SAN JOSE – There is no single player on the Sharks’ roster under more pressure than Martin Jones, who will be expected to emerge as a true number one goalie for a team that may need to get back to the playoffs to prevent a front office housecleaning.
If he’s experiencing any extra butterflies because of that, it hasn’t shown – not in his first preseason game on Tuesday, a 30-save shutout in Vancouver, and not to his teammates, either.
“He’s big, he’s calm, he’s collected,” Logan Couture said. “He makes it look almost effortless when he makes some of the saves.