Category: 2024 Player Reviews

2024 player review Calen Addison: Lacked offensive firepower

By Erika Towne | Jun 8th 2024 | 7 min read |

When the San Jose Sharks traded for defenseman Calen Addison in November, the idea was that he would help an atrocious power play that couldn’t ...

2024 player review Mackenzie Blackwood: Not the problem

By Erika Towne | Jun 7th 2024 | 6 min read |

The San Jose Sharks added goaltender Mackenzie Blackwood to the roster just before free agency opened last season, trading a 2023 sixth-round draft pi...

2024 player review Ryan Carpenter: Stop gap measure

By Erika Towne | Jun 6th 2024 | 5 min read |

When the San Jose Sharks penciled out the 2023-24 season, management knew the team would be bad; it just didn’t know it would be this bad. No one co...

2024 player review Fabian Zetterlund: A breakout season

By Erika Towne | Jun 5th 2024 | 7 min read |

When the San Jose Sharks traded Timo Meier to the New Jersey Devils at the 2023 trade deadline, Fabian Zetterlund was a slight after thought in the de...

2024 player review Filip Zadina: Gamble didn’t pay off

By Erika Towne | Jun 4th 2024 | 6 min read |

For Filip Zadina, the 2023-24 season was one of those prove it seasons. Last summer, the forward walked away from a guaranteed two-year contract worth...

2024 player review Thomas Bordeleau: Power play specialist

By Erika Towne | Jun 3rd 2024 | 7 min read |

This was supposed to be the season for Thomas Bordeleau. After two small cups of coffee in the NHL in 2022 and 2023, the young forward was supposed to...

2024 player review Luke Kunin: Statistically the worst forward

By Erika Towne | Jun 2nd 2024 | 7 min read |

For Luke Kunin, 2024 did not go the way he would have liked. Last season, Kunin appeared to be on his way to becoming a strong contributor to the San ...

2024 player review Klim Kostin: Change is good

By Erika Towne | Jun 1st 2024 | 7 min read |

San Jose Sharks General Manager Mike Grier has consistently said that he wants the Sharks to be a difficult team to play against. For the current iter...

2024 player review Jacob MacDonald: Utility player

By Erika Towne | May 31st 2024 | 5 min read |

When we reviewed Jacob MacDonald last season, we called him San Jose’s Swiss Army Knife. The situation has not changed much this season. Once ag...

2024 player review Nico Sturm: Faceoff specialist

By Erika Towne | May 30th 2024 | 7 min read |

Year over year, forward Nico Sturm continues to prove that he is worth far more to the San Jose Sharks than his $2 million per season contract. Even m...