For a team that doesn’t actually mind taking the big swing now and then in hopes of that one great performance spike, the San Jose Sharks have a reputation for being a corporate and on-ice metronome. They don’t tend to make loud splashes or loud noises; indeed, in some ways they go out of their way not to be noticed, as in the case where they extended head coach Peter DeBoer’s contract over the summer and never told anyone.
They just seem to plow through season after season, making the playoffs but rarely going deep – succeeding, sort of.