SAN JOSE — For the first time at Sharks training camp on Wednesday, there was a distinct division between the two practice groups.
The first group was led by Sharks head coach Pete DeBoer, and consisted almost entirely of players in the NHL last season, with a few exceptions. The second was led by Barracuda head coach Roy Sommer, with the vast majority of those players penciled in to play in the minor leagues.
That decision was deliberate, but is far from final, according to DeBoer.
“You can only have so many guys in a group, so there’s probably a couple guys I would have liked to have kept with our group but couldn’t,” DeBoer said.