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Where Marc-Edouard Vlasic , our last season review subject , rebounded from a so-so 2010-11 season to have arguably the best year of his career in 2011-12, Ryane Clowe followed up what was unquestionably the finest campaign of his NHL tenure last season with perhaps the worst of his career this year.

The most pleasant surprise of a Sharks season that was full of surprises that were far from pleasant was the emergence of Tommy Wingels .

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.

The San Jose Sharks took a major step back after changing two players from its core last summer Rich Lam/Getty Images The Sharks seem to be headed in the wrong direction.

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.

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.

In the midst of all that has happened this year, I feel as if we should stay away from the negatives, and think about the positives the Sharks' Organization have accomplished this year.

The San Jose Sharks are known to be interested in Rick Nash . And the Columbus Blue Jackets are known to be shopping him around, after they let the cat out of the bag that their captain had all but demanded a trade.