Brent Burns will be at the Sharks’ home opener Friday night, but not in a San Jose uniform. Doug Wilson Sr. will be at San Jose’s second home game Saturday night, but as an honored guest.
The 2022-23 season’s first weekend at SAP Center will be a great reminder of the transition this franchise is in. For the first time in almost two decades, there is a new general manger. One of his most significant moves was to trade one the best defensemen in franchise and league history.
As the Sharks attempt to avoid missing the playoffs, there are many new players, a new coaching team and lots of uncertainty. Fans are divided over whether they should attempt to snap their streak of postseason losses.
This year is the one that has been the most difficult to predict what will happen in recent club history. This is an ideal time for making predictions ahead of the home opener. What could possibly go wrong?
San Jose has already played two games that count in the standings in Europe, but those contests didn’t give a lot of information away about how this season is going to play out. The lineup and roster are still in flux. New coach David Quinn has still only had four full-team practices — one in Berlin, one in Prague and two this week after returning home from Europe.
What can we expect from the Sharks in this season’s season? Here are 10 guesses, er, bold predictions about what is to come …
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