Barracuda re-sign Jimmy Huntington after career-best 48-point season
San Jose kept a real offensive driver in the fold. Jimmy Huntington’s 48-point season gave the Barracuda a scorer and the Sharks a proven call-up option.
Jimmy Huntington was too productive to let walk, and San Jose made sure it did not. The Sharks re-signed the 27-year-old forward to a one-year, two-way contract on May 27, keeping one of the Barracuda’s most reliable finishers in the organization after a career-best season.
Huntington tied for second on San Jose with 48 points in 71 games, adding 15 goals and 33 assists while setting career highs in both points and assists. That production was not empty volume. He was one of the Barracuda’s steadiest threats over the second half of the season, the kind of forward who could finish a chance, make the first pass out of pressure and keep the offense moving when games tightened.
That matters because this is not just a depth move for the Barracuda, it is a clue about how the Sharks want their next layer to function. Huntington’s one-year, two-way deal gives San Jose a veteran AHL scorer who already knows the system and can move between levels without the organization losing a dependable piece in the minors. For a club still leaning on its development pipeline, that kind of continuity is valuable. It means the Barracuda do not have to rebuild their middle-six production from scratch, and the Sharks keep a forward who has shown he can help if the NHL roster needs a call-up.
Huntington’s résumé helps explain the appeal. He originally signed with San Jose as a free agent on July 1, 2025, then made his Barracuda debut on October 12, 2025 and answered with a goal and an assist in a wild 7-6 win over Bakersfield after nearly a year away from regular-season action. The six-foot, 200-pound native of Laval, Quebec, Canada has now played 315 AHL games over seven pro seasons with San Jose, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, Hershey, Milwaukee and Syracuse, piling up 59 goals, 106 assists and 165 points.
There is playoff pedigree in that package, too. Huntington won a Calder Cup with Hershey in 2024 and produced 14 points in 20 postseason games during that run. San Jose is buying more than a box score line here. It is keeping a proven AHL scorer, a veteran with championship experience and a player who already showed he can drive offense for the Barracuda when healthy.
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