No More Excuses: Sink or Swim Time for Sharks Andrew Bensch | November 26, 2014 No More Road Excuse The San Jose Sharks are already nine points behind the first place Anaheim Ducks in the Pacific division. San Jose has simply not been playing up…
Marleau & Nieto Unfairly Criticized Andrew Bensch | November 21, 2014 Marleau Is Still the Man While it would be naïve to think any NHL team completely ignores analytics and sample size limitations, sometimes it seems like many in the business…
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…
False Narratives: Sharks Lack a Killer Instinct Andrew Bensch | November 6, 2014 Stupid Narratives In the hockey world, there are a lot of false narratives that people just assume to be true after hearing it so many times. Earlier this month we…
False Narratives: Patrick Marleau Is a Playoff Dud Andrew Bensch | November 1, 2014 False Narrative There is a popular narrative amongst non Sharks followers that 35-year-old Patrick Marleau doesn’t get it done come the postseason. There is however, no factual evidence to this…
Jumbled Sharks Still Searching for Identity Kenneth Laws | October 26, 2014 On the NHL’s first night of the season, the San Jose Sharks took center stage. They were a main story all offseason as their leadership was questioned and trades rumors…
Sharks Swimming in Severely Murky Waters Andrew Bensch | October 26, 2014 No Excuses Over the first couple weeks of the season yours truly has been consistently advising fellow Sharks fans to wait until after the rough first part of the schedule…
Patrick Marleau: Hall of Famer? Andrew Wilson | October 23, 2014 Entering his 17th season, Patrick Marleau has been a model player for the San Jose Sharks organization. There are numerous players nearing the end of their days in the NHL…
Buffalo Sabres: The Week Ahead John Ginder | October 21, 2014 The Buffalo Sabres 2014-15 campaign is just six games old. The good news is there are 76 games remaining. The bad news is there are 76 games remaining. It has…
Brent Burns Is More Ovechkin than Doughty Andrew Bensch | October 20, 2014 If you look at the standard scoring statistics, defenseman Brent Burns is tied for the Sharks team lead with seven points. If you watch the games, you’ll also notice Burns…
Scary Sighting in Pacific: Sharks’ Power-Play Showing Teeth Andrew Bensch | October 19, 2014 Recent Struggles From 2010-11 through 2012-13, the San Jose Sharks power-play finished second, second, and seventh overall. If you want to go back even further, they ranked third in 2008-09, and…
Can Sharks’ Tierney Provide Depth to Match Kings, ‘Hawks? Andrew Bensch | October 15, 2014 Strong Start It is a terribly small sample size, but through three games Sharks rookie center Chris Tierney has shown himself to be as advertised. Tierney, who was named the…
