The 2017-18 NHL season is upon us at last. Tonight, the Sharks face the Flyers in a game televised nationally on NBC Sports. Ex-Shark of the Week is back, and it made perfect sense to profile a man with ties to all three organizations: Goaltender Brian Boucher.
Brian Boucher was not the headline story when he arrived in San Jose. He signed a one-year deal on February 26, 2008 — the same trade deadline day that infamously brought Brian Campbell to Silicon Valley. Boucher had played all year in the AHL, was 31-years-old, and hadn’t played more than a cup of coffee at the NHL level since the 2003-04 season.