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Sharks prospect dies in a plane crash
A plane carrying the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl ice hockey team crashed into a Russian riverbank shortly after take off. They were headed to Belarus for tomorrow’s KHL season opener before the plane crashed. Almost every person on the plane died, including Daniil Sobchenko, a Sharks prospect. The Sharks took the 20 year old center with the [...]
TweetLogan Couture to sign a contract extension with the Sharks
According to a report from Ray Ratto of CSNBayArea.com, the Sharks hold a conference call tomorrow morning to announce a two-year contract extension with center Logan Couture. Couture was scheduled to become a restricted free agent after this season. He is in the final year of a three year entry-level deal with a cap hit [...]
Tweet2011-12 national TV schedule announced
The NHL released its national TV schedule earlier this week. At the moment, the Sharks have nine nationally televised games in the United States and ten in Canada. When the NHL schedule first came out, it was safe to assume that the Sharks would be on NBC once. They have a game on February 19th [...]
TweetSharks do not sign Patrick White
The deadline to sign college prospects to entry-level contracts was yesterday. The Sharks had to decide whether or not to sign forward Patrick White. They didn’t. The Sharks acquired White and defenseman Daniel Rahimi from the Canucks for defensemen Christian Ehrhoff and Brad Lukowich. White was going into his junior season at the University of [...]
TweetAlex Stalock to miss most of the season
Sharks goalie prospect Alex Stalock suffered a season ending injury in Februarywhile playing in an AHL game (I posted about that here). He underwent surgery and might have been ready for training camp this season. Well, that’s out the window. According to an interview with the Duluth News Tribune (Stalock is from Minnesota and played [...]
TweetSharks bonus overage for this season
The salary cap for this upcoming NHL season is $64.3 million. The Sharks will not have the luxury to spend that much. Their actual salary cap for the Sharks is about $63.75M because of bonus overages, according to David Pollak of the San Jose Mercury News. According to Pollak, the Sharks paid approximately $545K in [...]
TweetSharks acquire James Sheppard from Minnesota
For the third time in the last six weeks, the Sharks and Wild made a trade. The Sharks acquired forward James Sheppard for a third round pick in 2013. Sheppard missed the entire 2010-11 season due to a knee injury suffered in an ATV accident last September. Sheppard was the ninth overall pick in the [...]
TweetSharks sign Colin White to a one year deal
Less than a week ago, defenseman Colin White was bought out by the Devils. He is now a member of the San Jose Sharks. The 11 year veteran signed a one year contract worth $1M. He will be paid $1M for this season and next season by the Devils, and the cap hit will count [...]
TweetSharks sign Brent Burns to a five year contract extension
On June 28th, the Sharks addressed their glaring need for a top pairing defenseman, sending fan favorite Devin Setoguchi, top prospect Charlie Coyle and a first round pick in the 2011 draft to Minnesota for Brent Burns and a second round pick in 2012. The Sharks gave up a lot, so it was a huge [...]
TweetSharks sign former first round pick Matt Pelech
The Sharks signed defenseman Matt Pelech to a one year contract. The deal is a two-way deal worth $525K in the NHL and $105K in the AHL. Pelech spent the past four seasons with the Flames organization. They took him 26th overall in the 2005 draft, ahead of defensemen like Kris Letang and Keith Yandle. [...]
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