CSN Bay Area · May 26, 2020
NHL draft lottery: How Sharks will be impacted by league's new setup
Sharks 2019-20 Season Review: What went wrong?24 NHL teams can now turn their full attention to the restarting of the currently-paused season. The Sharks are not one of them.
Having slipped into last place in the Western Conference just prior to the indefinite pause due to the coronavirus pandemic, San Jose did not qualify for the expanded postseason structure NHL commissioner Gary Bettman described Tuesday. The Sharks' season, as well as those of the Detroit Red Wings, Ottawa Senators, Los Angeles Kings, Anaheim Ducks, New Jersey Devils and Buffalo Sabres, are now over.
Which means, it's time to turn their attention to the offseason.