The San Jose Sharks made it Conference Finals last season, but will enter next season minus Joe Pavelski, Justin Braun, Joonas Donskoi and Gustav Nyquist.
* Post written before Kevin Labanc signed his one year deal.
By Adam Proteau, Featurd
In squaring off against the eventual Stanley-Cup-champion St. Louis Blues this past spring, San Jose Sharks made it to the Western Conference Final for the second time in the past four seasons. Although they came within two wins of making the Cup Final and managed to sign what would’ve been the top unrestricted free agent defenseman on the market this summer, it’s not true to say they’ve improved since the off-season began.