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3 Players Who Need “Prove it” Years on the San Jose Sharks

By Lucas Burrell

SAN JOSE, CA - MAY 08: San Jose Sharks players take the ice during game seven of the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs between the Colorado Avalanche and the San Jose Sharks on May 8, 2019 at SAP Center in San Jose, CA. (Photo by Cody Glenn/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
SAN JOSE, CA - MAY 08: San Jose Sharks players take the ice during game seven of the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs between the Colorado Avalanche and the San Jose Sharks on May 8, 2019 at SAP Center in San Jose, CA. (Photo by Cody Glenn/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) /
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SAN JOSE, CA – MAY 11: The San Jose Sharks takes the ice against the St. Louis Blues in Game One of the Western Conference Final during the 2019 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at SAP Center on May 11, 2019 in San Jose, California (Photo by Brandon Magnus/NHLI via Getty Images)
SAN JOSE, CA – MAY 11: The San Jose Sharks takes the ice against the St. Louis Blues in Game One of the Western Conference Final during the 2019 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at SAP Center on May 11, 2019 in San Jose, California (Photo by Brandon Magnus/NHLI via Getty Images) /

With plenty of questions surrounding the roster. Which players will need to prove themselves in order for the San Jose Sharks to have success this season?

The San Jose Sharks are carrying a very talented roster heading into the 2019 – 2020 campaign. However things are going to have to break just right if Team Teal wants to get another shot at the Western Conference Finals.

After taking substantial losses via free agency with the departures of Joe Pavelski, Joonas Donskoi, and Gus Nyquist. The Sharks are hoping that they can replace that level of production internally by giving more opportunities to their younger skaters and overall good health.

This is a huge risk by the Sharks front office but considering how the Team needed to allocate their cap space to retain certain players it’s really all they could do without risking the foundation that the core of this roster has built.

Now with the fate of the season hanging in the balance the San Jose Sharks will be leaning heavily on these specific players if they have any hope of remaining Stanley Cup relevant.

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