When it comes to the San Jose Sharks goaltending situation, a lot of the discussions about who should start come playoffs between Martin Jones and James Reimer have been missing one important concept, logic. Goaltenders =/= Quarterbacks First of all, goaltending in hockey is nothing at all like playing quarterback in the NFL. These two […]

San Jose Sharks forward Melker Karlsson could paraphrase actor Liam Neeson’s famous scene in the movie Taken. “I’m no Pavel Datsyuk nor Joe Thornton, but I do have a very particular set of skills, skills that I have acquired over a very long career, skills that make me a nightmare for opposing defensemen.” OK, maybe […]

Thursday’s 6-3 loss against the Edmonton Oilers marked goaltender James Reimer’s fifth start for the San Jose Sharks. Since Reimer’s debut back on Mar. 5, the Sharks have played 11 games in total. The other six were started by Martin Jones. That’s as even of a split as possible between the two goaltenders. Now granted, […]

With 10 games remaining in the regular season, fellow Sharks correspondent Zeke felt the itch to break down a number of team awards for Team Teal. Zeke was nice enough to include me in the process and let me post under my byline. What a nice guy! The four awards are best offseason addition, best […]

Toughness, grit, physicality, “he’s hard to play against”; these are the types of things heard about newest Sharks defenseman Roman Polak. While being tough and physical are beneficial qualities to have in any hockey player, when they are the primary positives placed upon players, it’s often a red flag. In Polak’s case, the red flag […]

The news broke Saturday morning Pacific time that the San Jose Sharks had acquired Leafs goaltender James Reimer and AHLer Jeremy Morin in exchange for goaltender Alex Stalock, AHLer Ben Smith and a conditional 2018 draft selection. For all the basic details of this trade, including how the fourth round pick can become a third […]

The San Jose Sharks are 11-2-3 in their past 16 games and are in prime position for a playoff berth, sitting second in the Pacific Division with a healthy seven-point lead on fourth-place Arizona. Most national media though are quick to overlook or write off the Sharks based on their past playoff failures. Despite the […]

If you’re a hockey fan on the east coast and you aren’t familiar with the name Justin Braun, you’re not alone. The San Jose Sharks’ 28-year-old shut-down defenseman is one of the most underrated and least talked about defenseman in the NHL. Overshadowed by defense partner Marc-Edouard Vlasic, Braun is an elite-level defensive defenseman with […]

After their amazing 6-0 road trip in November, the San Jose Sharks have since lost four of their last five games. The good news for the Sharks is tonight’s game in Calgary will likely see the return of Logan Couture. Couture has missed the past 23 games after breaking his leg in practice. There is […]

It is certainly understandable when fans and experts around the NHL question the abilities of San Jose Sharks defenseman Justin Braun. For those on the east coast who don’t stay up past midnight to watch west coast games, it is easy to make the assumption that the 28-year-old Braun is simply riding the coattails of […]

The San Jose Sharks went into Sunday afternoon’s game against the Columbus Blue Jackets having won the first five games of a six-game road trip. Less than 24 hours earlier they had played in Pittsburgh. They should have been tired. They could have gotten complacent. But they were neither. San Jose came out strong in […]

Finnish sauce and sweet Swedish finish, say that three times fast. That is how the San Jose Sharks found a way to extend their perfect road-trip and overall winning streak to 4-0 on Thursday night. The best player for the Sharks was no doubt goaltender Martin Jones as this tilt against the Philadelphia Flyers was […]

The San Jose Sharks say they want to be a team that rolls four lines. Yet for some reason they continue to employ and frequently utilize one of the worst possession players in the entire NHL, Mike Brown. The truth of the matter is that Brown drags down every line he plays on because he […]

The San Jose Sharks are off to a mediocre start by their standards. San Jose is just 9-8 through the first 17 games and a number of their loyal fans are expressing quite a bit of concern. After a strong offseason saw key players in Joel Ward, Paul Martin and Martin Jones added to the […]

The Sharks trade rumors about Patrick Marleau appear to have more validity than yours truly believed a few days ago. TSN’s Bob McKenzie and HNIC’s Elliotte Friedman are two of the most respected in the hockey reporting business and so it is difficult to disregard their reports about Marleau apparently being open to a trade […]

The 7-7 San Jose Sharks have been searching for depth scoring all season long. They have tried a number of combinations among the bottom-six forwards but little has seemed to work. 2014 1st round pick Nikolay Goldobin started the season with the AHL Barracuda but has since been recalled to the NHL and sent back […]

From 2003-04 through 2013-14, the San Jose Sharks never missed the postseason. However,  the offseason following the 2013-14 season turned into the most horrid in franchise history. General manager Doug Wilson gave conflicting messages shortly after the “reverse sweep” playoff loss to the Kings. He showed extreme disappointment that his club didn’t win the series […]

San Jose Sharks forward, defenseman Brent Burns is second in the league among all players (not just d-men) in shots on goal with an absurd 53 through 12 games. That is a per-game average of 4.41 shots, or in other words, a full season’s pace of 362. For comparison’s sake, Joe Pavelski and Logan Couture […]

Late July and August are the dead weeks of the hockey season. Those of us who enjoy discussing hockey on a daily basis are left with writing a number of prediction pieces. Colleague Larry Fisher recently predicted what he thinks will be the entire NHL standings at the end of the 2015-16 season. Yours truly, on […]

Over the course of August, THW’s daily Sharks reporter Andrew Bensch will be previewing and predicting the season ahead for each San Jose player. Thus far the series has previewed Joe Thornton, Joe Pavelski, Joel Ward, Patrick Marleau and Logan Couture. Today’s column takes a look at Tomas Hertl. 2014-15 Player Card Stats: Goals: 13 Assists: 18 Points: […]