Author: Erik Johnsgard

Rangers at Sharks Preview: Bread man walking

By Erik Johnsgard | Dec 11th 2019 | 7 min read |

The San Jose Sharks (15-16-2) are in dire straits once again, heading into a seven-game home stand starting with tonight’s house guest, the New York...

Player Power Rankings, Week 10: Dude, where’s my Karlsson?

By Erik Johnsgard | Dec 9th 2019 | 11 min read |

Welcome to Fear the Fin’s weekly Player Power Rankings, where we find five things worth cherishing in a sea of Florida filth. Okay, that’s not wha...

Sharks at Lightning Preview: Gourde vs. Ferraro

By Erik Johnsgard | Dec 7th 2019 | 7 min read |

The San Jose Sharks (15-13-2, 5th Pacific) visit the Tampa Bay Lightning (13-10-3, 6th Atlantic) today at a strange point in both teams’ seasons. Wh...

Sharks at Hurricanes Preview: Everybody do the Dougie

By Erik Johnsgard | Dec 4th 2019 | 7 min read |

The San Jose Sharks (15-13-1, 5th Pacific) head across the nation to visit the Carolina Hurricanes (16-11-1, 4th Metropolitan) tonight, still smarting...

Player Power Rankings Week 9: Logan’s Heroes

By Erik Johnsgard | Dec 2nd 2019 | 15 min read |

Welcome to Fear the Fin’s weekly Player Power Rankings. Every week, we pick five players to discuss, dissect, and disservice based on their contribu...

Sharks 4, Coyotes 2: Desert comeback

By Erik Johnsgard | Nov 30th 2019 | 11 min read |

#2orfewer. Erik did a great analysis below about the 2 or fewer stat and what it really means as a hockey team. For their part, the Sharks have kept t...

Player Power Rankings, Week 8: Haute Couture

By Erik Johnsgard | Nov 25th 2019 | 14 min read |

Welcome to Fear the Fin’s weekly player power rankings. We pick the top five performances of the week, using tiebreakers like full season performanc...

Sharks 2, Golden Knights 1 (OT): Captain Couture wins it

By Erik Johnsgard | Nov 21st 2019 | 12 min read |

The Tomas Hertl-less Sharks headed to Vegas in one of those games that you just get up for. It took extra time to declare a winner and that’s when L...

Sharks at Golden Knights Preview: Glass half full

By Erik Johnsgard | Nov 20th 2019 | 7 min read |

Before the season started, if someone were to travel back from the future, replete with asymmetrical goggles and a coat made entirely out of aluminum ...

Player Power Rankings, Week 7: Tomas Pit

By Erik Johnsgard | Nov 18th 2019 | 16 min read |

Welcome to Fear the Fin’s weekly(ish) Player Power Rankings! Everybody likes arbitrary rankings, if for no other reason than to argue with them. The...