Fear The Fin

Photo by Brandon Magnus/NHLI via Getty Images The 41-year-old has played 15 seasons with the Sharks. It’s the end of an era in San Jose, as Joe Thornton has signed with the Toronto Maple Leafs, the team announced today. The contract is one year at $700,000. Thornton is currently playing with HC Davos in Switzerland while the NHL is on an off-season break and awaiting a … [Read more...] about Joe Thornton signs with Toronto Maple Leafs

Photo by Brandon Magnus/NHLI via Getty Images Jumbo Joe is taking his time off to mentor a young HCD team. Unrestricted free agent Joe Thornton is taking his time deciding what he’s going to do in the 2020-21 season, but as far as how he’s spending the late off-season, he’s pretty set. The 41-year-old forward returned to HC Davos in the Swiss National League. Thornton … [Read more...] about Joe Thornton returns to HC Davos

Photo by Matt Cohen/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images It’s a Jumbo Joe watch, really. The San Jose Sharks head into 2020 free agency not all too differently that in 2019; last year, they were hoping young players would step up, this year they’re banking on the veteran players bouncing back. So far a change in net and a recycling of forwards leaves fans with one question: is … [Read more...] about 2020 NHL Free Agency: Every Sharks trade, signing, transaction, rumor

Photo by Kavin Mistry/NHLI via Getty Images Experts weighed in on how GM Doug Wilson did with all of his selections. The 2020 NHL Draft is in the books and the San Jose Sharks added nine prospects to their pool. General manager Doug Wilson traded the Sharks’ own first-round selection (No. 3 overall) to the Ottawa Senators in the Erik Karlsson deal. Here is a breakdown of … [Read more...] about 2020 NHL Draft: Sharks draft grades

Cody Glenn-USA TODAY Sports The Sharks lock up Labanc with lofty expectations. The San Jose Sharks have re-signed pending restricted free agent Kevin Labanc to a four-year contract worth $18.9 million. The contract does not contain any trade protections. The 24-year old played in 70 games for the Sharks last season, tallying 14 goals and 19 assists. “Kevin brings a rare … [Read more...] about Sharks re-sign RFA Kevin Labanc to 4-year deal

Photo by Brandon Magnus/NHLI via Getty Images After a cryptic Tweet sent yesterday afternoon, Stefan Noesen announced that he has re-signed for one more year with the San Jose Sharks. The 27-year-old winger got a small pay raise in his new $925,000 deal. San Jose, can you say Hakuna Matata!!! We back!! pic.twitter.com/Jq3d2rrjob— Stefan Noesen (@stefannoesen) October 9, … [Read more...] about Sharks re-sign Stefan Noesen

Photo by Brandon Magnus/NHLI via Getty Images So long, sweet prince. Once a proud organization with three Karlssons and two Joes, the San Jose Sharks are left with just one of these players in 2020. Melker Karlsson already passed last night’s midnight deadline to sign with the Sharks to a maximum deal, though the Sharks were never going to throw eight years at fourth-line … [Read more...] about Karlsson leaving Sharks organization

Photo by Kavin Mistry/NHLI via Getty Images The team added nine new prospects to the pipeline. For the first time in franchise history, the San Jose Sharks have only drafted forwards. The team came into the 2020 NHL Entry Draft with seven picks. After trading four times, the Sharks walk away from this draft with nine selections. Here are a few break downs of the … [Read more...] about 2020 NHL Draft recap: Every Sharks selection

All four four players were Barracuda regulars in 2019-20. On Monday, the San Jose Sharks signed four pending restricted free agents to contract extensions, all of them from the 2019-20 AHL Barracuda. SJ #Sharks sign 4 RFA's to contract extensions today.D Jacob Middleton2 year/2-way$725,000 AAVF Maxim Letunov1 year/2-way$700,000 AAVD Nicolas Meloche1 year/2-way$700,000 AAVF … [Read more...] about Sharks re-sign 4 pending restricted free agents