EDMONTON, Alberta -- Todd McLellan was a fixture in San Jose. He coached the Sharks through 540 regular-season games and 62 playoff matches.
But, after he and the Sharks mutually agreed to part ways following the 2014-15 season, he was tasked with taking over the Oilers, a rebuilding team that hadn't made the playoffs since 2006. This season, McLellan's second behind the bench in Edmonton, he led the Oilers to their first 100-point season in, gulp, 30 years.
So, of course the Oilers' first playoff series of the McLellan Era would feature the San Jose Sharks as the opposition.