You Say Goodbye, I Say Finally: Sharks Trim The Fat With Offseason Moves

Goodbyes tend to be hard.  There is something about a reneged commitment that instantly creates a mixture of awkwardness and tension amongst two once-agreeable parties. This off-season, Bay Area hockey fans were forced to say sayonara to several signature players who grew up within the Sharks organization and captured their hearts with a season or two of amazing play.   In my mind, giving these guys the old heave-ho couldn’t have happened a minute sooner.   It will be strange seeing these guys don colors other than teal, but hey, that’s the business of sports.  As many know, Albert Einstein defined insanity as “doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results.” If this is true, then peddling Jonathan Cheechoo, Milan Michalek, and Christian Ehrhoff onto the ice for another season, hoping in vein that this is the year that they finally prove all of the critics wrong would be absolutely mental.  Who am I to...