Editor’s Note: Over the next three days, we will be previewing the Sharks’ positional groups in the lead-up to the regular season. We start with the masked men in the crease.
A year ago, there were plenty of questions surrounding the Sharks’ goalies. Martin Jones was entering his first season as a regular NHL starter, while Alex Stalock was looking to bounce back from a particularly poor 2014-15 campaign.
Jones had an up-and-down start mirroring the rest of the team, while Stalock was among the league’s worst goaltenders, which prompted Doug Wilson to acquire James Reimer at the trade deadline to solidify the goaltending position down the stretch.