…
An (Unrealistic) Sharks Christmas Wish List Andrew Bensch | December 24, 2014 ‘Twas the night before Christmas and all through the league, not a creature was stirring, not even John Scott. With it being Christmas eve and the NHL in the middle…
Most Valuable Forward for Each Team in the West Andrew Bensch | December 22, 2014 Recent discussions on what makes players most valuable to their team got me thinking, when it comes to forwards, who is the most valuable for each NHL team? After all,…
Thornton Delivers Jumbo Performance as Sharks Beat Blues Andrew Bensch | December 21, 2014 Still San Jose’s MVP It is quite nice when the player you write about in connection with the Hart Trophy for league MVP carries his team to victory that night.…
Joe Thornton Making a Case for His Second Hart Andrew Bensch | December 20, 2014 Hart = Most Valuable Unless one has a negative bias towards one of the following players based off ridiculous stereotypes, the following are the best centers in the National Hockey…
Chemistry Behind Sharks’ Surge up the Standings Andrew Bensch | December 16, 2014 Road Schedule From Hell For the majority of their arduous (and that’s putting it lightly) road stretch to start the season (16 of their first 21 games were away from…
Joe Thornton Is as Dominant as Ever Andrew Bensch | December 14, 2014 Still Jumbo It was suggested here by my colleague a couple of days ago that Thornton was declining because he was “only” on pace for 65 points. Over the last…
False Narratives: Sharks “Choke” in the Playoffs Andrew Bensch | December 13, 2014 The San Jose Sharks have qualified for the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the past 10 straight seasons. Having never reached a Stanley Cup final while boasting some of the league’s…
Thornton Declining? Say it Ain’t So Joe Andrew Wilson | December 11, 2014 No Longer Jumbo? It happens to everyone at some point in their career. Typically around age 30 NHL players begin to decline offensively according to statistics. Joe Thornton is currently…
Pavelski’s Goal Scoring Will Doom Sharks Andrew Bensch | December 10, 2014 Making Others Better When the San Jose Sharks acquired Joe Thornton in late November of 2005, he immediately made players around him better. Jonthan Cheechoo went from a 28 goal…
