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Uneven San Jose Sharks Enter Their Break
January 9th, 2018 One game short of the season’s midpoint of 41 games, the San Jose Sharks enter their five-day break. The timing is pretty good. The Sharks are on a three-game losing streak, albeit with two losses coming in overtime. The season has been uneven for San Jose. The penalty kill started off one of the league’s best, the power play...
The San Jose Sharks' Sole Focus
June 17th, 2017 The San Jose Sharks' offseason is both very complicated and quite simple. Factors such as the expansion draft, the potential for a relatively flat salary cap and expiring contracts of the franchise’s two greatest players are all in the mix. Yet, the Sharks need to focus on a single core objective: getting the elite forward which...
Does Ovechkin as a Shark Make Sense?
June 6th, 2017 One of hockey’s brightest stars, Alexander Ovechkin, is rumored to be on the trading block. There are reasons a deal makes sense for the Washington Capitals. The elite goal scorer had a down season (yes, 33 goals is a down season for him), finished it injured and has a very pricey $9.54 million annual cap hit. The Caps, expected to...
Sharks' Expansion Draft Strategies
June 2nd, 2017 Later this month the Vegas Golden Knights roster will finally take shape with the Expansion Draft. A great primer on the rules of the draft from The Hockey Writers is here. For the San Jose Sharks, general manager Doug Wilson’s planning has been excellent. The flexibility he crafted into the Sharks’ roster leaves a lot of flexibility...
4 Sharks Vegas Fans Should Know
June 1st, 2017 The San Jose Sharks are up next on our list of players that fans of the Vegas Golden Knights should know. Arguably there is no team with a more complicated expansion draft landscape to navigate than the Sharks. Blame it all on Joe Thornton and Patrick Marleau. Both entered the NHL in 1997, both will be free agents, and both may or may...
San Jose Sharks 2016-17 Review: Defense
May 7th, 2017 We're up to Part 3 of our season review of the San Jose Sharks. The prior articles are below for those needing to catch up. • The Main Points • The Forwards • The Defense • The Goalies (coming soon) As strange as this sounds to Sharks fans, the strength of this team happens to be the defense. The Sharks, at their...
