The San Jose Sharks are looking to ring in the new year right, with the potential of an easy victory over the only squad in the NHL yet to break double digits in the win column after the first three months of the season. The Detroit Red Wings are all but mathematically eliminated from the playoffs conversation, but if there’s one man in the organization that fans trust to have a plan, it’s General Manager Steve Yzerman, who will hopefully scrape a good draft out of this lost season.
Still, it’s no fun to watch a bad team and Sharks fans have learned about that particularly bleak experience firsthand this season, as even a coaching change has yet to fully bring the results this team is capable of.