Sharks Playoff Drought Hits 5 Seasons, a Look at Where They are in the Process 

The SJSharks have relieved David Quinn of his head coaching duties.

Mike Grier was waiting for this video to be published before ............. 😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁

That’s hilarious that this goes up just as they fire Quinn.

Okay Shannon, keep telling us your videos don’t have powers 😂

Unbelievable timing lmao

It's as if Mike Greer saw the part at 1:34, started cackling maniacally, and then called David Quinn into his office.

The timing of this video is just too funny

As a sharks fan thank you for the content Shannon. Really hope hockey Gods do us right in the lottery lol

I'm from the northern Calif. bay area. Long suffering Sharks fan. Thanks for making my day. You are a great prognosticator Mr. Hockey Guy. However your timing on this 1 was slightly off. LOL. :)

Oh my god Hockey Guy. David Quinn got fired halfway through the video.

next season sharks shouldn’t focus on wins or losses, the biggest focus is to add to their prospect pool and continue to develop their guys, and focus on reducing the goals agains and adding some more goals for. I would be ok with 18 wins if we could get the +\- to under 115. That to me would be progress

I get that a lot of people aren’t super happy with some of the moves GMMG has made but he had a tough job coming in to SJ. He basically had to rip up all the BS that was the foundation of this team. The fact that he got us out of some of our worst contracts without giving up any major assets, netted us a ton of draft capitol, including multiple first round picks for the next few years and drastically improved our prospect pool is a win in my book. Also it’s not fun but we are locked in with the best odds at first overall after this year. Give this man about 3 years and see where the team is at. The tear down portion is pretty much over now we really get to see how hell handle the rebuild.

Always liked the Sharks jerseys, great colors, great logo. Nabokov was one of my favorites to watch. Hope they figure things out and get better.

What impeccable timing

Grier said Barabanov, Hoffman, Labanc will all walk

Hey HG, I am seeing this post late so the Sharks did part ways with David Quinn and I completely agree with you. In fact I pretty much said the same thing in live chat with my favorite Sharks podcast @TheFinFactor. I don't think there is a coach on earth who could have done much more with this version of the Sharks and the injuries and whatever behind the scenes nonsense Coach Quinn was dealing with. Purely speculating but, I think Coach Quinn came close to if he did not actually lose the ear of his team. If a team tunes you out as a coach you are done at any level, any sport. I also completely agree with Vegas' situation financially. This is a common story with championship teams in any sport with a salary cap isn't it? You manage to assemble a great team and they pull of the championship run and the week after the championship, after the victory parade and the champagne straight away the team begins to be disassembled. Almost immediately key players and coaches get poached by other teams trying to bolster their own team and simultaneously tearing your team down. The teams in leagues that have a salary cap use accounting tricks and what not to build a great roster that cannot be held together past the current year so straight away teams have to figure out who to keep and who to let go. Secretly it would be cool if Vegas traded Hertl back to us but, I can't imagine that being a particularly great option for Hertl or the Sharks given how far we are from being a decent team let alone a team that can vie for a play off spot! Just imagine if the Blackhawks or Kings had been able to keep those teams intact from their first championships? Both those teams were pretty great and I would expect at least one more championship for each would have been completely within the realm of possibility. Since you posted this we have also parted ways with Hoffman, Lebank and Barabanov so add that money to our dollars under the cap and we are in a very good place to negotiate for some solid NHLers to help bolster this team. I think it highly unlikely that we will be able to acquire a top 6 forward or a top pairing D-man but, I fully expect that Grier will make every effort to bring in a bottom 9 forward (possibly) bottom 6 for sure and a bottom 3 defensemen which we desperately need. Grier's modus operendi has been to bring in solid veteran's give them tons of ice time to bolster and reinvigorate their careers and then assuming the player in question does not go Hoffman on us flip them to a play off team at the deadline and I fully expect this pattern to continue for at least two more seasons while Grier does what San Jose has never done and that is fully stock our feeder system with prospects. We have never had a proper feeder system as we were 20 straight seasons in the play offs under Doug Wilson and every season Wilson was robing the farm to bolster the team for a play off run. Consequently our cupboard was virtually bare when Grier took over. Not completely but, when you shut the cupboard door there was an ominous echo of emptiness excepting the spiders and rodents living in there! We are dealing with a ton of variables on next season's team to try to predict what their performance might be HG but, I think there is the possibility of a strong rebound though it would take a minor miracle (with or without fantastic special effects ahaha) for us to actually nip into the play offs again. If I was forced to bet I would bet heavily against us being in the play offs next season. I think anywhere from 5 to 10 wins at most is a fair expectation for improvement over this season. If we have another train wreck of a season and wind up last again I think Grier will be hard pressed to keep his job though I like his plan and hope like hell we stick to the plan with him as our GM. I think the casual, bandwagon barbarian fans are at the gate and are doing what the casual "fan" does. "Quinn sucks fire him! Grier sucks get rid of him! How much pressure can Hasso Platner withstand with the season ticket holders and the barbarians at the gate? I think Quinn was sacrificed to mollify the barbarians and it was undeserved. When I watched Mike Grier's press conference after the firing honestly, he looked very tired and I thought twice he almost broke down. He and Quinn are personnel friends and I think one was in the others wedding even? Anyway, getting down from my soapbox HG and apologies for blathering on man but, as you can tell I talk too much and love the Sharks! Long live the HG! Peter St. John Clovis, CA

Great timing 🤓

Extra! Extra! Quinn sues the hockey guy over lost job!

Sabres fan here , 5 years in a row is childs play ! Try 13 straight years !😊

It's going to be a long decade. Go Sharks.✌️🇺🇲

The Pavelski curse, no playoffs since letting Captain America walk

Drove through San Jose yesterday.. went to Santa frickin Cruz 🏄 🦈😎

that escalated quickly

Thanks for your Sharks coverage! 🦈

Hertl is so lucky and happy to be in Vegas playing his first playoff game in 5 years Edit: Uh oh David...

You have great timeing when it comes to teams making coaching changes

So San Jose got a "Meets Expectations" on its evaluation.

Great timing!

Is San Jose a large enough market to be gifted the #1 pick, or will Gary give another one to Chicago?

You're no longer The Hockey Guy, you're the Hockey Wizard. My God, what timing...

Great break down

Hi Shannon... I used to be a pretty avid hockey fan until the 04-05 lockout then kinda lost interest the following years. I stumbled upon your channel a few months ago and you have singlehandedly resurrected me as a Hockey fan! Currently going back and watching your old videos regarding the Sharks so I can be somewhat informed when the season starts. You are doing hockey fans a great service with your content so keep up the great work!

Crazy, literally the second you said Quinn should still be their coach next year i get a notification from ESPN that Quinn was just fired.

As a Sharks fan, the timing of this video had me laughing. Shannon we need a David Quinn fired video now lol

I've been waiting for this one

This was my first season working for the sharks (as a videographer) and this is the best season recap I'll ever get. Definitely put things in perspective appreciate your work!

Grier def saw this and went “oh wait I forgot to go do that”

Well I guess I’ll just ignore the part about David Quinn and continue watching this

UN-BE-LIEVABLE timing!

Granlund seems to be a perfect 1C for a team in deep rebuilt.

Sharks are two years away from being two years away 😔 it’s a shame they couldn’t get it done with all the great teams they had pre 2018

Mike Grier has Shannon's house bugged - confirmed.

In under 30 minutes this video is already outdated. 😂😂😂

I loved the Timo Meier trade. I feel that Shakir Mukhamudullin can be a top 4 defenceman and Zetterlund looked pretty good.

The hockey gods love timing. lol

No one pumps out content like THG😮❤

LMFAO THE SHARKS FIRED QUINN

Perfect timing ;)

the timing LOL

Wow this did not age well

The curse of the hand pass. That was the last playoff game they won.

I think they gonna promote Warsofsky to Head Coach, cuz his name has been out there for years on becoming a first time HC. Keep an eye out for Jay Leach too.

Shannon I don’t believe you curse anything BUT THE TIMING IS SO FUNNY

Yeah ... About David Quinn

When you said david quinn should be the head coach next season I started to laugh

I still believe the Sharks will win the cup this year.

And bang on Cue, David Quinn has been told to jog on.

Ill always love their jerseys

Great analysis, 100% agree. Clearly made before the firing of Quinn. I think next year will be completely dependent on the new coach. I’d love to hear your thoughts.

Speed up the rebuild process ...........I like the sound of that !

I’m alright with Cooley, with all the troubles in front of the net I’m not gonna give any of the sharks’ goaltenders too much shit for their performance this past season

Well well well….. what a convenient timing Grier

lol @hockey guy yup San Jose watched this immediately and thought there is a problem, let’s fire the coach

would love a Sharks-revisited video now that they have the number 1 overall pick and fired quinn

Expect a lot of pain. Rebuilding this to a playoff team will take 5 years minimum

Honestly that fact that Blackwood had a .899 save% is nothing short of remarkable, i would have expected it to be sooo much worse

That was a rough season to endure but I give them top marks for competing so well even in bad losses. Certain players did well enough to attract notice and go to playoff-bound teams or at least to teams not in a full rebuild (New Jersey etc.) and in doing so the Sharks continue to stock their cupboard of draft picks. And there’s good young talent there already proving they are part of brighter future days; a few vets up front and on the back end couldn’t hurt as Vlasic etc. won’t be there but so many more years. Little disappointed that Quinn was let go; I thought he handled last season’s turmoil rather well, calmly. I suppose they really want to reset fully in San Jose.

Most likely Barabanov is going somewhere else...Grier specifically said the team would be moving on from Barbie, Hoffman, and Labanc in free agency.

Trading Hertl i can understand but trading him in the division is crazy but trading him to Vegas of all teams i mean if you're going to trade him trade him to the east i mean send him to Carolina or if you wanted to keep him in the west trade him to like winnipeg especially with the amount of time left on the deal to me trading him to Vegas was just nuts

1:36 LMAOOOO Can’t make this up. Wrong again, Shannon!

I'm actually shocked they fired him. Where did they expect him to finish? Couture out all season, everyone else traded. Chicago at least has Bedard. Maybe they are going to get Jay Woodcroft back???

Sharks saw this video then fired Quinn an hour later.

As a Sharks fan wexare still so spoiled at how .any times wwve been in the playoffs.

Just you watch Cellebrini go to the hawks and the sharks just detonate into memedom

right when you release this video they make a coaching change

*cries in shork*

Shannon to coach the Sharks!

Steve Dangle podcast level timing lol

Do the Sabres and Blue Jackets please

Sharks might be in the Process of Moving to Quebec. 🤣 Los Angeles Says “ Hi! “

GO SHARKS! 🦈🦈🦈🦈

Please live stream the draft and call Macklin for us :)))) Use your powers for good!

They canned Ray Tufts too!?!

Talk about timing

THG just got Quinn fired 😂😂😂

We need and deserve Celebrini who already resides in the Bay Area and was a Jr Shark

This just after the news of David Quinn's firing was released.

Idk if this is too early, but .... PLD to SJS inc?

You post this video then the Sharks fire Quinn, I guess you jinxed it lol

What are Grier's credentials?

I bleed teal and hoping so much that we land Celebrini 🙏

Shannon that picture is of the player that has not been a good captain in many fans opinions!

I guess they are going to hire Bowman .lol

You post this all most exactly when Quinn was fired

The Hockey Guy strikes again! This time David Quinn suffers the curse.

The Sharks could rebuild quicker than I think folks give em credit for. Clearing as much cap space as they have they could go for a Vegas style of trading futures and building around the few pillars in their core. I think Buffalo/Anaheim have proven that rebuilding by developing your own core from the draft can present its own risk. Your team suffers from all this time spent on developing for players that can fizzle. If you trade prospects for proven/scouted NHLers in teams that are in tight cap spaces it can be lucrative with a quicker turn around.

As a Sabres fan the sharks having nothing to worry about.

Go 🦈

Oof, he just missed David Quinn getting fired

Sharky Shark. Shark Whalberg. Potential renames for the Sharks mascot.