Why Finland is a big opportunity for Jason Demers
Can the Sharks defenseman translate a key role on SM-liiga's Karpat Oulu into a more successful NHL season?
Can the Sharks defenseman translate a key role on SM-liiga's Karpat Oulu into a more successful NHL season?
Should the Sharks take a chance on him?
Counting down the five worst and five best contracts on the Sharks' payroll in anticipation of an amnesty buyout period in the new CBA.
Is there any reason to be concerned about Brad Stuart switching to left defense after four and a half years patrolling the right side in Detroit?
A look at what other Pacific Division teams have done this offseason.
What should the Sharks expect from a healthy Michal Handzus next season?
An attempt to investigate why the Sharks chose not to re-sign Daniel Winnik.
If you slept through the entirety of yesterday, you missed next to nothing as far as free agent signings go. It's possible we're subjected to a similar level of inactivity today but there's reason...
Although the Sharks signing Adam Burish certainly wasn't akin to them landing Zach Parise or some other prized free agent, it's sometimes difficult to thoroughly and honestly evaluate a move made...
Happy Canada Day! The floodgates to unrestricted free agency open in an hour with fifteen members of the Sharks' organization set to turn into pumpkins when the clock strikes 9AM PDT: Torrey...
Come discuss the NHL's annual bridge-between-the-Cup-Finals-and-Entry-Draft festivities featuring all your favorite C-list celebrities, unfunny Sean Avery jokes and mortifying misspellings of award recipients' names.
As reported by TSN's Darren Dreger, the Sharks have signed recently acquired impending UFA defenseman Brad Stuart to a 3-year contract with an average annual cap hit of $3.6 million. Stuart, of...
This offseason could easily prove to be the most confusing in NHL history and a lot of that centers around the salary cap. As first reported by The Globe & Mail, the cap's upper limit is...
Full disclosure: Joe Pavelski is my favorite Sharks player so the glowing nature of this review isn't exactly stemming from an unbiased observer. Still, I don't think you need to be a charter...
We're just over a week away from the 2012 NHL Entry Draft in Pittsburgh and along with endless speculation and contentious arguments regarding 18-year-olds that 95% of them have never seen in...
This will be brief since most of what I want to say about Joe Thornton's season I discussed in a post late in the year. I still stand by my statement that this was the finest season of Thornton's S...
As much press as Joe Thornton has received for his evolution as a player the last two seasons (including from this very site), another of the Sharks' elder statesmen has also seen his role...
After a banner rookie year that saw him finish second in Calder Trophy balloting and break a franchise record for goals by a first-year player, it would have been reasonable to expect Logan Couture...
In perhaps the least surprising move of the offseason, the Sharks acquired exclusive negotiating rights to former Shark and impending Red Wings UFA defenseman Brad Stuart. This is a move that has...
Maybe the most important thing to take into consideration when evaluating Martin Havlat's shortened first season as a San Jose Shark is that he was acquired in exchange for Dany Heatley. Heatley,...
It's almost impossible to honestly evaluate Patrick Marleau's 2011-12 season without having it colored by the longest-tenured Shark's franky dismal performance in the team's five-game playoff...
At this point, it's safe to say goaltender Antti Niemi has overtaken even Patrick Marleau for the title of "most divisive Shark" among the team's fanbase. It's not particularly difficult to...
The Sharks' biggest acquisition of the 2011 offseason was Brent Burns, picked up from the Minnesota Wild on draft day in exchange for Devin Setoguchi, Charlie Coyle and a first rounder that turned...
Where Marc-Edouard Vlasic, our last season review subject, rebounded from a so-so 2010-11 season to have arguably the best year of his career in 2011-12, Ryane Clowe followed up what was...
After something of a down season by his standards, limited largely by having to carry Niclas Wallin around the ice for a huge chunk of the year, Marc-Edouard Vlasic bounced back terrifically in...
There isn't a whole lot to say about T.J. Galiardi's season in teal. Acquired from the Avalanche along with Daniel Winnik in the Jamie McGinn trade, Galiardi dressed for just 14 regular season...