The San Jose Sharks are getting a new look next season.
Fanatics confirmed on Tuesday that every NHL team will roll out Hometown Remix uniforms this season, ending the off-season speculation around a league-wide jersey project. The company described the set as “The Hometown Remix collection will be anchored by special edition uniforms that uniquely and authentically celebrates the fans, city, and local culture of each team,” according to Fanatics.
The concept sounds very much like the NHL’s answer to MLB’s City Connect and the NBA’s City Edition uniforms, with each club getting a design tied to its own identity.
Fanatics also teased the rollout with a post saying, “Every team. Every city.
Every story. 🏒” and noted that all 32 NHL teams are dropping Hometown Remix uniforms this season. The What Chaos!
Podcast got an early look at the Sharks’ version, and Icethetics also shared what it saw of San Jose’s new sweaters.
Elsewhere in Sharks news, a Macklin Celebrini rookie card sold for $1.28 million dollars. There’s also word on Celebrini’s NHL 27 ranking, along with the standing of Will Smith and other San Jose players.
Joe Pavelski has been hired by the University of Wisconsin.
On the roster-analysis front, Jason Demers and Mike Kelly made the case for the Darnell Nurse and Jacob Trouba acquisitions. Demers said, “Everyone was up in arms for the Trouba and Nurse signing this summer.
So I went full nerd and consulted @MikeKellyNHL on some underlying stats that stand out for both of these defenseman. You're going to want to tune into this one😎 link 🔽🔽 https://t.co/eVWJueCgzZ”
Corey Pronman is also high on Keaton Verhoeff, with the reminder that his rankings are career projections, not present-day evaluations. Pronman also joined Ted Ramey to discuss how much he likes the Sharks’ pipeline.
Around the league, Pronman is drawing heat for ranking Zach Benson 124th, even after Benson’s strong playoff run. One post quoting Pronman said he justified the ranking by saying Benson “played against two shitty playoff teams” in Montreal and Boston, with Scott Wheeler pushing back.
There’s also news of John Tavares going to court.
And the NHL is heading to Germany for regular-season games in 2027-28, with the Edmonton Oilers and Boston Bruins set for Munich and Cologne, respectively. Their opponents have not been announced, though the Sharks were floated as a possibility given German billionaire Hasso Plattner’s ownership. The league is also teaming up with FC Bayern Munich.
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Sharks May Finally Have A Real Path Back To The Playoffs
The Hockey News annual Yearbook is usually more projection than promise, but this one gives the Sharks something they have not had much of lately: a believable path back into the playoff conversation. In the magazines 2026-27 forecast, San Jose is viewed as a team on the rise, with enough progress to put it in the mix behind the leagues established Pacific heavyweights and ahead of some of the divisions middle class.
The optimism starts on the back end, where the Sharks defensive improvements are being treated as a real reason to believe the gap is closing. If that trend holds, San Jose may not need a perfect season to stay in the race, because the projection has them competing with Central Division clubs for a wild-card berth rather than simply trying to keep pace in their own division. [Read more 🡒]
Blackhawks Face A Korchinski Decision As Camp Draws Near
Kevin Korchinskis unresolved contract situation has put the Blackhawks in a familiar late-summer spot, with camp getting closer and questions starting to pile up around one of their younger blue-line pieces. Around the league, that sort of uncertainty naturally gets the rumor mill going, and for the Sharks it is the kind of situation worth monitoring because San Jose is still looking to add defensive depth wherever it can find it.
The fit is easy enough to sketch out from afar, even if the actual market remains quiet. Korchinskis name has already surfaced in speculative trade chatter, but there is still no indication that Chicago is actively shopping him or that San Jose is pushing to make a move, which leaves this one in the realm of possibility rather than momentum for now. [Read more 🡒]
Sharks Suddenly Have A Playoff Case Fans Can Argue About
The Sharks suddenly find themselves in a conversation that looked a lot less realistic not long ago, with a recent projection slotting them among the teams expected to reach the playoffs in the 2026-27 season. It is the kind of forecast that turns a rebuild from abstract promise into something fans can actually debate, especially when it comes paired with the idea that the roster is starting to take shape in ways that matter on both ends of the ice.
Much of the optimism comes from the broader case that San Jose has enough room for growth, enough talent to matter, and enough moving pieces to keep the arrow pointed up. The question now is how quickly those pieces fit together, because playoff projections are one thing and surviving the grind of an NHL season is another, even for a team whose future suddenly looks more interesting than it did a year ago. [Read more 🡒]