Posts About "Joonas Donskoi"
Devils Need Post-Draft Roster Upgrades
June 26th, 2019 After using the first 24 hours of the NHL Draft to select Jack Hughes at No. 1 overall, and acquire Norris Trophy-winning defenseman P.K. Subban from the Nashville Predators, the New Jersey Devils have completely transformed their roster. While adding Hughes and Subban to a roster that includes a healthy Taylor Hall might be enough...
Devils Should Target Donskoi & Pirri in Free Agency
May 24th, 2019 Scoring depth was a big problem for the New Jersey Devils last season. Although injuries to key players didn't help, they spent almost half a season rolling out replacement-level players in their bottom six. That can't happen next season if they want to make the playoffs, so improving their depth is a must. It's a deep free agent...
Opportunistic Sharks Put the Ducks on the Ropes
April 18th, 2018 Before each playoff game, the San Jose Sharks have a local celebrity open the door to the locker room as the team heads to the ice. Before the third game of the series against the Anaheim Ducks, the honor went to champion boxer Andre Ward. He first gained fame by winning an Olympic gold medal, then as a professional he was unbeaten in 32...
Sharks Find a Missing Element
October 24th, 2017 It is early in the NHL season and the San Jose Sharks sit with a modest 4-4-0 record. While the first two games of the season were not good, the Sharks have been strong since then. In most of these six games, the Sharks have either matched or outplayed their opponents. What has been working? For starters, special teams. While the...
Sharks Have A Problem
March 28th, 2017 In the less than classic movie Disclosure (or Michael Crichton’s even less classic book version), a line runs through the story about a corrupt business: “Solve the problem.” There are numerous problems in the operation and the drama surrounds the question “which problem needed solving?” Alas (spoiler alert), solving the most...
The Sharks' Nordic Connection
March 10th, 2017 When the puck dropped on opening night for the Sharks' 2014-15 season, San Jose had a Nordic goalie but no Nordic skaters. For Thursday’s game between the Washington Capitals and San Jose Sharks, a total of five Nordic skaters took the ice for the Sharks (the Nordic goalie departed in 2015). What caused Sharks management to...
