You do not win the President’s Trophy and finish back-to-back seasons first or second in your conference in the NHL (or any other league for that matter) by accident.
Knowing this, I will stop short of joining the “elite” fraternity of “experts” questioning San Jose Sharks head coach Todd McLellan’s hockey smarts.
Still, a recent move by the Shark’s skipper has left me scratching my head.
Sharks top line center and alternate captain, Joe Thornton, recently missed about a week of action (three games) with a lower body injury.
This marked the first time since 2005—when Joe Thornton joined the Sharks via trade from Boston—that he had missed a game at the NHL level.
I was relieved to see Jumbo back in the lineup for Sunday’s game in Colorado. As for seeing who he was skating with, that was another story.
Jumbo Joe’s return marked the reunion of the Sharks’ “Big Line” of Thornton, Patrick Ma ...
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Article written by Patrick Goulding II