The Sharks penalty kill improved last year after an absolutely dismal season in 2014-15, but it has suffered since Larry Robinson transitioned to a primarily front office role in the 2014-15 campaign. Correlation doesn’t equal causation, but what my article presupposes is...what if it does.
Pseudo-joking aside, let’s take a look at the Sharks’ numbers compared to the league average over the past five seasons. Remember they hired Robinson ahead of the 2012-13 season and spent two seasons as a full-time bench coach with San Jose. He was primarily in charge of the defense and penalty kill.