The Sharks haven’t made the playoffs since 2019, and nobody expected anything different last season. But after years of high picks – namely Macklin Celebrini, Will Smith and Michael Misa – most expected at least a solid leap forward.
A little over two years after the San Jose Sharks promoted Warsofsky and made him the youngest head coach in the NHL, they rewarded him with a new contract extension.
The San Jose Sharks signed head coach Ryan Warsofsky to a multiyear contract extension on Thursday. Terms were not disclosed. Warsofsky, 38, is entering his third season behind the bench and remains the NHL's youngest active head coach.
The San Jose Sharks have made a habit of turning premium draft picks into franchise pillars. Macklin Celebrini arrived first overall in 2024 and became a superstar.
The NHL has had an interesting new millennium. It was a league sans a salary cap when the 2000s started… and then the owners locked the players out for an entire season.
One of the top rising names in the coaching ranks is going to stay in the Bay Area for a little bit longer. On Thursday, San Jose Sharks general manager Mike Grier announced that the team has signed head coach Ryan Warsofsky to a multi-year contract extension.
A player with a notable international pedigree is returning to Europe. On Thursday, HV71 of the Swedish Hockey League announced that the team has signed forward Pavol Regenda to a one-year contract for the 2026-27 season.
Ryan Reaves has retired from the NHL at age 39 after a 16-season career that made him one of the league’s most recognizable enforcers. Reaves announced his retirement Wednesday in an Instagram post, ending a career that included 1,075 regular-season games with the St.
Ryan Reaves has hung up his skates. The bruising winger announced his retirement from the NHL on Instagram, closing the book on a 16-season career that spanned 962 games.
One of hockey’s legendary tough guys has officially dropped the gloves for the last time. On Wednesday, longtime forward Ryan Reaves announced via social media that he is retiring from the NHL after a 16-year career.
People will talk about the “Mount Rushmore” for a franchise, which is to say the four people, usually four players, that most define the franchise. Not always the four-best players, but the four that evoke the essence of the franchise.
Veteran NHL forward Ryan Reaves announced his retirement from pro hockey today, closing the book on the career of one of the league’s last pure enforcers.
It can’t just be the Macklin Celebrini show. Well, it can. But it won’t win San Jose a Cup. It’s obviously too early to be using that word, but it’s not too early to be thinking about it.
The San Jose Sharks have been applauded this summer for the strength of their young prospects. One of those prospects put together a fabulous performance at the Rookie Faceoff.
A rookie camp injury could cut down the San Jose Sharks’ training camp roster. Winger Cameron Lund sustained an upper-body injury on a hit delivered by Los Angeles Kings defenseman Jared Woolley in a friendly matchup on Saturday per Curtis Pashelka of Mercury News.
The San Jose Sharks’ breakout in 2025-26 has been a massive story in the NHL with the emergence of Macklin Celebrini and the rest of the plucky young Sharks.
It didn’t take long for Alexander Karmanov to use his size in an NHL-sanctioned game. The San Jose Sharks prospect dropped the gloves with Liam Lefebvre on Saturday night during the team’s first 2026 Rookie Faceoff game against the Los Angeles Kings, and he proved to be as overwhelming in a fight as one would expect.
There is a deadline hanging over the San Jose Sharks this weekend, and it has nothing to do with a trade or a signing bonus. It is a calendar quirk written into the NHL’s new collective bargaining agreement, and it hands general manager Mike Grier a narrow, closing window to make a decision that could shape the franchise’s next decade.
According to a statement by the NHLPA, defenseman John Klingberg is officially announcing his retirement from professional hockey after 700 NHL career games played.
The San Jose Sharks missed the 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs. However, it was far from a poor season for San Jose. Macklin Celebrini emerged as one of the best players in the world in 2026-27.
The Reading Royals have announced that they’ve re-signed goaltender Ian Shane and forward Nolan Burke for the 2026-27 season. Reading now has 11 forwards, seven defensemen, and a goaltender signed to ECHL deals for the 2026-27 season.
There might not have been a more impactful contract signed in the NHL this offseason than the five-year, $90 million offer sheet Leo Carlsson signed with the Philadelphia Flyers in restricted free agency.
The San Jose Sharks announced this afternoon that they’ve signed goalie Ilya Samsonov to a one-year, two-way contract. Samsonov returns to North America after spending last season in the KHL with HK Sochi.
A while back, before any of this actually happened, I floated the idea of Edmonton moving Darnell Nurse to solve their goaltending problem, pitching a swap that would've sent him to Toronto for Anthony Stolarz.
The San Jose Sharks enter the 2026–27 season with a reshaped roster after a busy offseason that saw them add veteran stability on the blue line and scoring punch, while parting ways with several key young players.
There was never a question as to whether or not the Colorado Avalanche would sign defenseman Cale Makar to a long-term contract extension. The question was always a matter of when it would get done, how many years it would be worth, and how much money it would involve.