
Rumors are swirling that the San Jose Sharks have signed Antii Niemi to a one-year, $2M contract. Apparently the Sharks are neither confirming nor denying the rumors at this time, but we should hear in the next day or two whether or not the signing has actually occurred.
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When San Jose Sharks general manager Doug Wilson announced that the team would not be offering Evgeni Nabokov a new contract, one of the bantering comments was that Nabokov would sign with a team we’d face somewhere in the playoffs where he’d have a ‘career series against his old team.’ Well, that ain’t gonna [...]
Back in the 80’s the Los Angeles Rams, New Orleans Saints and Atlanta Falcons built very different kinds of football teams. The Rams had the traditionally balanced team, the Saints tried to dominate on defense and the Falcons ran the offense-minded ‘Run & Shoot’. Although they were all trying to win in the [...]
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I was very suspicious when the San Jose Sharks signed one restricted free agent, Joe Pavelski, for an estimated $16M over 4 years yet only extended a qualifying offer to their other restricted free agent, Devin Setoguchi. I had to look it up, but here’s the definition of a ‘qualifying offer’ (from ‘about.com’):
“The current [...]
The San Jose Sharks are reporting that they have signed Scott Nichol to a one-year contract - terms not disclosed. The team also signed Niclas Wallin and Andrew Desjardins (Worcester) each to one year contracts. I think many fans will breathe a sign of relief that Nichol was re-signed, he was definitely brought a [...]
My friend E-Man calls it ‘The Dry Season’, that time of year where we are devoid of contact sports - specifically no football, no hockey. Sure there is the draft and free agency, but those are things that are completely out of our control. At least during the season you feel like you [...]
When Dan Boyle assisted in putting the game winning goal into the Sharks net in Game 3 of the Western Conference Quarter Finals I saw something that might have been a bigger deal had the Sharks not made it to the Western Conference Finals. Evgeni Nabokov glared at Boyle not once, but twice - [...]
The picture is coming into focus. The San Jose Sharks are reporting that Evgeni Nabokov will not return to the team for the 2010-2011 season. From sjsharks.com:
“Due to this situation Sharks will be going forward with a new goaltending situation next year, meaning Evgeni Nabokov, who has held down the top job since [...]
There’s a great article on ESPN about this year’s free agency pool, specifically the lack of depth around all positions except one - goal tending. The article points out that there will be a lot of known goal tenders looking for jobs come July 1st, including Marty Turco, Martin Biron, Dan Ellis, Michael Leighton, [...]