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Not bad for a player the Sharks essentially got for free since they signed Suomela as a free agent after the 2017-18 season. With a slightly larger sample size of 44 games, he’s put up an impressive 29 points for a 54-point pace. We weren’t sure if the seven points in nine games at the end of the 2020-21 season were what we should expect from the Russian winger long term. Since being moved to Toronto, he hasn’t appeared in an NHL game, and I’d be shocked if he did before returning to Finland.Īlexander Barabanov, San Jose Sharks ( Jess Starr/The Hockey Writers)īarabanov, on the other hand, seems to have found a good fit with the Sharks. In his 51 NHL games, all with the Sharks, he has just 15 points. That offensive production never translated to the NHL.

He led the league in scoring in 2017-18 with 60 points in 59 games for JYP. Suomela was a force when he played in the Liiga from 2015-18. The first was Alexander Barabanov from the Toronto Maple Leafs for Antti Suomela. Experiencing one of their worst seasons in team history, they didn’t exactly have a fire sale, but they were able to acquire several nice assets. The Sharks were particularly active at the 2021 Trade Deadline. In this article, I’ll be detailing the activity from the past five trade deadlines, then listing both the top five best and top five worst trade deadline deals. Like most teams, some have worked out well, and others not so much. In their 30-year history in the NHL, the San Jose Sharks have made a plethora of deals at the trade deadline.
