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Wiederer Is The Lastest German To Wind His Way To The Sharks

July 26, 2016 by Zachary DeVine

 

The San Jose Sharks seem to never shy away from taking German hockey players. The team has had a lot of success with bringing in German players--Marcel Goc, Thomas Greiss, Christian Ehrhoff and fan favorite Marco Sturm—so reaching into the heart of Europe is something of a specialty for San Jose. Manuel Wiederer, who was San Jose's fifth-round selection in this June's NHL Entry Draft, hopes to become the next name on that illustrious list.

 

Wiederer—the second overage player selected by the Sharks in a 2016 draft that also brought them Denver forward Dylan Gambrell—spent the 2014-2015 season in the German elite men’s league (DEL), appearing in 29 games for the Straubing Tigers. Wiederer recorded a goal and an assist, and his experience in a professional league helped him prepare for a move to the QMJHL's Moncton Wildcats, on loan from Straubling to the Wildcats for the 2015-16 season.

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Gambrell Waited Years To Go To Sharks Development Camp

July 25, 2016 by Zachary DeVine

 

For both the San Jose Sharks and center Dylan Gambrell, the 2016 NHL Draft was a waiting game. The Sharks waited until Day 2 before their first selection of the draft came around to them. Gambrell—passed over in the previous two iterations—had waited years to hear his name called. With their first pick of the draft, the Sharks took Gambrell 60th overall, earlier than where many pundits had ranked the 19-year-old forward.

"Leading up to the draft you hear different things, anywhere from second to fifth round,” said Gambrell during San Jose’s recent rookie development camp. “I really had no idea what would happen at the end of the day. When it happened, I was pretty excited."

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Newly Acquired Shark Prospect Letunov Adapting to New Club

July 15, 2016 by Zachary DeVine

The San Jose Sharks added the big and talented center Maxim Letunov on June 20th by trading a third-round pick (2016) and a fourth-round pick (2017) to the Arizona Coyotes for Letunov and sixth-round pick (2017). The move marked the second time in just over a year that the Connecticut center had been traded (the Coyotes had acquired him in 2014 from St. Louis).

"Every team is different, the way they train or do on-ice skills and skating parts," said Letunov when asked about his experiences with three organizations in three years. "I’ve picked up a lot from the camps."

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Sorensen Hopes To Make An Impact For the Sharks This Year

July 19, 2016 by Zachary DeVine

 

For the third straight year, the San Jose Sharks have brought a talented Nordic player to North America. After previous European gems Melker Karlsson and Joonas Donskoi contributed mightily to the Sharks Stanley Cup run, now comes winger Marcus Sorensen.

 

 

A native of Södertälje, Sweden, Sorensen helped kick off the Sharks offseason when he signed a one-year deal in mid-May during the Sharks postseason. He registered 15 goals and 19 assists in 47 contests for Djurgårdens last year. Sorensen has appeared internationally for Sweden at a variety of levels and scored 68 points in 105 SHL games.

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Sharks Development Camp Invitee Tyler Nother Draws Attention

July 18, 2016 by Zachary DeVine

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Every year undrafted free agents from around the hockey world—such as players who have exhausted their NCAA eligibility, overseas players, junior hockey free agents--receive invitations to NHL development camps. The summer, the San Jose Sharks invited eleven players to their development camp, and one who stood out both on and off the ice was Tyler Nother.

The 6'4, 198-pound right-handed defenseman spent last year in the Ontario Hockey League. He began the season with the London Knights, but was traded to the Windsor Spitfires where he played with 2016 first-round selections Mikhail Sergachev and Logan Brown. Nother understood that his trade was a result of London’s loading up for a Memorial Cup run, but now he is eyeing a Memorial Cup run of his own with Windsor.

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Timo Meier Could Be Ready For the NHL

July 14, 2016 by Zachary DeVine

 

The San Jose Sharks suffered through a disastrous 2014-15 season, filled with adversity and lackluster play that eventually resulted in the firing of longtime coach Todd McLellen. One bright spot from that dark season near the bottom of the standings was the selection of Swiss forward Timo Meier with the ninth-overall pick of that year’s draft.

 

Timo Meier

 

Meier, a versatile player able to play all forward positions, impressed Sharks team management at last fall's training camp. If not for the impressive performance of Joonas Donskoi and the return of Melker Karlsson, Meier might have made the NHL roster last year.

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