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…
The 4 Most Memorable Forward Lines in Sharks History Andrew Bensch | December 3, 2014 In NHL hockey, 18 skaters dress for each game, including four forwards lines of three players each. While forwards get mixed and matched on different lines every season, each team…
Joe Thornton Shooting Like It’s 1999? Well, Kinda Andrew Bensch | November 29, 2014 Big Joe, Super Joe, Jumbo Joe, Thorty One of the few bright spots for the Sharks over the entirety of this first quarter of the season has been none other…
Acquiring Alex Semin Could Be Sharks’ Big Move Andrew Bensch | November 27, 2014 Sinking Sharks Usually a dominant regular season team, the San Jose Sharks are trending downward this season. The Sharks have lost three straight games at home to the Florida Panthers,…
Hockey News: Grosenick’s Shutout; Parise Returns John Ginder | November 17, 2014 It was another busy Sunday in the NHL. There were six games on the schedule full of returns, debuts, goals, great saves, etc. Everything that we have come to expect…
Logan Couture on Track for Career Year Andrew Bensch | November 10, 2014 Creative Couture With seven goals and nine assists for 16 points in his first 16 games of the season, it would be wrong to say Logan Couture is set to…
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…