Marleau Looks Back, Why Will This Year Be Different for Jones?

Welcome to Day 2 of San Jose Sharks’ training camp!

These were actually the Sharks’ first official on-the-ice sessions since the pause in the 2019-20 NHL season on Mar. 11. It’s been nine months!

Here were the on-the-ice groups, these will change a little from day to day.

A couple interesting notes: Patrick Marleau said he practiced next to center Dylan Gambrell and John Leonard in Group 1 this morning. Noah Gregor also played center in that group.

This corroborates what Bob Boughner said last week, about Gambrell and Gregor being in the mix for the very open third-line center competition. The injured Alex True will also be right there as well when he begins training camp, hopefully in a matter of days.

Also, a worthwhile sidebar for San Jose fans hungry for some Sharks action:

Good news! #SJSharks say they want to stream both Teal-White scrimmages (Jan. 8 and Jan. 10). Not confirmed yet pending Ice Den technological logistics — but we might be getting some Sharks hockey before Jan. 14!

— Sheng Peng (@Sheng_Peng) January 1, 2021

Today, Martin Jones spoke about his off-season preparations, Patrick Marleau talked about how this lay-off compared to the 2012-13 and 2004-05 lockouts, Fredrik Handemark discussed the art of the faceoff, Jake Middleton revealed how he changed his game this off-season, and Bob Boughner gave us some insight on why Gambrell might have a leg up in the 3C competition, along with why he might be going with Marc-Edouard Vlasic-Erik Karlsson as a pairing again. Also, we make a guess on what the Sharks’ power play units will be.

Boughner on Vlasic-Karlsson, Why Gambrell Might Have Leg Up for 3C

Handemark Steps in, Middleton Bulks Up