Why the Sharks likely will not recall Gushchin or Bordeleau this season

SAN JOSE – Winger Danil Gushchin is having another standout season for the San Jose Barracuda as he carried a nine-game point streak into the team’s game against the Abbotsford Canucks on Saturday. But unless the San Jose Sharks experience a rash of injuries to their forward group in the next two-plus weeks, Gushchin, or any other Barracuda forward, will likely not return to the NHL this season. The Sharks have used up all four post-trade-deadline non-emergency recalls and had 15 forwards on their roster for their game with the New York Rangers on Saturday. So, unless four or more Sharks forwards are injured, Gushchin and others, like Thomas Bordeleau and Ethan Cardwell, will remain in the AHL the rest of this season. Gushchin, a third-round pick by the Sharks in 2020, had an assist in the Barracuda’s 5-1 loss to the Canucks on Friday at Tech CU Arena. Over the last nine games before Saturday, he had seven goals and nine assists, as he’s become the Barracuda’s third-leading scorer with 44 points in 48 games. The Barracuda also lost 5-1 to Abbotsford on Saturday.