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Sharks Sign Brent Burns To Massive Contract Extension

Brent Burns and the San Jose Sharks have agreed to an eight-year contract extension to kick in next season, which will pay the blueliner a reported $8 million a year....

How Joe Pavelski Became A Tip Machine

It was, is, and will be for at least the next 36 hours the most important goal in Sharks history. Joe Pavelski’s redirection of a Brent Burns shot broke a third-period tie and stood up the rest of the way, the winner in a 6-3 victory that brings San Jose to within one game of the Stanley Cup Finals,...

Don't Leave Brent Burns Open

Back east we’ve got two fast, hard-hitting, well-rounded teams, that frankly play fairly similar games. Out west is a more intriguing clash of styles: The Blues are more defensive minded, more deliberate, more physical, while the Sharks thrive on offense, speed, puck movement, and the most exciting ...

How The Sharks' Power Play Will Bite You From Any Angle

If you had the entire NHL to draft from, you might not be able to construct a more logical top power-play unit than the one the Sharks can ice every night. Maybe not the “best”—third best in the NHL this year, though—but there’s not another that’s so well-defined, that offers such weapons from every...

Sharks defenseman Brent Burns won the Something-or-Other Award for his community work. As Ryan Lambert puts it, “he looked like a lunatic who robbed a formal-wear shop and ran a comb through his hair for the first time in years.”...

Which Athlete Was The Best At Hanging Out With A Penguin?

By sheer coincidence, athletes from three different teams in three different places hung out with penguins today. But we need to know: Who was the best?...

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What In The Hell Did Brent Burns Find?

San Jose Sharks defenseman Brent Burns discovered this on the golf course yesterday. He's stumped. I'm not a paleontologist, but it's clearly either a chupacabra or a Nashville Predator. ...