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Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images The All-Star has been rehabbing a gruesome knee injury he suffered in late January. Even though the San Jose Sharks are not a part of the NHL’s return to play, they got some good news. All-Star forward Tomas Hertl is back on the ice after tearing his ACL and MCL against the Vancouver Canucks in late January. View this post … [Read more...] about Sharks’ forward Tomas Hertl resumes on-ice workouts

Sharks Sports & Entertainment laid off 16 employees from its business staff earlier this week, although a spokesman for the organization said the cutbacks were not directly related to the severe financial duress brought on by the coronavirus pandemic. The layoffs, which took place Tuesday, included executives and managers involved in corporate partnerships, suite sales and … [Read more...] about San Jose Sharks ownership lays off 16 business staff employees

Photo by Andre Ringuette/Freestyle Photo/Getty Images The qualifiers are starting to heat up! The NHL’s return has gone well with the two-city bubble format. No players have tested positive since the clubs began play. and things are starting to heat up! There are five games on today’s schedule featuring three Pacific Division rivals. The Winnipeg Jets are the only team in … [Read more...] about How to watch today’s NHL slate & Game Thread

Disregarding interim head coaches, the San Jose Sharks have only had 7 head coaches in their soon-to-be 29th season of existence. Considering that they have still yet to win a Stanley Cup, there isn’t exactly a clear-cut answer to who the greatest coach in franchise history has been. I plan on answering this question by taking a look at every permanent head coach in the history … [Read more...] about San Jose Sharks Coaching History

Tomas Hertl is skating again. Earlier Wednesday, Hertl, who tore the anterior cruciate and medial collateral ligaments in his left knee in late January, posted a short video on his Instagram account of him back on the ice, doing drills at Merkur Ice Arena in Říčany, Czech Republic. “Finally back,” Hertl wrote. The video shows Hertl exchanging passes with another player at … [Read more...] about Tomas Hertl takes another step in recovery from knee injury

The NHL’s Stanley Cup playoffs are always an exercise in unpredictability. Presidents’ Trophy winners routinely come up short of hoisting the best trophy in sports while even 8 seeds can win it all. The NBA playoffs this is not. But this season, with the NHL’s realignment, we are in for a brand-new treat when the Stanley Cup playoffs kick off tomorrow with a triple-header. … [Read more...] about Welcome To The New NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs

You hear it all the time in NBA chatter, that the Western Conference is so much superior than the Eastern Conference that something should be done to rectify the situation. Never mind that these things are cyclical and dependent more on management than anything else. The West’s supremacy as a whole is accepted as fact. For those of you paying attention, you might already know … [Read more...] about Starting Lineups: Western Conference Supremacy Holds For The NHL Too

There is nothing more pressure-packed in sports than a team facing elimination. When your back is up against the wall and it truly is win or go home, everything is magnified. The great teams rise to the occasion, embrace that pressure and play like there really is no tomorrow. Most teams, however, can only handle that stress for so long. They may stave off elimination once, … [Read more...] about How The West Was Won: The Kings Of The Elimination Game

(Ed’s Note: Phillip Barnett has been down with the team since the ETSF/TalkHoops days of 2008. As is life, sometimes it takes a personal challenge to muster up words consistently. The self-proclaimed “I’m So Hideous(s)” is taking a new journey in putting up 300 words a day on the many questions, concerns and thoughts that happen to cross his mind. With that in mind, here is the … [Read more...] about The 300: Playoff Hockey Is A Gateway Drug