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The San Jose Sharks have made the playoffs for eight consecutive seasons, but after finishing with their lowest point total in those eight seasons and getting bounced in the first round by St.

The first round of the 2012 Stanley Cup Playoffs might have led one to think bullets would fly Bruce Bennett/Getty Images The Pittsburgh Penguins and Philadelphia Flyers combined for about 300 penalty minutes and averaged a major penalty per two games.

The 6'2" 210-pound defenceman from Rocky Mountain House Alberta A was the third overall pick in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft with the San Jose Sharks.

Joe Pavelski beats Jonathan Quick on the shootout in their penultimate game of the 2011-12 NHL season Victor Decolongon/Getty Images A funny thing happened while fulfilling my assignment duties this week: I convinced myself that the San Jose Sharks' core should stay intact.

Without a definitive head coach in place, San Jose Sharks GM Doug Wilson is set to make a move for the top free agent commodity this offseason: Rick Nash .

Doug Wilson's acquisition of Dominic Moore from the Tampa Bay Lightning for a second round pick on February 17th can probably be accurately interpreted as the Sharks GM throwing in the towel on the Michal Handzus experiment.

Brad Stuart 's departure from the San Jose Sharks in 2005 was unexpected and unceremonious.

Doug Wilson traded into the ninth spot in the 2007 NHL Draft to get Logan Couture Bruce Bennett/Getty Images This offseason, I began an ambitious series examining each individual player to suit up for the San Jose Sharks in 2011-12. However, I took a couple days to grade the playoff performance of each San Jose Sharks player.

Earning a trip to the All Star Game for coaching the team with the best record, Todd McLellan went 17-15-3 to end the season Christian Petersen/Getty Images I went into depth with problems with the coaching staff and management before examining the players.

The San Jose Sharks have been labelled - sometimes fairly, sometimes not so much - as a team that "can't get it done" in the playoffs.

Tippett on shot blocking: "I don't know if it's good for the game. It's good for winning" Lombardi on Sutter: "Because he's a cowboy, us liberal intellects from the Northeast want to label him as stupid" Interesting piece today from CSN Bay Area's Kevin Kurz on a name that's been linked to the Sharks in recent months: Brad Stuart .

Having recently witnessed their team get ousted in the first round of the playoffs after back-to-back appearances in the Conference Finals, many Sharks fans are calling for a complete rebuild.

If you've only become a Caps fan in the past three weeks or so , then you might have been shocked by theA Rangers A head coach's press conference following Saturday's loss in DC.

Because statistics are generally sorted by points, it made it easier to match that format, making my first analysis Joe Thornton.

Joe Thornton led the San Jose Sharks on both ends of the ice in the regular and post-season Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images Regardless of my own opinion to keep Wilson and fire McLellan, it is likely the team will keep both.

My Two Cents: Hard Lessons for Sharks; LA Kings in WCF; USA over Canada in WHC; Fall of an Icon Home >> Sharks >> My Two Cents: Hard Lessons for Sharks; LA Kings in WCF; USA over Canada in WHC; Fall of an Icon April 16, 2012; San Jose, CA, USA; San Jose Sharks center Joe Thornton and goalie Antti Niemi enter the ice before game three of the 2012 ... (more)

Todd McLellan is neither the reason nor blameless in the failures of the 2011-12 San Jose Sharks Ezra Shaw/Getty Images With general manager Doug Wilson likely to remain in his post into next season, it is his opinion that matters most moving forward.

Mar 8, 2012; Dallas, TX, USA; San Jose Sharks left wing Patrick Marleau warms up before the game against the Dallas Stars at the American Airlines Center.