San Jose Sharks‘ 9th year veteran center Adam Burish(37) has never been a prolific goal scorer through 378 NHL games he’s skated, 27 goals and 33 assists.
Returning healthy after suffering an injury that tossed all but 15 games to the sidelines last season, he’s off to a less than stellar start with only a goal, a pair of assists and a -6 rating in 20 contests.
His team is also suffering from sub par performances on more nights than not. As they say, there’s plenty of blame to go around.
Originally a Chicago Blackhawks‘ very deep 9th round pick in 2002 (#282 overall), the 6’1″ 191 lbs. forward has played most of his big league games with them, winning a Stanley Cup in 2010.
He does seem to gravitate towards winning as he was team captain for University Of Wisconsin when they won the 2006 NCAA Championship.
In between he had a two season stop posting career highs with Dallas Stars before signing a very decent 4-year agreement with the Sharks.
He’s in the third campaign of his one-way deal but not producing and with the team slumping he finds himself on the outs, reassigned to minor league affiliate Worcester Sharks.
It’s his first appearance in the AHL in 7 years.
In two games he has one assist.
The 31-year old could be a huge asset with the farm club or could easily find himself on the payoff end of a buyout after this season.