The San Jose Sharks’ offense was led by one player in 2023-24, offseason acquisition Mikael Granlund. As a result, he seemed like a fitting candidate to lead off our player grades for the campaign. There were minimal expectations for Granlund when he joined the Sharks from the Pittsburgh Penguins as part of the Erik Karlsson blockbuster trade.
The offseason has arrived for half of the league’s teams that aren’t taking part in the playoffs. Accordingly, it’s now time to examine what they will need to accomplish over the coming months.
There weren’t a lot of feel-good stories on the last-place San Jose Sharks this season. Mikael Granlund was perhaps the best of them. After being dealt from the Nashville Predators to the Pittsburgh Penguins at last year’s Trade Deadline, Granlund produced only a goal and five points in 21 games in the Steel City.
The San Jose Sharks will enter the 2024 offseason full of question marks, but perhaps no question mark is bigger than the one surrounding who the team’s veteran leaders will be.
The San Jose Sharks visit Xcel Energy Center to take on the Minnesota Wild. Mikael Granlund scored, but the Sharks lose their ninth straight. 2 in: Looks like a couple Bordeleau turnovers on exit lead to Wild zone time.
PITTSBURGH – Mikael Granlund isn’t Tomas Hertl or Logan Couture. But on and off the ice, he’s been a true leader since the San Jose Sharks traded alternate captain Tomas Hertl on Friday.
Will the San Jose Sharks end up moving Mikael Granlund by the Mar. 8 Trade Deadline? If they don’t, it won’t be from a lack of trying, according to Pierre LeBrun, who mentioned on Monday, “San Jose was open to anything in trying to be creative in a Granlund trade.” There are a couple reasons why Granlund is hard to move.
It’s time once again for another round of NHL rumours. We’re one week away from the big day on March 8. Things are already starting to get interesting with the number of deals that have already happened.
The San Jose Sharks could have a lot of dance partners before the Mar. 8 Trade Deadline. Need a productive center? Since Nov. 25, Mikael Granlund leads the Sharks with 31 points in just 32 games.
It looks like Luke Kunin might be an under-the-radar Trade Deadline target. Are the Edmonton Oilers trying to acquire the San Jose Sharks winger? “Another name I heard for the Oilers is Luke Kunin from San Jose.
The San Jose Sharks welcome the Nashville Predators into SAP Center. Mikael Granlund and Filip Zadina scored, but Sharks lost 4-2. Interesting that Labanc appears to be a late scratch tonight.
Mikael Granlund is on a very short list of players who have outperformed expectations for the San Jose Sharks this season, which makes him all the more valuable as the Sharks look to sell off assets at the Trade Deadline.
Welcome back to another edition of the Pacific Power Rankings! Every week, we take a look at how the Pacific Division is shaping up through the entire 2023-24 regular season.
Guess the San Jose Sharks’ offense is still on vacation. Two weeks after their last game on Jan. 31, the Sharks got shut out for the eighth time this season, 1-0 against the Winnipeg Jets at Canada Life Center.
San Jose Sharks head coach David Quinn confirmed that center Mikael Granlund and defenseman Mario Ferraro will both be returning to the lineup on Wednesday against the Winnipeg Jets.
San Jose Sharks’ head coach David Quinn said forward Mikael Granlund is getting better and could return next week, according to Bay Arena News Group’s Curtis Pashelka.
It’s good news, bad news for Mikael Granlund. Going back to Granlund’s injury last night, it’s worrisome when a coach knows right after a game that an injured player is going to be out for a while.
He is still listed as day-to-day, and it’s unclear whether he’ll miss more than the seven days.
Mikael Granlund’s first stint with the Pittsburgh Penguins was a disaster. After posting 64 points in 80 games in 2021-22 with the Nashville Predators, Granlund took a step back last season.
The first buyout window of the offseason is about to close and the Pittsburgh Penguins are still holding forward Mikael Granlund and his contract. Penguins new president of hockey operations Kyle Dubas stated that he doesn’t like using the option of a buyout unless it’s a last resort.
The Stanley Cup took a skate Wednesday evening in Vegas, opening the first NHL buyout window, which begins Friday at 5 p.m. ET. The Penguins have not exercised the buyout window since former GM Jim Rutherford bought out Jack Johnson in October 2020.
The first NHL buyout window occurs 48 hours after the Stanley Cup is awarded, and Pittsburgh Penguins winger Mikael Granlund may be one of the likeliest candidates across the league to receive a paycheck and bad news.
When ex-general manager (GM) Ron Hextall traded the Pittsburgh Penguins 2023 second-round pick to the Nashville Predators for forward Mikael Granlund, many across the hockey world, including myself were left scratching our heads.
Among the many changes that are on the horizon for the Pittsburgh Penguins, finding a way to shed Mikael Granlund needs to be among them. The front office of Ron Hextall, Brian Burke, and Chris Pryor are responsible for the Penguins’ acquisition of Grandlund, and they’re all without jobs.
Granlund, 31, has registered nine goals and 27 assists for 36 points in 58 games this season. The Finnish center is signed through 2024-25 with a cap hit of $5M according to our friends at CapFriendly.
In the right system, Granlund can still be the player he was in Minnesota, and he showed flashes of down the stretch this past year, rather than the one who struggled after moving to Nashville. That is why the lack of interest — at least based on close to nothing coming out the rumor mill — remains such a mystery.
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