Editor’s Note: The Sharks are the only team in the Pacific Division -- other than the nascent Vegas Golden Knights -- who have not raised the jersey of a former player to the rafters. This week, NBC Sports California will examine the cases of the five likeliest candidates to have the Sharks’ first retired number. We start with goaltender Evgeni Nabokov.
When you think of Sharks goaltenders, only one name comes to mind.
Martin Jones might be San Jose’s franchise netminder right now, and Arturs Irbe might have helped put the team on the map by playing “like wall” in the Sharks’ Cinderella run in their first-ever playoff appearance.