This offseason felt short for some rea— oh, right.
One month from today, Oct. 12 to be exact, the San Jose Sharks will open the 2016-17 season at home against the Los Angeles Kings. San Jose’s abridged offseason saw a few notable changes and there may be more to come depending on how things shake out in the annual training camp.
Here’s what we know so far:
The defense got better
Blaming the Sharks’ Stanley Cup Final defeat on Roman Polak is too easy and is absolutely unfair, but the bottom defense pairing needed to be better this year.