Looking at Sharks 2009.....

So the dust is settling, and the new sharks roster is taking shape, and I'm finally back at a point in my life where blogging seems not only possible, but interesting. Been an interesting three months.

So now we can start to look at the Sharks for 2008-2009 and see if this is a better team. Is it?

First, coaching: I like the hiring of McLellan, but it's not without risks. Sometimes a really top-notch assistant coach is -- a top-notch assistant coach. He could be the next Bruce Boudreau or John Anderson, but he could also be Dave Lewis or Wayne Cashman, two guys who tried to make the leap to NHL coach and found out they made damn good assistant coaches. Or he could be Kevin Constantine, who's a pretty damn good coach, just not at the NHL level. more...