Six days after San Jose Sharks head coach Todd McLellan revealed that he'd be heading to Prague to coach Team Canada at the 2015 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship, the Sharks and their bench boss mutually announced on April 20 that the time had come for the two sides to part ways, according to the team's official website.
Hired to start the 2008-09 season, McLellan built a record of 311-163-66 over seven seasons in San Jose. He guided the Sharks to a Presidents' Trophy with 117 points in his first season. He then took his team to the Western Conference Final in both 2010 and 2011. McLellan's shortcoming was his inability to deliver a Stanley Cup Final berth to the Bay Area's rabid hockey fans.
One year ago, San Jose posted a 111-point season and jumped out to a 3-0 first-round series lead against the Los Angeles Kings before collapsing to lose four straight games. After that, the winds of change started to blow through a Sharks team that has tried to rebuild while simultaneously allowing veteran leaders Joe Thornton and Patrick Marleau to remain at the top of the pecking order.
Without a clear identity in 2014-15, the Sharks failed to quali ...
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