Sheng’s Daily: Gabriel Is Sharks’ King Clancy Nominee

The AHL Pacific Division play-in tournament has begun, and the San Jose Barracuda are off to a good start with a 2-1 victory over Tucson…but do the Barracuda actually want to be play?

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The Locked On Sharks guys discuss the San Jose Sharks’ state of the franchise:

State of the Franchise

In other San Jose Sharks news…

Congratulations, Kurtis Gabriel!

Thank you!! @SanJoseSharks https://t.co/1craMhxTBJ

— Kurtis Gabriel (@kurtisgabriel) May 18, 2021

A Vancouver victory yesterday means that the San Jose Sharks have the seventh-best chance to win the Draft lottery. That’s the good news. The bad news is, the Sharks were the 26th-worst team in the NHL this season.

🙂 pic.twitter.com/g2SDYd2Jns

— Kyle Demetrius (@KyleDemetrius) May 19, 2021

Around the NHL…

Here are the other King Clancy nominees:

The @NHL has announced the 31 team nominees for the 2020-21 King Clancy Memorial Trophy. https://t.co/wUTwTrd4xi #NHLAwards pic.twitter.com/mt3bwJ5MgF

— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) May 18, 2021

Jeff Blashill will return for his seventh season behind the Red Wings bench. (Detroit Free Press)

Also back: Jim Benning in Vancouver. (Sportsnet)

Rick Tocchet has interviewed with both the Rangers and the Kraken. (New York Post)

Dr. Howard Njoo, Canada’s deputy chief public health officer, says allowing fans into games is not under “serious consideration” at this point of the pandemic. (TSN)

However, Montreal says they’re going to have fans… (Sportsnet)

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