The San Jose Sharks have much to look forward to for the 2016-17 NHL season. Other predictions of the series defined in the first edition have been almost totally positive. However, team representation at the NHL Awards has not been matched its success.
The Sharks have not won an award since Joe Thornton won the Hart and Art Ross Trophies while helping Jonathan Cheechoo win the Maurice Richard in the 2006-07 NHL season. No one has won a major award since and few have even been finalists.
Brent Burns—who won the Foundation Player award in 2015—was San Jose’s first-ever finalist for the Norris Trophy as the best defenseman in the league last season.