Why the Sharks will likely not recall Gushchin or Bordeleau this season

SAN JOSE – Winger Danil Gushchin is having another standout season for the San Jose Barracuda as he carried a nine-game point streak into the team’s game against the Abbotsford Canucks on Saturday.

But unless the San Jose Sharks experience a rash of injuries to their forward group in the next two-plus weeks, Gushchin, or any other Barracuda forward, will likely not return to the NHL this season.

The Sharks have used up all four post-trade-deadline non-emergency recalls and had 15...