This hasn’t been the type of season that Sharks forward Thomas Bordeleau had hoped for. Instead of landing a full-time spot in San Jose, he has played exclusively with the AHL’s Barracuda thus far. However, it appears as if he’ll gets at least one chance with the big club as the team announced (Twitter link) that Bordeleau has been recalled.
The 23-year-old played in 27 games with the Sharks last season, notching six goals and five assists in a little over 15 minutes a night, appearing to give himself a realistic shot at securing a regular role in the lineup. He accepted his qualifying offer in late July but after spending the first two weeks of the season on injured reserve, Bordeleau was sent down and until today, hadn’t been recalled.
Bordeleau has had a decent season with the Barracuda. Through 59 games, he has 14 goals and 24 assists, putting him three points shy of his personal best set back in 2021-22, his first full professional campaign. However, his assist total is a new career-high. He’ll once again be a restricted free agent this summer and should sign for close to his new qualifying offer of $917.8K.
Curtis Pashelka of The Mercury News notes (Twitter link) that the Sharks have already used their four post-deadline regular recalls, meaning that this is an emergency recall. It’s unclear which forward’s availability for Sunday’s game against Calgary is in question at this time but head coach David Warsofsky noted earlier this week that Alexander Wennberg has been playing through an injury for a while now.