With the Sharks set to begin their first round series against the Kings on Thursday and the Barracuda wrapping up their regular season on Sunday, one member of the San Jose family began his playoff push weeks ago. That's Timo Meier — who leads the QMJHL with 16 points in the playoffs as the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies lead Blainville-Boisbriand 2-1 in the second round.
There's a great writeup on the series as it stands right now over on SportsNet — I've included a couple excerpts on Meier.
Two key acquisitions were made to give Rouyn-Noranda more firepower for the playoffs.