San Jose Barracuda

Get Up-To-Date On All Your San Jose Barracuda News, Highlights, Transactions, Injury Reports, Prospect Updates, Photos, and More.

Henry Thrun Season Preview

Henry Thrun has all the makings of a 1,000-game NHL player. The former Captain of the Harvard Crimson men’s ice hockey team looks like he has spent years in the NHL despite playing eight career NHL games last season. Thrun, a former 2019 fourth-round pick of the Anaheim Ducks, made it clear to Anaheim that […]

Radim Simek Season Preview

Radim Simek quickly rose to a fan favorite when he arrived in the 2018-19 season. Simek’s hard-nosed style of play captured a fan base longing for a recall to a different style of hockey. Unfortunately for Simek, injuries have plagued his entire career with the San Jose Sharks, including the 2022-23 season. Simek only played […]

Jacob MacDonald Season Preview

Jacob MacDonald is the last man standing after a trade that sent Matt Nieto and Ryan Merkley to the Colorado Avalanche in exchange for MacDonald and Martin Kaut. The other three players are either not in the NHL anymore or on a different team. Ryan Merkley plays in the KHL, and Martin Kaut is in […]

What we learned from the Sharks Rookie Faceoff

After winning their first two games, the San Jose Sharks rookies finished up their Rookie Faceoff tournament on Monday with a 5-3 loss to the Arizona Coyotes. While the wins and losses don’t matter, there are plenty of takeaways from the Sharks performance over the weekend. Sharks are going to have an interesting decision with […]

San Jose Sharks Rookie Faceoff Preview

The unofficial end of summer is here. On Friday, the San Jose Sharks play a game. It’s a rookie faceoff game, but a game nonetheless. The baby Sharks are scheduled to play three games over four days. Friday 9/15/23:Sharks vs. Kings 1 pm PT Saturday 9/16/23:Golden Knights vs. Sharks 7 pm PT Monday 9/18/23:Coyotes vs. […]

Givani Smith Season Preview

San Jose Sharks General Manager Mike Grier wants to build a competitive, tough, skilled team. Newly signed, forward Givani Smith brings the toughness in spades. When Luke Kunin was lost for the season last December, the Sharks lost some of that toughness. Jonah Gadjovich filled in admirably in that aspect but also dealt with injuries […]

Danil Gushchin Season Preview

No San Jose Sharks prospect played better than Danil Gushchin down the stretch. The 2020 third-round pick finished his first pro season with 22 goals and 23 assists in 67 games for the San Jose Barracuda. The Russian sniper also debuted in the NHL, scoring a goal and an assist in two games. For the […]

William Eklund skating for the San Jose Sharks

William Eklund Season Preview

This is the season that San Jose Sharks fans have been waiting for—a full season of William Eklund. The former first-round pick is set to play the majority of the season in the NHL this year after spending the last two years in the Swedish Hockey League and the American Hockey League. While it hasn’t […]

Filip Bystedt Loaned to Linköping HC

San Jose Sharks fans will have to wait longer to see their 2022 first-round pick in San Jose. Filip Bystedt was loaned back to Linköping HC of the Swedish Hockey League for the 2023-24 season. Bystedt played last season mainly as the third-line center with Linköping and scored 7 goals and 13 assists in 45 […]

Thomas Bordeleau Season Preview

This is going to be a big season for Thomas Bordeleau’s career. The former Michigan standout had a good first full season of professional hockey in San Jose, being named to the AHL All-Star team and finishing third on the San Jose Barracuda in points with 22 goals and 19 assists. He eventually got called […]