http://www.thefeeder.com TheFeeder is the web's premier San Jose Sharks information website. http://www.thefeeder.com/images/misc/rss_icon.gif http://www.thefeeder.com 31 31 http://www.thefeeder.com/story/2010/10-0901-01.htm The Sharks mundane offseason got a little spicier on Wednesday. After team President Greg Jamison announced that he would be stepping down from his post, a report surfaced that the Sharks were on the verge of signing former Chicago Blackhawks goaltender Antti Niemi to a one-year, $2 million contract. http://www.thefeeder.com/story/2010/10-0829-01.htm Hockey is on the horizon folks. Training camp is right around the corner, followed by the Sharks 20th NHL season and crack at conquering Lord Stanley's Cup. I've seen a few questions regarding how training camp works and the best way for hockey fans to partake in the preseason festivities, so I thought I'd throw together something. If you have other suggestions or comments, feel free to post them in the message boards. http://www.thefeeder.com/story/2010/10-0727-01.htm Much can be said about how the Sharks defense failed to contain the Chicago Blackhawks in the Western Conference Finals last spring. Many expected the Blackhawks to create mismatch issues because of their team speed, but when the dust settled, the Sharks succumbed to a flurry of point deflections and interior goal scoring by Chicago's 2nd and 3rd line forwards. http://www.letsgosharks.com/story/2010/10-0712-01.htm The Chicago Blackhawks responded to the Niklas Hjalmarsson signing by the Sharks last Friday by announcing that they would be matching the 4 year, $14 million offer extended to the defenseman by San Jose general manager Doug Wilson. At least, that's the plan. Chicago GM Scotty Bowman said that the Blackhawks are set trying to keep their core together, and that Hjalmarsson is part of that core. http://www.thefeeder.com/story/2010/10-0711-01.htm When the Sharks bowed out of the playoffs this past spring, it was the end of another season that fell short of the goal of a Stanley Cup championship. And the Sharks unfortunately renewed their membership in that exclusive club of teams that have never been to the Stanley Cup Finals.