You do not win the President’s Trophy and finish back-to-back seasons first or second in your conference in the NHL (or any other league for that matter) by accident.
Knowing this, I will stop short of joining the “elite” fraternity of “experts” questioning San Jose Sharks head coach Todd McLellan’s hockey smarts.
Still, a recent move by the Shark’s skipper has left me scratching my head.
Sharks top line center and alternate captain, Joe Thornton, recently missed about a week of action (three games) with a lower body injury.
This marked the first time since 2005—when Joe Thornton joined the Sharks via trade from Boston—that he had missed a game at the NHL level.
I was relieved to see Jumbo back in the lineup for Sunday’s ga ...
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San Jose Sharks: Why the Continued Use of the ôBig Lineö Could Prove Costly
Posted: 6th April 2010 by Patrick Goulding II in NHLComments Off on San Jose Sharks: Why the Continued Use of the ôBig Lineö Could Prove Costly