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San Jose Sharks - No Two Wins Are Alike

Overheard on XM NHL Home Ice: Phil Esposito asked Bill Clement what he thought of the San Jose Sharks. His response was, and I summarize, that if you’re a team in the National Hockey League and you’re looking at your schedule and you see the San Jose Sharks, that’s the one team that [...]

Oktoberfest Sharks Style

When it came to the tangibles we said early in the season that the San Jose Sharks needed two things: production from the blue line and diversified offense output.
We’ve known we needed a more productive blue line for a few seasons now, hence the Brian Campbell acquisition. We‘ve also felt the analysis of [...]

Sharks’ Best Line Doesn’t Include Thornton

During last year’s playoff run two things stood out as being key to the Sharks defeat in the second round. The first was the collapse of the penalty kill. The second was the inability to score when the opposition neutralized Joe Thornton. It became obvious to me (and I’m no expert so [...]

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