Sharks Management
Doug Wilson and the Risk Worth Taking
July 2nd, 2018 John Tavares has left the New York Islanders and is headed to the Toronto Maple Leafs. The best player to hit unrestricted free agency in a very long time had a list of six teams he considered: the team he played for his first nine seasons, the New York Islanders, and five...
Sharks’ Offseason Shopping List
May 8th, 2018 The Sharks have officially entered the 2018 offseason after their Game 6 loss to the Vegas Golden Knights. Players and management will take a few days to digest the heartbreaking end to their season, but after that, it's back to work. Doug Wilson has an important summer...
The Sharks' Cap Opportunity
October 4th, 2017 San Jose Sharks general manager Doug Wilson finished an offseason without acquiring any major players. But he did acquire an asset the Sharks have not had much of in recent seasons: salary cap space. When it comes to cap space, the Sharks, atypically, have plenty. Our...
The Year of Peter DeBoer
September 27th, 2017 NHL coaches are critical to their teams. But not all are major difference-makers. This season is when we learn if San Jose Sharks coach Peter DeBoer is a difference-maker or pretender. This is the first of three pieces examining the three key questions for the San Jose...
San Jose Sharks 2016-17 Review: Owner & GM
May 15th, 2017 We're up to part seven of our season review of the San Jose Sharks, covering the ownership and general manager. Sharks Season Review: The Main Points The Forwards The Defense The Goalies Salary Cap and Roster Coach GM and Owner Summary (coming...
Sharks' Locker Clean-out Day Quotes: Jumbo, Patty & Power Plays
April 25th, 2017 The San Jose Sharks cleaned out their lockers yesterday after a disappointingly short run in the 2017 Stanley Cup Playoffs. For the last time in the 2016-17 season, players, coaches, and management answered questions about what went wrong and right, the future of players...
Balance Is Key to Sharks Roster
December 24th, 2016 One of the challenges facing the general manager of a professional sports team is to decide on the best approaches to building that team. Each sport has its own idiosyncrasies, so what might work in one sport might not succeed in another. Acquisition Methods In the NHL,...
Sharks Make Changes Off the Ice
October 27th, 2016 In November 2015, The Hockey Writers ranked the San Jose Sharks fan base at 17th best NHL fan base, based upon attendance, merchandise sales, TV ratings, social media engagement and attendance vs. performance during previous five seasons. In 2014, based upon similar...
Sharks Fans' Emphatic Disapproval of Management
November 6th, 2015 From 2003-04 through 2013-14, the San Jose Sharks never missed the postseason. However, the offseason following the 2013-14 season turned into the most horrid in franchise history. General manager Doug Wilson gave conflicting messages shortly after the "reverse sweep"...
A Second Opinion on the San Jose Sharks Medical Staff
November 5th, 2015 Two bits of Sharks news came out on Tuesday, November 3rd, prior to the Sharks 5-2 loss to Columbus. Melker Karlsson was at the San Jose Barracuda practice wearing a red ‘no contact’ jersey. And Ben Smith would miss the game against Columbus due to a head injury. These...
Sharks Management Worries Far Too Much About Captaincy
October 6th, 2015 Patrick Marleau, Rob Blake, Joe Thornton and now Joe Pavelski. The San Jose Sharks have now had four different captains over the last 7-8 seasons. Two of whom have been stripped of the captaincy despite remaining on the team (Marleau and Thornton). It is simply hard to...
3 NHL Teams Due for a Regime Change
August 23rd, 2015 Ottawa Senators head coach Dave Cameron once wisely professed to the Ottawa Citizen: “My profession is probably the only profession in the world where every day you go into work, you’re a day closer to getting fired, because every coach is fired.” Despite coaching...
30 In 30: What Do We Make Of The San Jose Sharks?
August 5th, 2015 It's August, meaning there's literally nothing news-worthy going on around the National Hockey League (okay, maybe this counts). However, it also means that we're only two months away from the puck dropping on the 2015-16 NHL season, and even less than that for training...
