Sharks don’t get Hjalmarsson because Chicago decided to match. Kovalchuk signed a 17 year, $100M contract with the Devils that has been since rejected by the NHL. Blackhawks continue to blow up their team. Sharks have re-signed RFA Steve Zalewski to a league minimum, two-way contract. …And that’s pretty much it for big/Sharks-related news in [...]

While I was getting my beauty sleep this morning (since I need all that I can get), San Jose Sharks GM Doug Wilson did the unthinkable and signed Blackhawk RFA Niklas Hjalmarsson to an offer sheet, a four year deal worth $3.5M per year. For those of you completely confused by that first paragraph (how [...]

I’ll be following the draft both today and tomorrow, but here’s just a quick rundown of what has happened this past week. Brad Staubitz to the Minnesota Wild for a 5th round pick I like this move. The Sharks only had four draft picks this year, and managed to get another one by giving up [...]

Once again the time has come for the NHL regular season schedule to be released. The schedule guidelines remain the same: 6 games against each divisional opponent, 4 games for each conference opponent, and 1 game for each team in the other conference. There will be three “at large” teams from the opposing conference that [...]

Another year, another Hall of Famer retiring after playing with the Sharks for two years. This year it is Sharks captain Rob Blake, a 20 year NHL veteran who has won the Olympic Gold Medal, a Stanley Cup, and the Norris trophy. He is one of the highest-scoring defensemen of all time, and is legendary [...]

Yesterday marked the first day of the off-season. Meaning, there’s nothing really hockey-related going on for a few weeks. Good news is, baseball is on! Apparently, they’ve already been playing for a couple of months. Who knew? Anyways, as I dove headfirst into Giants baseball (which is something like diving head first into the shallow [...]