Who Will Take over the San Jose Sharks’ Captaincy in 2014-15?

September 15th, 2014 by Grant Raffel Leave a reply »



In the words of assistant coach Larry Robinson, the San Jose Sharks are "waiting for somebody to step forward and take charge of this team" following last month's announcement that Joe Thornton has been removed as captain.

This is just the latest move in what has been a decidedly bizarre offseason for Team Teal. If you haven't been listening, general manager Doug Wilson has changed his rhetoric and his plans throughout the summer, from  hoping for a large-scale rebuild to more or less accepting the team he has.

The announcement that the Sharks are "cleaning the slate" in their leadership group (including taking away Patrick Marelau's assistant captaincy) really epitomizes the Sharks' offseason: plenty of talk and public relations ploys but few tangible changes. 

Wilson and Todd McLellan will hold an open tryout of sorts for potential captains, waiting for someone to step up and fill the role.

The idea has been floated that San Jose could go without a captain this season. According to David Pollak of The San Jose Mercury News, Thornton could even earn back his old job, as crazy as it ...

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