Peter DeBoer, who will shortly be named as the Sharks’ seventh (non-interim) head coach, has done something that the San Jose franchise and former coach Todd McLellan has never done before.
He’s been to the Stanley Cup Finals.
The 46-year-old led the New Jersey Devils to the NHL’s final round in 2012, losing in six games to the Los Angeles Kings. Although the Devils faltered over the next few years and never made it back to the postseason, leading to his firing on December 26, DeBoer was saddled with an increasingly weak roster that never had a chance to legitimately compete for a playoff spot headed into last season.