How Can Sharks Help Zadina Find His Game? (+)

What do the San Jose Sharks want from Filip Zadina?

“I bring the goals,” Zadina asserted, right after the Detroit Red Wings made him the sixth-overall pick of the 2018 Draft.

That’s what the Sharks are hoping for too, after taking a one-year, $1.1 million flier on the 23-year-old UFA winger last month.

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Zadina couldn’t bring it in Motown, scoring just 28 goals over 190 NHL games in parts of five seasons.

So what’s going to help him fill the net in San Jose?

SPORTLOGiQ micro-stats, along with other analytics, offer some clues.