The Sharks should improve this season, though they really can only go up from where they were last season.
Join this channel to get access to perks:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_AFyA9FqrZ57bb9QRH77wg/join
Join us on our discord to chat hockey, talk with others during the game, share pet pictures, and more.
https://discord.gg/thehockeyguy
Order jerseys from Ben H Sports while saving 10% off the listed eBay prices by sending him an email regarding jerseys you spot in his listings. ben.hoogenband@yahoo.ca Just tell him Shannon sent you.
Support The Hockey Guy via Patreon https://www.patreon.com/thehockeyguy
https://www.facebook.com/youtubehockeyguy/
Instagram: thgshannon and thg_cats
Spoutible: https://spoutible.com/TheHockeyGuy
TheHockeyGuy.yt@gmail.com
Contact me via snail mail at:
The Hockey Guy
PO Box 13063 RPO Highstreet
Abbotsford, BC
V2S 0C4
CANADA
In the USA: some times it takes us a few weeks to get down there.
Shannon Skanes
1125 Fir Avenue
Suite 119
Blaine, WA 98230
40 Comments
Right back to work after that break ends! Two a day you magnificent son of a bitch
Love the board set up for this. The extra info is always great
Vlasic is gonna be a 7th d-man. If Benning is healthy, he'll play over Vlasic. And if trades are made on the blueline, Shakir will be in the NHL the rest of the season.
Be like that one guy at the draft: LET'S GO SHARKS!!!!!!! WHOOOOOO!!!!!!
Im not a Sharks fan but i admire the enthusiasm
And so, the new season has officially started!
Last season's projected centers of Hertl, Couture, Granlund and Sturm didn't make it out of training camp. GM Grier has rebuilt organizational depth and the team already has two 1st round picks in next year's draft. Makiniemi is a UFA. "When healthy" he played well in the AHL last season.
And we begin!
Everyone we are back fr the goat is doing previews š³
Pain, more pain, and a little bit of hope
the whole Barclay Goodrow situation feels similar to how Fidel Castro stole the one trillion dollar bill from Mr. Burns…
Sharks: so, if we pick up Goodrow on waivers, you're going to give us a favorable trade back?
Rags: yep! absolutely!
Sharks: ok, we picked him up off waivers. so, give us that trade value back
Rags: give what back?
Those are my exact forward line combos but I think Benning will be in the top 6 for defence.
As a fan I feel that the Sharks are going to take another trip to the ping pong ball machine, but I hope for some fun games this time around.
I think they're actually in a pretty good spot. Probably going to have a top 5 pick plus a mid-1st round pick next year, followed by a big leap forward on the ice.
I personally prefer the previous style you did these previews. The board is maybe a bit too bloated (and super hard to see with a phone screen) Great content as always though!
makiniemi's contract is up, he's a UFA. the sharks have indicated he's unlikely to be brought back. shame injuries derailed his career.
the other goalie in the sharks system (ahl deal) is gabriel carriere but romanov and chrona are most likely to get there.
underrated potential callup for a bottom 6 position: Ethan Cardwell. also deserving of mention are F Tristen Robins and D Jack Thompson.
Always liked the Sharks as one of my favorite Western Conference teams. Hopefully they start moving back in the right direction this season.
Very hopeful for Sharks this year, and the subtle psychic powers they will unleash on an unsuspecting league.
He's clearly a bust
could trade 2 or 3 depth forwards for a top four defenseman?
I still think they can turn last season around.
Like where the team is going. Strong prospect pool and a new coach. But the rebuild is still in its early stage. Last in the Pacific with 58-63 points.
I don't think they'll win many more games, but hopefully for their fans there are less 10 goal shellackings, where we see some traumatized little kid in the stands holding up a sign saying it's their birthday and this is their first time they got to go to a NHL game. As far as moving up the conference standings go, are they going to be better than Anaheim or Chicago? Barring a ton of injuries to other teams, I just don't see it.
Go Sharks! Gotta be better this year.
My bold prediction is they will finish above Anaheim this season! I look forward to being wrong lol
Thank you so much for your work. This is why you have 325k subscribers and growing. As always, I will be following you this year no matter what Bettman does!
Playoffs here we come!
none of those prospect goalies fill me with confidence. this is the team that should target askarov. bystedt/edstrom and the vegas 1st should be a good offer.
Just FYI Eetu Makiniemi is UFA and not likely to be back
Hopes up for Sharks. One thing I think people keep missingā¦ Granlund is underrated (which happens in a bad team or wrong line ups by gms doing late season desperate trades). I am not saying he is 30 goal and or 40 apples on top but he plays well rounded game.
kunin shouldt be in the nhl
Thank you, Shannon!!! Your dedication even on a vacation, even on weekends, even being fatigued, and you are always on it! We love you, Shannon!! I hope your Anaheim time was primeš (yes, I was trying to sound cool)
It's that time again!!
40 seconds in and this is gonna be the best season preview. Cant wait for the red wings. Probably gonna be one of the last ones because yzerman is taking his sweet a** time signing two pillars of the franchise for the next 15 years.
I think they bottomed out last season, but I don't expect a huge step forward this coming one.
I find it really, really hard for Will Smith and Macklin Celebrini to bust. Zadina, however… that's a bust signing.
Nice analysis as always Shannon!
AND HERE WE GO!!!!!! NHL t-minus 58 days!
LOOK AT THE PREVIEW BOARD!!!!! THG has leveled up!!! LOVE THIS
You heard it here firstā¦ San Jose Sharks 2025 Cup Champsā¼ļø
The level of excitement I felt when I saw THG posted the first season preview ā¦.. š