Key Additions: G Antero Niittymaki, G Antti Niemi, RW Jamal Mayers.
Key Subtractions: G Evgeni Nabokov, RW Brad Staubitz, C Manny Maholtra, Rob Blake.
It would be hard to write a preview about the San Jose Sharks without talking about the obvious elephant in the room. The Sharks, a dominant regular season franchise for the better part of the last decade, cannot seem to climb over the hill and make it to the Stanley Cup finals, much less win the whole thing.
Five division titles in the past nine years have yielded only two appearances in even the conference finals, the most recent being a heartbreaking sweep against the Chicago Blackhawks last season.
It wasn’t as if the Sharks were playing poorly or had pulled their typical choke. The fact of the matter was, that in four closely contested games, the Blackhawks were the better team and came out on top.
Recognizing that their window may be shutting, San Jose didn’t pull a massive overhaul on offense as they had in years past, nor did they do it on defense. The Sharks' biggest moves to improve this offseason were in net, and boy did they make waves.
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San Jose Sharks 2010-11 NHL Season Preview: Sink or Swim
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