The San Jose Sharks have acquired winger Oskar Olausson from the Colorado Avalanche in exchange for winger Danil Gushchin. Olausson was the Avalanche’s first-round pick in the 2021 NHL Draft, although up to this point, he has struggled to live up to that potential, getting into just four NHL games.
As the San Jose Sharks continue their rebuild, they continue to focus on identifying which players will be core members of their roster. As they draft players and watch them work their way through San Jose’s prospect system, many will turn into crucial pieces of the team for many seasons to come.
Danil Gushchin’s joy was palpable. Never mind that he’s already played NHL games, six over parts of the last two seasons. Never mind that he just dropped five assists to lead the San Jose Sharks to a last-second 6-5 preseason finale victory over the Vegas Golden Knights on Saturday.
NHL head coaches have to hire good assistants. They have to set an overarching philosophy, juggle lineup configurations, and do the kind of “man management” that is impossible to track statistically.
So where does Danil Gushchin fit into the San Jose Sharks’ line-up? He’s not Chuck Norris, so not anywhere he wants. But putting up five assists, like he did in a last-second San Jose Sharks’ 6-5 victory over the Vegas Golden Knights, should count for something.
The clock is ticking on Danil Gushchin as a prospect. While the Russian winger is still waiver-exempt, he’s a 2020 third-round pick. So time may not be on his side.
The San Jose Sharks head to Rogers Place to take on the Edmonton Oilers. Danil Gushchin and Fabian Zetterlund scored, but the Oilers overwhelmed the Sharks 9-2.
The San Jose Sharks have recalled Danil Gushchin, Jack Thompson, and Georgi Romanov. Gushchin, a Sharks’ 2020 third-round pick, is tied with Nathan Todd for the team lead on the San Jose Barracuda with 54 points.
Danil Gushchin is not leaving the San Jose Sharks organization for the KHL. Last week, Sport Express claimed that Gushchin might be willing to move to CSKA, the team that holds his KHL rights, this summer.
Could Shakir Mukhamadullin be out for a while? On Wednesday, San Jose Barracuda head coach John McCarthy disclosed that his star defenseman is dealing with an upper-body injury.
Shakir Mukhamadullin is injured. The star San Jose Sharks prospect missed his second-straight AHL game tonight, a 5-4 loss to the Coachella Valley Firebirds.
Danil Gushchin will not be able to participate in the AHL All-Star Game this weekend. The San Jose Barracuda’s leading scorer suffered an upper-body injury in a Jan.
The San Jose Sharks have injury questions about All-Stars at both the NHL and the AHL. Tomas Hertl believes that he will be ready for the NHL All-Star Game on Feb.
Danil Gushchin is hurt. The AHL All-Star winger left the game after the first period of Friday night’s 3-0 victory over the Calgary Wranglers with an upper-body injury.