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San Jose Sharks Rumored to Be Courting Forward Sergei Samsonov
August 28th, 2012 at 4:49 PM
The San Jose Sharks need to get their forward positions situated. With the pending lockout potentially eating into the season, they may have been granted some extra time but the options are far and few between for what they need. It has been reported by several sources that the Sharks are...

San Jose Sharks Forward Michal Handzus Played Through Hip Injury Last Season
July 29th, 2012 at 5:00 AM
It has recently been reported by multiple sources that San Jose Sharks forward Michal Handzus played through a hip injury for a majority of the 2011-12 season. Handzus struggled in his first season with the Sharks and many were very disappointed with overall game he brought to the team. It's clear...

San Jose Sharks Should Use a Defenseman as Trade Bait
July 22nd, 2012 at 5:00 AM
The NHL off-season is in full swing and to this point the San Jose Sharks have done minor tweaking to a roster that provided disappointing results last season. They need to make more changes if they want to improve the roster, namely utilizing their depth on defense to address other...

Why the San Jose Sharks Will not Be the Ones to Land Columbus Star Rick Nash
July 17th, 2012 at 5:00 AM
It's no secret that the Columbus Blue Jackets are shopping star forward Rick Nash after the franchise player asked for a trade around the trade deadline this past season. Nash's rumored list of approved teams has been whittled down to six teams, one of which being the San Jose Sharks. Though...

San Jose Sharks Sign Defenseman Marc-Edouard Vlasic to Five-year Contract Extension
July 11th, 2012 at 6:23 PM
The San Jose Sharks have locked up Marc-Edouard Vlasic after signing the defenseman to a five year contract extension. Vlasic, 25, was set to become a free agent after this coming season. The deal is reportedly worth an average cap hit of 4.2 million dollars per year. The going rate for defensive defenseman...

San Jose Sharks Sign Center Adam Burish to Four-year Deal
July 1st, 2012 at 2:12 PM
The San Jose Sharks have signed free agent center Adam Burish to a four-year contract. Terms of the deal have not been announced yet. Burish played in 65 games for the Dallas Stars last season and registered six goals and 19 points. He also finished the season with a 55.8 winning...

San Jose Sharks Re-sign Restricted Free Agents Justin Braun, Tommy Wingels and Andrew Desjardins
June 30th, 2012 at 7:55 PM
The San Jose Sharks have reached agreements on new contracts for three of their restricted free agents on the verge of free agency on July 1. Forwards Tommy Wingels and Andrew Desjardins and defenseman Justin Braun will all be returning to San Jose next season to play for the Sharks. Each of...

San Jose Sharks 2012 NHL Entry Draft Results
June 24th, 2012 at 3:10 PM
The San Jose Sharks used six picks in the 2012 NHL Entry Draft to select four forwards and three defenseman. With a prospect pool that is lacking in talent and depth, the Sharks did well to utilize all the picks and at the very least stockpile more players in the system. Though...

San Jose Sharks Sign Defenseman Brad Stuart to Three-year, $10.8 Million Deal
June 20th, 2012 at 6:57 PM
  It didn't take long for the San Jose Sharks front office to get there top-four defenseman. Just a few days after trading for his rights, the Sharks signed defenseman Brad Stuart to a three-year deal worth 10.8 million dollars.  Stuart showed a desire to return to San Jose where his family...

Breaking Down the San Jose Sharks’ Trade for Brad Stuart
June 11th, 2012 at 9:00 AM
The San Jose Sharks announced on Sunday that the team had acquired the rights to impending free agent defenseman Brad Stuart from the Detroit Red Wings in exchange for forward Andrew Murray and a conditional draft pick in 2014.  Stuart, 32, was originally taken by the Sharks with the third overall...

San Jose Sharks Trade with Detroit Red Wings for Defenseman Brad Stuart
June 11th, 2012 at 7:00 AM
The San Jose Sharks and Detroit Red Wings met terms on a deal to send defenseman and former Sharks draft pick Brad Stuart back to the Bay Area for forward Andrew Murray and a conditional draft pick in 2014.  The Sharks have officially begun the process of altering a team that...

San Jose Sharks 2011-12 Player and Staff Reviews: Tommy Wingels
June 1st, 2012 at 7:55 PM
Grade: B+ It took only 33 games for San Jose Sharks forward Tommy Wingels to make a lasting impression. His emergence provided stability to the top-six forwards group during Martin Havlat's absence and allowed the Sharks to part with another budding young player who was enjoying a breakout season to add more...

San Jose Sharks 2011-12 Player and Staff Reviews: Brad Winchester
May 31st, 2012 at 7:00 AM
Grade: B- Through no fault of his own, San Jose Sharks forward Brad Winchester sat out basically the last month of the season as a healthy scratch. Winchester actually enjoyed quite a successful season for Team Teal but because of the trade deadline moves, found himself as the odd man out...

San Jose Sharks 2011-12 Player and Staff Reviews: Justin Braun
May 28th, 2012 at 11:52 AM
Grade: B- The emergence of San Jose Sharks defenseman Justin Braun has turned the teams blue line from one that lacks mobility, puck-handling and offense to one that can potentially excel in all three areas. Braun was far from a lock to make the club after playing in 28 games during the...

San Jose Sharks 2011-12 Player and Staff Reviews: Jason Demers
May 27th, 2012 at 7:00 AM
Grade: D Much has changed for San Jose Sharks defenseman Jason Demers in a single season. He went from being a solid two-way defender with the potential to be a future fixture on the Sharks' blue line to unreliable and a bit of a liability in his own zone. Demers seemed to...

San Jose Sharks 2011-12 Player and Staff Reviews: Andrew Desjardins
May 25th, 2012 at 9:00 AM
Grade: B+ The San Jose Sharks made the decision to boot some of the veterans from their bottom six and replace them internally with players within the organization. One of the players to step up and take advantage of their opportunity was Sharks forward Andrew Desjardins.  In his first full season as...

San Jose Sharks 2011-12 Player and Staff Reviews: Torrey Mitchell
May 24th, 2012 at 8:00 AM
Grade: C- One of the few players who brought some speed to the San Jose Sharks this past season was forward Torrey Mitchell. That speed element on the third line didn't equate to much personal success for Mitchell but for the first time in a while he seemed healthy for the...

San Jose Sharks 2011-12 Player and Staff Reviews: Marc-Edouard Vlasic
May 23rd, 2012 at 7:10 PM
Grade: B- After earning NHL all-rookie honors in his first season back in 2006-07, San Jose Sharks defenseman Marc-Edouard Vlasic continued his upward trend with more stellar defensive play and even some flashes of offensive upside. The Sharks' young defensive stalwart had another solid season in his sixth year with the club...

San Jose Sharks 2011-12 Player and Staff Reviews: Michal Handzus
May 21st, 2012 at 3:43 PM
Grade: F When you're a player like San Jose Sharks center Michal Handzus, you were brought in to do a very specific set of things for a team. Unfortunately for Handzus and the Sharks the 2011-12 season went miserably wrong for Michal Handzus even in the areas that are usually his forte.  Handzus...

San Jose Sharks 2011-12 Player and Staff Reviews: Martin Havlat
May 20th, 2012 at 9:00 AM
Grade: C+ The second biggest acquisition the San Jose Sharks made last season was getting winger Martin Havlat to provide some of the speed and clutch scoring has made him a household name in the NHL. During the 2011-12 season the Sharks got that from Havlat but it was only for...