The San Jose Sharks have had a season to forget and the recent news regarding alternate captain and 2020 All-Star Tomas Hertl is the cherry on top of what has been a downright disastrous few months.
The Sharks entered the 2019-20 season with plenty of optimism after falling just short of the Stanley Cup Finals last season following a loss in six games to the eventual-champion St. Louis Blues in the Western Conference Finals.
And despite multiple key offseason departures of players like Joe Pavelski and Gustav Nyquist, fans were optimistic that the team would be able to make a run at another Finals appearance.