Posts tagged with "Marc-Edouard Vlasic"
San Jose Sharks Make Sense for Tavares
August 8th, 2017 Thirty-one NHL teams know New York Islanders center John Tavares is an elite player. Any team interested in his services is going to have to answer the same question posed by Larry Brooks for Isles management: “what is the organization’s selling point?”We know John Tavares makes sense for the San Jose Sharks because he makes...
Patrick Marleau’s Yin and Yang
July 12th, 2017 Yin and yang represent duality, seemingly opposite or contrary forces which are actually complementary, interconnected and interdependent.In part two of our three-part series, we examine how this duality fits Patrick Marleau. He is a great hockey player and he’ll make for an interesting discussion for a spot in hockey’s Hall of...
Sharks Are Checking Roster Boxes
July 3rd, 2017 As I flipped my calendar to July, I saw the picture. It is a graceful albatross, flying above the coastline of the Falkland Islands. On July 1, 2017, the NHL began their new calendar season and, as always, a flurry of activity came with it. A bad deal is often called an albatross, and more of these NHL albatross deals happen on the first...Sharks Sign Jones, Vlasic to Extensions
July 1st, 2017 In the midst of the biggest free agent day of the year, the San Jose Sharks have also elected to lock up two of their own players for a while longer - signing both goaltender Martin Jones and defenceman Marc-Edouard Vlasic to contract extensions.https://twitter.com/SanJoseSharks/status/881210576650686464 Calling on Jones The...
In San Jose, A Wary Reality Sets In
July 1st, 2017 Joe Thornton and Patrick Marleau are the two best players in San Jose Sharks history. They’ve been joined at the hip since Thornton’s arrival in 2005. Almost any listing of franchise scoring records will find the two of them first and second. They are also among the most popular Sharks.Over three years ago, the two players...
Bold Move Predictions for Sharks
May 31st, 2017 A first-round exit in the 2017 Stanley Cup Playoffs officially closed the window of opportunity for current veterans on the San Jose Sharks. Joe Thornton and Patrick Marleau were the catalysts in bringing a Stanley Cup to the Bay Area but to no avail. Doug Wilson has his hands full this offseason as the franchise is at a...
