Not many last-place NHL teams in the past seven years were as bad as the San Jose Sharks are 10 games into this season, writes Adam Proteau.
Kaapo Kahkonen looks on as Vancouver Canucks players celebrate a goal during Thursday's 10-1 thumping against San Jose.Stan Szeto-USA TODAY SportsOnce again Thursday, the Sharks’ offense was basically nonexistent. In 10 games, San Jose has 10 goals-for. Ten. As in, an average of one goal per game. And their record is the worst in the NHL, at 0-9-1.
Indeed, since 2017, only one team – the Arizona Coyotes – has had a record as awful as the Sharks’ record 10 games into the season. Two times in that span – in 2017-18 and 2021-22 – the Yotes posted a 0-9-1 mark. If Sharks GM Mike Grier planned to tank the season – and his roster moves this off-season certainly suggest that’s true – the plan is working marvellously. This San Jose team could be buried by December, and that’s got to be painful for Sharks fans who’ve been suffering greatly in recent years. But the pain of a rebuilding season subsides significantly if a team lands the No.
However, how do veterans and Sharks cornerstone forwards Logan Couture and Tomas Hertl feel about this season? Couture is signed through 2026-27, while Hertl is under contract until 2029-30. Surely, they don’t want to be part of the rebuild, right?
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