Author: Erik Johnsgard

Player Power Rankings, Week 3: Hats off at the door

By Erik Johnsgard | Oct 21st 2019 | 14 min read |

The Edmonton Oilers and Buffalo Sabres are division leaders. The Tampa Bay Lightning, San Jose Sharks, and Dallas Stars are all out of playoff positio...

Sharks at Sabres Preview: Easy peasy, lemon Vesey

By Erik Johnsgard | Oct 21st 2019 | 6 min read |

The San Jose Sharks (3-5-0, 7th Pacific) face the top team in the Eastern Conference tonight in what may be the least hospitable environment in the no...

Sabres at Sharks Preview: Can’t help Dahlin in love

By Erik Johnsgard | Oct 18th 2019 | 9 min read |

Don’t look now, but the San Jose Sharks (3-4-0, 7th Pacific) are about to host the top team in the NHL (as of Friday afternoon) in the Buffalo Sabre...

Player Power Rankings Week 2: A refreshing glass of Marleau

By Erik Johnsgard | Oct 14th 2019 | 12 min read |

What a difference the order of events makes in our interpretation. Imagine the mood among San Jose Sharks fans if the Sharks had whipped the Vegas Gol...

Sharks at Blackhawks Preview: Just stop the bleeding

By Erik Johnsgard | Oct 9th 2019 | 8 min read |

At first glance, one would be forgiven for thinking that the San Jose Sharks (0-4-0, 8th Pacific) and the Chicago Blackhawks (0-1-0, 6th Central) are ...

Player Power Rankings Week 1: Sitting at the kids’ table

By Erik Johnsgard | Oct 8th 2019 | 12 min read |

Don’t panic. I mentioned in a preview earlier this week (and haven’t been the only one to do so) that the last time the San Jose Sharks lost the f...

Ducks 3, Sharks 1: Lacsidasical play dooms Sharks

By Erik Johnsgard | Oct 5th 2019 | 12 min read |

The Sharks start out the season with a 0-3-0 record. The latest loss comes at the hands of the Anaheim Ducks. You really expected San Jose to come int...

Preseason Power Rankings: On with the show

By Erik Johnsgard | Sep 29th 2019 | 7 min read |

Welcome back to Fear the Fin’s increasingly verbose and arbitrary rankings of Sharks players and affiliate personalities. For this week, we’ll be ...

Sharks at Ducks Preseason: Rosters, gamethread, and where to watch

By Erik Johnsgard | Sep 25th 2019 | 4 min read |

The San Jose Sharks have played three preseason games thus far in 2019-20, heading into tonight’s game visiting the Anaheim Ducks, and have lost all...

Sharks at Golden Knights Preseason: Rosters, gamethread, and where to watch

By Erik Johnsgard | Sep 21st 2019 | 4 min read |

What is quickly becoming one of the NHL’s premiere rivalries will be on display tonight for all to see, as the San Jose Sharks play the Vegas Golden...