BOSTON — Four weeks in, and already it seems like the Sharks’ season has reached a critical stage.
At 4-8-1, either they’ll turn their season around in November when they play 11 of 15 games at home, or continue to dig themselves a hole they can’t escape.
October was a brutal month, no question. Nine of their 13 games were away from home, and seven of their nine losses have come against teams presently in a playoff spot.
But no one’s fooling themselves at this point, not after a 1-3-1 road trip exposed a number of problems.