Clouds, Not Silver Linings, In San Jose Sharks Adversity Zeke | November 12, 2015 It is often said that success in life has isn’t about avoiding getting knocked down, it is about getting back up. A few days back, I wrote a piece about…
Analyzing the Sharks Abysmal Power Play Kenneth Laws | November 11, 2015 0 for 21 is a horrible stat no matter what sport you’re looking at. If you were a batter in baseball, you’d be benched to try and bust out of…
Burns to Forward Wouldn’t Hurt Sharks Defense Andrew Bensch | November 4, 2015 San Jose Sharks forward, defenseman Brent Burns is second in the league among all players (not just d-men) in shots on goal with an absurd 53 through 12 games. That…
Fantasy Fluctuation: This Week’s Biggest Risers & Fallers Dustin Nelson | October 22, 2015 Welcome to a new weekly feature here in the fantasy hockey hovel at The Hockey Writers. Each week this column will take a look at the three players whose ownership…
Injuries Put Sharks in Survival Mode Drew Weber | October 22, 2015 Four. This is how many starters are out of the San Jose Sharks’ lineup due to injury. Most of them aren’t bottom-group skaters either; they are players that the team…
Paul Martin’s Absence Sinks Sharks in New York Andrew Bensch | October 20, 2015 When Sharks forward Logan Couture fractured his fibula during practice in New Jersey, the prevailing thought was that San Jose had the forward depth to overcome the loss. The following…
Logan Couture Suffers Broken Leg Michael Straw | October 16, 2015 The San Jose Sharks have gotten off to a hot start to the 2015-16 season, but with any good news comes something pretty bad. This bad news involves one of…
Hockey Headlines: Logan Couture Injured; Habs Make History Marcy Di Michele | October 16, 2015 A collection of all the latest news from around the world of hockey: There were a couple of ugly incidents between the Lightning and Stars last night. [SB Nation] Johan…
Couture Injured But Don’t Expect Sharks to Struggle Andrew Bensch | October 15, 2015 My brother kindly reminded me that I may have jinxed the Sharks. From my previous article: “With this type of organizational depth, they should be able to sustain their strong…
Logan Couture Leaves Practice on Crutches Dustin L. Nelson | October 15, 2015 Though the San Jose Sharks have not issued any comment other than that he’s “being evaluated,” it appears that center Logan Couture was injured during Thursday’s practice at the Prudential…
Raffi Torres, Dustin Brown and Hypocrisy on Player Safety Zeke | October 9, 2015 The Raffi Torres suspension has been big news in the NHL. THW had two pieces out prior to the NHL’s lengthy suspension of Torres. Dustin Nelson first wrote about the…
Sharks Previews & Predictions: Tomas Hertl Will Sparkle Andrew Bensch | August 11, 2015 Over the course of August, THW’s daily Sharks reporter Andrew Bensch will be previewing and predicting the season ahead for each San Jose player. Thus far the series has previewed Joe…