Category: 2012 Offseason

Finland, Finland, Finland: The country where Jason Demers wants to be

By Derek Tanabe | Feb 20th 2019 | 4 min read |

In our review of Jason Demers‘ 2011-12 season, I compared the just-completed third year of the Sharks defenseman’s career to the third ins...

Your friendly reminder that Andrei Kostitsyn is still a free agent

By Derek Tanabe | Feb 20th 2019 | 6 min read |

With lockout talk dominating hockey discussion, we essentially haven’t heard anything about free agents not named Shane Doan since late July. So...

The best and worst of the Sharks' contracts

By Derek Tanabe | Feb 20th 2019 | 13 min read |

If the NHL’s latest proposal in their ongoing labor negotiations with the Players’ Association is accepted, the 2012-13 salary cap will be...

Can Brad Stuart move back to the left side?

By Derek Tanabe | Feb 20th 2019 | 4 min read |

One somewhat underreported angle of Brad Stuart’s return to San Jose is that the defenseman was almost exclusively slotted into the right side o...

2012 Free Agency: Pacific Division Winners & Losers

By Derek Tanabe | Feb 20th 2019 | 15 min read |

We’re a month into free agency and while there are still a few free agents of note out there as well as a few trade dominoes that have yet to fa...

What should the Sharks expect from a healthy Handzus?

By Derek Tanabe | Feb 20th 2019 | 6 min read |

The universe served Michal Handzus a shit sandwich during the 2011-12 season. It began with the tragic Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash last summer tha...

So what actually happened with Daniel Winnik?

By Derek Tanabe | Feb 20th 2019 | 4 min read |

If you missed it yesterday, Daniel Winnik took his shorts-wearing talents to Anaheim, signing a two-year, $3.6 million contract with the Ducks. The ob...

2012 NHL Free Agency Day 3 Open Thread

By Derek Tanabe | Feb 20th 2019 | 3 min read |

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...

2012 Sharks Free Agency: Taking a Closer Look at Adam Burish

By Derek Tanabe | Feb 20th 2019 | 9 min read |

Although the Sharks signing Adam Burish certainly wasn’t akin to them landing Zach Parise or some other prized free agent, it’s sometimes ...

2012 NHL Free Agency Open Thread

By Derek Tanabe | Feb 20th 2019 | 2 min read |

Happy Canada Day! The floodgates to unrestricted free agency open in an hour with fifteen members of the Sharks‘ organization set to turn into p...