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Minnesota Wild trade goalie Devan Dubnyk, forward Ryan Donato to San Jose Sharks for picks

For Donato, the Wild received a third-round pick in the 2021 draft. The Sharks parted with their fifth-round pick in the 2022 draft for Dubnyk and received Minnesota’s 2022 seventh-rounder in return. The 34-year-old Dubnyk was surpassed by Alex Stalock on the depth chart this season after taking more than a month off from mid-November […]

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San Jose Sharks name Bob Boughner head coach

Boughner was officially elevated from interim status on Tuesday, after having coached the team for 37 games in 2019-20 after the firing of head coach Peter DeBoer. Boughner, who had been an assistant coach for San Jose, went 14-20-3 before the regular season was paused on March 12 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Sharks […]

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NHL needs actions, not words, on racial injustice

He stood at the bench, lowered his head and raised his right fist in the air, becoming the first NHL player to engage in a peaceful demonstration during the national anthem in solidarity with athletes who protested in other sports. Brown had consulted military families beforehand about what they thought were appropriate ways to protest […]

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NHL players and teams speak out on protests, George Floyd’s death

NHL players and teams made strong statements against racial inequality over the weekend, using social media to address the killing of George Floyd and the protests that followed. Floyd died last week in Minneapolis after Derek Chauvin, a white police officer, kneeled on his neck for more than eight minutes. He was 46. Chauvin, fired […]

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Sharks look for rebound following rough 2019-20 season

A slow start, a rough December and an injury-plagued final stretch of the season left last season’s Western Conference runners up at the bottom of the conference standings. “We didn’t get off to a good start. We were chasing our tail,” general manager Doug Wilson said Tuesday. “October we were awful, November we were one […]

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Grudge report: The one thing every NHL fan base won’t give up

Whether it’s a perceived cheap shot, a situation where they were allegedly wronged by the on-ice officials, a major mistake by their own team management — or in one case, an NHL arbitrator — these are deep wounds whose scars remain several years (or even decades) later. Let’s delve into the leading grudge for every […]

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Sharks’ Doug Wilson gives Bob Boughner ‘upper hand’ for full-time job

Noting the Sharks’ season is not officially over with the NHL on hiatus due to the coronavirus, Wilson voiced his support by saying Boughner has the edge in taking over the job on a permanent basis. “Does Bob know our group and have the upper hand in this process? Absolutely,” Wilson said during a conference […]

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The NHL’s coronavirus pause: Possible playoff formats, players’ workout plans, free agency and more

While there is no official timeline for when the NHL will resume play — or a decision on whether the rest of the regular-season games will be played or we’ll skip right to the Stanley Cup playoffs — there have been significant developments during the past seven days. Let’s get you caught up on all […]

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The California NHL trio’s less-than-golden moment

This has never happened before in the NHL. The NHL has never had a season where all three California-based teams finished in the bottom three spots of the Western Conference. It almost happened before. In 1995-96, the Kings (12th) and Sharks (13th) were at the bottom of the conference, but the Ducks were ninth. The […]

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Sharks defenseman Erik Karlsson’s season ends with thumb injury

The team made the announcement Saturday before San Jose was set to play at Minnesota, a 2-0 win. The Sharks also lost forward Evander Kane to a three-game suspension for elbowing Jets defenseman Neal Pionk in Friday’s game. Karlsson, 29, had six goals and led the team with 34 assists and 40 points after signing […]

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