It’s good to know that despite finishing at the bottom of the Western Conference, the San Jose Sharks can still instill fear into an NHL front office. In this case, that fear isn’t so much on the ice as it is in marketing, but a win is a win, right?
In this week’s 31 Thoughts blog, Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman focuses on three major topics: the NHL’s Return to Play, John Chayka and the Seattle Kraken.
When it came to picking a name for the Seattle NHL team, it turns out that the front office had the Sharks in mind the whole time — specifically, they wanted to make sure whatever they chose wouldn’t be easy prey for their new division.