Wanted: Ambitious and talented individual for leadership position. Must possess charisma, confidence, a proven pedigree of success, and a dominating slap shot? San Jose Sharks' defenseman and 2009-10 captain Rob Blake called it a career Wednesday night, ending ... (Continue reading)
According to NHL.com, citing a report from Comcast Sports Net Bay Area, Rob Blake will announce his retirement in the days following the NHL Stanley Cup Finals that ended tonight. He is a no-brain Hall of Fame inductee. Blake ... (Continue reading)
This is the follow-up question on the lack of objectivity in the organisation; for part one, see my companion piece on Shark-Infested Blogger. As always, my contributions to the interview are in italics, and Mr. Hahn's responses ... (Continue reading)
By virtue of being born in the Bay Area the same year that the then expansion San Jose Sharks were born (1991), I have naturally followed the team my entire life. Granted, my memory of the early years '91-'98 is a ... (Continue reading)
The Sharks have 20 players whose contracts expire, including some minor leaguers with NHL experience and a dozen who played significant roles for San Jose this season. Many will earn more than the contracts they had, so it will be ... (Continue reading)
When the San Jose Sharks decided to take the captaincy away from five-year captain Patrick Marleau last offseason, almost the entire fanbase was in agreement as to who should handle the role. Of course, it’s a no brainer; Dan Boyle ... (Continue reading)
If you recall from the last article, Randy Hahn seemed to think I was laying quite a bit of the blame for the team's failure to win the Stanley Cup on Evgeni Nabokov. Many of you know that I, in ... (Continue reading)
I have presented this portion of the interview unedited, even to the degree that words spoken while one considers a point, such as "um," "you know," etc., are included. I want the reader get the genuine feel of the interview ... (Continue reading)
The San Jose Sharks are currently in the beginning stages of an offseason that is already the most talked about offseason in franchise history. Considering that their captain Rob Blake, leading goal scorer Patrick Marleau, and starting net-minder Evgeni Nabokov ... (Continue reading)
The following is the second question I posed to Sharks play-by-play announcer Randy Hahn and his response. To see the first question and answer, please check out the article at Shark-Infested Blogger . On a nearly daily basis, the next ... (Continue reading)