The San Jose Sharks have traded Radim Simek to the Detroit Red Wings for Klim Kostin. Simek, 31, has played the entire season with the San Jose Barracuda, and was recently named their captain.
The center brings notable heft and physicality to the lineup and has proven he can add goal-scoring value with his shot.
San Jose, CA – After starting the 2023-24 season with five alternate captains, the San Jose Barracuda have named their fifth captain in franchise history.
The San Jose Sharks are starting to clear up their defensive logjam. After sending top prospect Henry Thrun to the San Jose Barracuda yesterday, they’ve waived Radim Simek and sent Nikita Okhotiuk to the Barracuda for a conditioning assignment.
When Radim Simek got hurt blocking a shot in the San Jose Sharks’ 4-2 preseason loss to the Anaheim Ducks on Sept. 27, all he could think was “here we go again.” “Every year, there was something,” Simek said today, after his first full practice since that blocked shot.
He has been dealing with a lower-body injury for the past few days and did not skate Monday as planned.
Expectations were rather low for the Sharks this season as GM Mike Grier signaled that a rebuild was on the way, highlighted by the move that saw Brent Burns go to Carolina.
The San Jose Sharks have activated defenseman Radim Simek off of injured reserve. Simek hasn’t seen the ice in 2023 yet for the Sharks, so with this activation, he’ll get his chance to return to coach David Quinn’s lineup.
The San Jose Sharks have announced that they have activated defenseman Radim Simek off of injured reserve. Additionally, the team has announced that forward Nico Sturm has been placed on injured reserve.
The San Jose Sharks will be without one of their regular defensemen for at least one week.
After a five-game skid to start the season, the Sharks are finally in the win column. After five straight losses, the San Jose Sharks have finally earned their first points of the season, besting the New York Rangers 3-2 with an overtime win at Madison Square Garden.
Plus Jakob Chychrun might be heading East, a history of Black hockey players in San Jose and more in today’s news and notes. The San Jose Sharks hit the road for four game in eight days — rough timing for brand new dad, Radim Simek.
Marc-Edouard Vlasic was selected 35th overall in the 2005 NHL Draft. At 19 years old, the Quebec Remparts defenseman jumped into the NHL for the 2006-07 season with little difficulty.
Kevin Labanc, Erik Karlsson, Timo Meier, Jacob Middleton, Matthew Nieto, Radim Simek and Marc-Edouard Vlasic have all been removed from the protocol.
The San Jose Sharks are still reeling from a COVID-19 scare that sidelined multiple players and head coach Bob Boughner over the weekend.
The offseason has arrived with roughly half of the league finished up after missing the playoffs and several more joining them following their first-round eliminations. It’s time to examine what those teams need to accomplish over the coming months. Next up is a look at San Jose.
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