All Entries Tagged With: "Jay Leach"
Sharks roster looks better or worse?
The San Jose Sharks roster looks vaguely familiar at this point in the off-season. Perhaps that’s because it’s virtually the same team that took them to the Western Conference Finals last season. That finish warranted few alterations to the roster, but are the Sharks in any better shape to improve on last season’s breakthrough in [...]
Sharks again look to fill glaring need for defenseman
The Chicago Blackhawks matched the San Jose Sharks offer sheet for Niklas Hjalmarsson, leaving the Sharks biggest hole still empty in the form of a top-4 defenseman. There are a billion reasons why the offer sheet made sense. It subtracted from the team that blocked the Sharks road to a Stanley Cup birth, improving their [...]
Sharks erupt in third period for 8-5 win
The starts to games for the San Jose Sharks haven’t been all that great recently. However, with their latest comeback win, the Sharks became the first team in NHL history to win three consecutive games in regulation after trailing going into the third period. Today’s version was especially sweet; after a horrid first two periods, [...]
Sharks acquire “The Secret Weapon”
It’s now completed, the San Jose Sharks have acquired Niclas Wallin and a fifth round pick in the 2010 draft from the Carolina Hurricanes for a second round pick in the 2010 draft. The second rounder is Buffalo’s, received by the Sharks in the trade that sent Craig Rivet to Sabres. Wallin waived his no-trade [...]
Sharks short-handed defense stands strong in 5-2 win
The San Jose Sharks will most likely be looking for a defense-man at the trade deadline if anything at all. Perhaps they made a case that they do indeed go eight deep on the back-end after a 5-2 victory over the Minnesota Wild. Defensive stalwarts Dan Boyle and Marc-Edouard Vlasic did not play in this [...]
Forwards not the only front loading on Sharks
In light of the recent struggles, it’s easy for people to start airing their criticisms for the San Jose Sharks offense. A lot of emphasis has been put on the team’s forward lines being front loaded. However, looking up and down the roster, that does not appear to be as much of a long-term issue [...]
11 Round Shootout at the Tank, Sharks come up short again
The San Jose Sharks are going to be happy that there’s no shootouts in the playoff because they almost literally went through the lineup without beating Dallas Stars netminder Marty Turco. It came down to defenseman in the 11th round; Matt Niskanen scored, Marc-Edouard Vlasic did not. The result is a 3-2 win for the [...]
High Energy Game at Shark Tank; Win for the Fins
Energy ran high on a game that featured the two teams involved in one of the blockbuster trades of the offseason. The San Jose Sharks and Ottawa Senators squared off, and anyone who believes the game didn’t mean a little extra to certain players on each side didn’t read the script for this film. This [...]