Alright, teens of the internet, listen up – the San Jose Sharks have just pulled the ol’ switcheroo with their roster. That’s right, they’ve sent the battle-hardened forward Scott Sabourin packing back to the AHL’s San Jose Barracuda. If you’re eager for the gritty details that you won’t find on your TikTok feed, here’s the scoop – the dude’s been warming the bench like a pro.
Check it out – two weeks back, the Sharks hauled Sabourin up from the depths of minor-league obscurity and tossed him into the NHL waters. The guy got to skate in a grand total of three whole games! Can you imagine? Three games and not a single point to show for it. He did manage to rack up nine penalty minutes, because let’s face it, some folks excel at being naughty on ice. Averaging barely over nine minutes of ice time per game, it seems his main game strategy was to make sure the bench didn’t fly away.
Oh, and let’s not gloss over Sabourin being a healthy scratch for a few games. He hasn’t bothered lacing up his skates for an actual game since January sixteenth. Out of seven games the Sharks played since they called him up on January eighth, the guy suited up for just three. If being a ghost on the ice was a career, Sabourin would be the king of spooky.
Despite his underwhelming performance, he did have a moment of glory. In his swan song of a game against the Chicago Blackhawks, he clocked in a whopping six whole minutes and thirty-six seconds on the ice. But wait for it – he did manage to throw down in a good ol’ hockey fight with Blackhawks defenseman Jarrod Tinordi. Apparently, Tinordi thought it’d be fun to hit Sabourin’s buddy, Justin Bailey, and Sabourin was having none of it. The two pugilists each went to the sin bin for a five-minute timeout because nothing says “hockey” quite like a little fisticuffs.
Now, here’s a fun fact about our intrepid ice gladiator: at thirty-one years young, Scott Sabourin is basically the Gandalf of the AHL. With a whopping forty-six NHL games under his belt – most of which he played while chilling in his hometown with the Ottawa Senators during the 2019-20 season, Sabourin hit the pinnacle of his career with two goals and four assists. Talk about peaking.
Back with the Barracuda, Sabourin has morphed into some kind of minor league maestro, tallying up nine goals, four assists, and enough penalty minutes (ninety-two, if you’re counting) to make any goon proud.
So there you have it, folks. Another day in the life of professional hockey – where the ice is cold and careers bounce around more than a puck in the playoff overtime. Keep your sticks on the ice and your sarcastic comments flowing, because hey, that’s sports for you!