Category: 2023 Player Reviews

Logan Couture 2023 player review: Oh captain, my captain

By Erika Towne | May 30th 2023 | 6 min read |

Logan Couture’s season can be summed up with one very simple phrase: he was healthy. For the first time since 2014-15, Couture played all 82 gam...

Mario Ferraro 2023 player review: San Jose's workhorse

By Erika Towne | May 29th 2023 | 8 min read |

Mario Ferraro gets the title of this season’s workhorse for the San Jose Sharks. Ferraro did a ton of the work but, in true workhorse fashion, w...

Kaapo Kahkonen 2023 player review: Still adjusting his game

By Erika Towne | May 28th 2023 | 6 min read |

In the offseason, the Sharks were in an enviable position. The team had three NHL goaltenders and not enough space on the roster to carry them all. So...

Oskar Lindblom 2023 player review: Confidence is lacking

By Erika Towne | May 27th 2023 | 6 min read |

Oskar Lindblom is the kind of guy you want to root for, and so General Manager Mike Grier’s signing of the forward in the offseason was a gamble...

Fabian Zetterlund 2023 player review: Young RFA has room to grow

By Erika Towne | May 26th 2023 | 6 min read |

When the San Jose Sharks traded star forward Timo Meier to the New Jersey Devils, fans knew they needed a big return to make the deal worth it. Never ...

2023 Sharks player reviews recap

By Erika Towne | May 25th 2023 | 2 min read |

Last Friday, we rolled out player reviews for a handful of Sharks players. Here’s a quick recap in case you missed anything. Of course, you can ...

Steven Lorentz 2023 player review: Reliably reliable fourth liner

By Erika Towne | May 24th 2023 | 5 min read |

As discussed in an earlier review (see Luke Kunin 2023 player review), Sharks’ General Manager Mike Grier set out to make the Sharks a more diff...

Luke Kunin 2023 player review: What might have been...

By Erika Towne | May 23rd 2023 | 8 min read |

One of the first pieces new San Jose Sharks General Manager Mike Grier added last year as he started to put his mark on the franchise was forward Luke...

Evgeny Svechnikov 2023 player review: Did not improve his chances for a new contract

By Erika Towne | May 22nd 2023 | 6 min read |

When the San Jose Sharks signed Evgeny Svechnikov, there was hope in the front office that the forward just needed a change of scenery. After all, Sve...

Jacob MacDonald 2023 player review: San Jose's Swiss Army knife

By Erika Towne | May 21st 2023 | 5 min read |

When the Sharks traded for Jacob MacDonald in January, it seemed like he was an afterthought in a trade that centered around Matt Nieto, Ryan Merkley ...