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Ryane Clowe is one of the forwards the San Jose Sharks may consider moving this summer Christian Petersen/Getty Images The first season Ryane Clowe was healthy and good enough to play in at least 60 games was 2008-09. The San Jose Sharks won the President's Trophy that season, and with 22 goals and 30 assists in 71 games, Clowe looked like a big ... (more)

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.

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.

Columbus Blue Jackets' Derek Dorsett tries to control the puck against San Jose Sharks' Patrick Marleau.

Patrick Marleau is the San Jose Sharks all-time leader in almost every statistic imaginable.

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.

The Sharks have seemed to make it into the playoffs in the recent years with relative ease .

Reports have surfaced recently that Sharks head coach Todd McLellan will be staying in San Jose for at least another season.

If we had to hand out a Least Valuable Player award this season , it's hard to imagine it going to anyone other than Michal Handzus .

Is it just me? Or does it seems as if the Sharks were eliminated from the playoffs three months ago, not three weeks ago? Probably, that's because for the last two years in the Bay Area, we were still watching playoff hockey at HP Pavilion.

During the summer of 2011, San Jose Sharks General Manager Doug Wilson was arguably the most active executive in the NHL .

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.

The San Jose Sharks are coming off a very disappointing season, which was filled with injuries, losing streaks, trade rumors and culminated in a 4-1 playoff series loss to the St.

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.