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San Jose Sharks Hockey is Back Baby!

By Steve Fishman

SAN JOSE, CA - APRIL 30: San Jose Sharks right wing Timo Meier (28) celebrates his goal with teammates in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs-Second Round between the Vegas Golden Knights and the San Jose Sharks on April 30, 2018 at the SAP Center in San Jose, CA. (Photo by Douglas Stringer/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
SAN JOSE, CA - APRIL 30: San Jose Sharks right wing Timo Meier (28) celebrates his goal with teammates in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs-Second Round between the Vegas Golden Knights and the San Jose Sharks on April 30, 2018 at the SAP Center in San Jose, CA. (Photo by Douglas Stringer/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) /
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PHILADELPHIA, PA – NOVEMBER 28: Antoine Bibeau #34 of the San Jose Sharks warms up against the Philadelphia Flyers on November 28, 2017 at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Len Redkoles/NHLI via Getty Images)
PHILADELPHIA, PA – NOVEMBER 28: Antoine Bibeau #34 of the San Jose Sharks warms up against the Philadelphia Flyers on November 28, 2017 at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Len Redkoles/NHLI via Getty Images) /

Goalie-Antoine Bibeau

One of the more underrated scenes to unfold out of Sharks camp is the Goalie situation. Martin Jones and Aaron Dell lead what are one of the better goalie groups in the NHL (MARTIN JONES IS A TOP TEN GOALIE, DON’T @ ME!). Jones and Dell have the starting and back up jobs locked up, but like every season, guys get banged up and teams are going to need guys from the AHL to fill in certain spots here and there.

Antoine Bibeau is the clear third guy on the roster now that Troy Grosenick was traded to Nashville along with Enforcer Brandon Bollig for a sixth round pick.

Bibeau, who signed as a non tendered free agent from the Toronto Marlies (Maple Leafs), on July 1 2017 hit the ground running with The Barracuda last season. In his 43 starts Bibeau averaged 2.37 goals against, along with pushing a .919 Sv% to boot.

The Quebec native is expected to do more of the same in the AHL this season, but in the case that Dell or Jones god forbid go down, it will be the 25-year-old Bibeau’s name as the first phone call to replace one of those two net-minders.

I’m interested to see Bibeau’s performance tonight against a very good, very skilled young Anaheim roster.

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