The offseason of the San Jose Sharks has been like a guy who starts a fight outside a bar, only the guy has zero intention of engaging in fisticuffs.
Sure, there's a big game being talked and there's a whole lot of posturing, wild arm motions and posing, but really, there's nothing happening. It's just a whole a lot of motioning and gesturing in the hopes that onlookers will lose sight of the fact that you haven't really done anything, and, after the fact, you will explain away your original intentions to throw down as a misunderstanding.
That brings us to the "big" news from the Sharks on Wednesday.
It’s official - #SJSharks will enter training camp with no captain, and no alternates, per Wilson and McLellan
— Kevin Kurz (@KKurzCSN) August 20, 2014
Translation: Joe Thornton is being stripped of the captaincy, and Patrick Marleau will not wear an "A" on his sweater.
But hold on, the Sharks aren't "stripping" Thornton of the "C" at all. You misunderstand.
McLellan doesn't call it a "stripping" of the captaincy, says competition will be open and Thornton, like anyone e ...
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San Jose Sharks Take Away Captaincy from Joe Thornton in Latest PR Move
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