SAN JOSE — One of the first things that Pete DeBoer said he would do after he was hired as the Sharks’ coach in May 2015 was to pick a captain. Shortly before the regular season began that fall, DeBoer selected Joe Pavelski to wear the C.
“There are a lot of leadership candidates here, but it’s his time,” DeBoer said then of Pavelski. “He’s grown into a leader on this team and a key player, and he has the respect of everybody in the room and everybody I’ve talked to. I witnessed it first hand.”
So, whose time is it now?