Sharks' Handzus Returns, Has Assist Thursday: Michal Handzus played over 12 minutes, and recorded an assist, in Thursday's win over Montreal. (Updated 12/02/2011)
Injury Report
No information available at this time (Updated 2/16/12).
Fantasy Analysis
Michal Handzus missed Monday's game due to an illness. His six points (2G, 4A) aren't particularly impressive but he does have a +4 ratio in 21 games with the Sharks this season. Its beginning to look unlikely that he'll approach the 42 points he posted in both 2008-09 and 2009-10. (Updated 12/02/2011).
Handzus signed a deal with the Sharks in the offseason that will pay him $2.5 million over two years. This figures to be a safe investment for San Jose, as he has the ability to improve a penalty-killing unit that went from being one of the top units (85 percent) in 2009-10, all the way down to 79.6 percent last season. The potential pitfall for "Zeus" is that he had averaged between 18:18 and 17:20 of ice time the past two seasons with Los Angeles, and considering that was the approximate TOI range for Ryane Clowe and Logan Couture last season, Handzus' minutes are bound to drop as a third-line checker in a teal sweater. And naturally, a decrease in minutes means fewer opportunities to score, followed by a natural drop in fantasy value. (Updated 10/4/11)
