Sharks News & Notes (4/6/21)

 Other than their current four-game win streak, there have been a few other notable headlines surrounding the Sharks that have surfaced recently. Let's get into them: 

• The Sharks signed prospect center Scott Reedy to a two-year, entry-level contract, which starts for the 2021-22 season. Reedy had just completed his senior season at the University of Minnesota this year and was one of the top performing players for Minnesota this past season. 
  

• Martin Jones was named the NHL's Second Star of the Week for this past week, with the first star being Mat Barzal of the Islanders and the third star being Brad Marchand of the Bruins. Jones has been amazing in his last four starts, going 4-0-0 with a 1.71 GAA, a .942 save percentage, and a shutout against the Kings on Friday. He is one of the main reasons why the Sharks have been on fire lately and are so close to a playoff spot in the West Division. 
  

• The state of California recently announced that indoor concerts, performances, sports, and other events are allowed to return starting April 15 with modifications. This directly affects the Sharks as they would be able to bring fans back to SAP Center before the end of the season pending the approval of Santa Clara County health officials. The additional good news in this is that Santa Clara County health officials stated that they will be following the state's guidelines instead of taking matters into their own hands like they did at the height of the pandemic around the winter holidays. This also clears a big hurdle in allowing fans to return to SAP Center, but it's not yet official. I plan to write a separate post about this matter once it becomes official. The soonest the Sharks would be able to bring back fans in limited capacity to SAP Center is April 23 vs. the Golden Knights since they will be on their last significant road trip of the season the week prior to April 23. Fans who attend Sharks games this season once they're able to will need to show proof of a negative COVID test or that they're fully vaccinated in order to get in. Lastly, I want to say that it's about damn time that fans are brought back to indoor sporting events in California since the MLB was permitted to allow fans at its five teams' games in California starting on opening day and other NHL teams have been able to safely bring fans back to their games. 
  

• Marc-Edouard Vlasic will be out for about a week due to an upper-body injury. Christian Jaros is expected to take Vlasic's place in the lineup for the Sharks' next few games.
  

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Sources: sjsharks.com, NHL via Instagram, San Jose Hockey Now