“Ray Whitney was the easiest guy in the world to coach because all you had to do is tell him he couldn’t do something, and he would,” former Sharks assistant coach and analyst Drew Remenda said in 2010. “That was his motivating factor. His whole life he was told he was too short, too small, too light, too slow.”
Most Fear The Fin readers probably have a Ray Whitney memory or two. After all, he played 1,330 NHL games over 22 seasons, and he only retired at the close of the 2013-14 season. His retirement marked a milestone in Sharks history: he was the final Original Shark to hang up his skates.