The San Jose Sharks have placed forward Alex Barre-Boulet on waivers, according to PuckPedia, clearing the path for him to head to the AHL once he gets through the process.
Barre-Boulet opened the season on San Jose’s injured reserve, and now that he’s back to full health, he needs waivers before the Sharks can send him to the minors. That’s where he has spent most of his eight-year pro career, and that’s where his next stop appears headed to be.
San Jose signed Barre-Boulet to a two-year, two-way deal on July 1st. At the NHL level, the move didn’t carry much immediate weight; Barre-Boulet has only 19 points in 72 career games.
But for the San Jose Barracuda, it was a significant pickup. He arrives with a track record as one of the AHL’s most dangerous scorers.
That production has been relentless. Barre-Boulet put up 70 points in 70 games with the Colorado Eagles last season, building on a 63-point, 64-game run with the Laval Rocket in 2024-25. His best scoring year still came in 2022-23, when he piled up 60 assists and 84 points in just 69 games with the Syracuse Crunch.
His AHL résumé has been consistent almost from the start. Barre-Boulet first broke into the league with Syracuse in 2018-19 as an undrafted free agent and still managed 68 points in 74 games as a rookie.
Since then, only T.J. Tynan and Seth Griffith have scored more points in the minors.
Once he clears waivers, Barre-Boulet is expected to slide onto the Barracuda’s top line. He’ll be a needed boost for a San Jose team dealing with injuries up front to Cameron Lund and Quentin Musty. Lund and Adam Gaudette skated with Barre-Boulet during Wednesday’s practices after Gaudette and Barre-Boulet were activated from the Sharks’ injured reserve.
The Barracuda have stumbled out of the gate in 2026-27, sitting at 1-4-0 and getting outscored 26-15. Last season, they reached the postseason after finishing sixth in their division, and their offense was a major reason why, ranking third in the AHL’s Pacific Division with 243 goals. Barre-Boulet should help them move back in that direction, though they’ll still need Lund and Musty back before they can get close to full strength.
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