It?s kind of crazy that I need to say this, but the San Jose Sharks aren?t better without Erik Karlsson. Sure, you can point at the Sharks? 3-2 triumph over the Anaheim Ducks. A quarter of the way into this shortened season, that?s only their second re…
Kyle, Erik, and JD look at what went well for the San Jose Sharks in their 3-2 win over the Anaheim Ducks. We look at how the first line led the way, check in on Leonard and Balcers’s nights (8:30) and on the defensive pairings (11:30). We dissec…
First Period Ferraro gets caught flat-footed, Steel races by him. About to be bailed out by not very good Steel drop pass, but pass hits his skate, past Jones. Will say, Ferraro wasn?t so sharp in last LA contest, if his game goes south too, San Jose i…
At the quarter mark of the season, it?s going to be a far different-looking San Jose Sharks defense tonight. And it?s not good news. Erik Karlsson (lower-body injury) and Radim Simek (upper-body injury) will not play against the Anaheim Ducks ? both we…
Trying to prove yourself as a young player in the NHL can be tough. When you get the chance, you better shine, because you might not get another chance. Case in point, 23-year-old Rudolfs Balcers, who made his San Jose Sharks? debut on Feb. 6. After co…
Kyle, Erik, and JD look back at the San Jose Sharks trends we saw over the weekend against the Anaheim Ducks. Erik brings good news on the Sharks offense, we discuss the Beach Boys Line and a rotating cast of players on the fourth line (4:00), Balcers&…
The San Jose Sharks need more heroes. On Friday, down 3-1 entering the third period at Anaheim, it was the one-two punch of Logan Couture and Evander Kane that got the Sharks back into game. San Jose was eventually able to pull out a 5-4 shootout victo…
Anaheim goal starts with a poor Ferraro/Burns exchange. Ferraro pass was into Burns feet, so Burns just had to rifle it out with Rakell forechecking him, but Ducks swallowed it up along the wall. Another poor exchange on this shift was Balcers to Burn…
11 seconds in for San Jose Sharks: Couture goal made by Evander Kane taking the puck off Hakanpaa, off Anaheim faceoff win. That?s urgency from the hop. Bret Hedican said before the game that he thought Brent Burns had been San Jose?s most consistent d…
Brent Burns called the San Jose Sharks? 5-4 shootout victory over the Anaheim Ducks ?a tale of three periods.? He might as well have just called it a tale of three Sharks teams. ?You like the start. You hate the second. You like the response,? Burns sa…