Please, no more with the “Same ol’ Sharks” line.
Previous drowning playoff editions weren’t this deep. And they didn’t have star players taking a backseat to a 6-foot-5, 230-pound, wild-haired, tattooed, fun-loving, big-swinging defenseman who gets the offense started.
Brent Burns should be a bigger star in the Bay Area, and San Jose getting to the Western Conference finals (and possibly beyond) should finally take care of that.
“He’s wild,” Sharks forward Tommy Wingels said Saturday after practice. “In a good way. He’s all over the ice. He knows when to jump in and he knows when to be aggressive.