Can you imagine Patrick Marleau on the New York Islanders? It could’ve happened if the Islanders had their way, according to their then-assistant general manager Mike...
How close were the San Jose Sharks to drafting Scott Niedermayer over Pat Falloon? “It was split,” then-San Jose GM Jack Ferreira recalled to San Jose...
If Ray Payne had his way, Chris Pronger would’ve been drafted by the San Jose Sharks. Going into the 1993 Draft, the Sharks held the second-overall...
The San Jose Sharks have never drafted a goaltender in the first round. They’ve never even drafted a goaltender in the second round. In fact, they’re...
In the summer of 1996, the San Jose Sharks called Ray Payne back. Payne was Hockey Canada’s Director of Scouting, but before that, he had been...
Before Ray Payne joined the expansion San Jose Sharks as a full-time scout in September 1990, he was a part-time math teacher. Who knew, about a...
