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Sharks sign some of their free agents
The Sharks will be keeping some of their free agents around for at least another season. Benn Ferriero, John McCarthy, Frazer McLaren and Sean Sullivan were all signed to one year contracts. All of them are two-way deals. Ferriero’s deal pays him $605K in the NHL and $95K in the AHL. The casual fan may [...]
TweetSharks alternate jersey schedule announced
The Sharks have announced that they will wear their alternate jersey 15 times during the regular season. They will wear them in all Thursday and Friday home games, as well as the home finale (also the regular season finale) on April 7th against the Kings, which is a Saturday. The Sharks wore the black jerseys [...]
TweetSharks sign veteran Ben Guite
The Sharks signed veteran forward Ben Guite to a one year, two-way contract. He’ll earn $525K in the NHL and $105K in the AHL. Guite spent last season playing for the Blue Jackets organization. In 72 games with Springfield of the AHL last year, he had 17 goals, 30 assists, 91 penalty minutes, and a [...]
TweetSharks sign Andrew Murray
The Sharks have signed forward Andrew Murray one year contract. It is a two-way contract worth $575K in the NHL and $105K in the AHL. Murray played only 29 games with the Blue Jackets last season. He missed 31 games due to separate injuries, and he was a healthy scratch a few times. He did [...]
TweetSharks 2011 draft recap
I’m not an NHL Draft expert by any means, but after doing some research, this is what I came up with. I discussed which draft picks that the Sharks had here. The Sharks traded their first round pick (28th overall) to the Wild along with Devin Setoguchi and top prospect Charlie Coyle for Brent Burns [...]
TweetOld Sharks find new homes
As with every sport, a team’s roster from year to year will very rarely be the same. A few players that played for the Sharks last year will be playing elsewhere for this upcoming season. Whether it was the player’s choice or not, the Sharks have lost the following players to free agency: -Scott Nichol, [...]
TweetFormer Shark Ed Belfour elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame
Former Sharks goalie Ed Belfour has been elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame. Many Sharks fans don’t even want to remember Ed Belfour as a Shark. Some hockey fans may not even know that Belfour was on the Sharks. Belfour’s tenure with the Sharks was very brief. He was acquired in January of 1997 [...]
TweetThomas Greiss gives the Sharks another chance
After the Sharks came out of nowhere to sign Antti Niemi, goaltender Thomas Greiss was left without a job. They signed Antero Niittymaki very early in the free agency period, and Alex Stalock was penned in to be the starter in Worcester. Greiss cleared waivers and was loaned to Brynas of the Swedish Elite League. [...]
TweetDany Heatley traded to Minnesota for Martin Havlat
Another day, and another blockbuster trade between the Sharks and the Wild. The Sharks made their second big trade with the Wild in ten days as they traded Dany Heatley to Minnesota for Martin Havlat. Havlat has four years left on his contract and will be paid $21M. His cap hit is $5M. Heatley had [...]
TweetSharks sign Michal Handzus to a two year deal
The Sharks needed to address their 24th ranked penalty kill, and they did just that. They signed center Michal Handzus to a two year contract worth $5M ($2.5M cap hit). Handzus spent the last four seasons with the Kings. He centered the third line when everyone was healthy and provided great penalty killing. He’s decent [...]
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