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It’s time. The season is upon us. The expectations are trending upwards. Alex, Ben, and Colin discuss the preseason and the season ahead.

Winning the 2nd overall pick in the draft lottery! Re-signings! Qualifying offers! Trades! More trades! The Draft! Free Agent signings! An offer sheet that sabotaged a divison opponent in the most hilarious way possible! We have so much to talk about in our mid-offseason check-in. Enjoy!

The season is over. The young players mostly got better. The old vets mostly stank it up. General Manager Mike Grier stood pat at the trade deadline, choosing not to actually manage. And so, the Sharks end up with the 9th overall draft slot and out of the playoffs. We talk about all this and more.

The trade deadline came and went and the Sharks…didn’t do very much. Alex, Ben, and Colin discuss what that means for this season and beyond.

It’s the Olympic Break and there’s no Sharks hockey for…forever. So, Alex, Ben, and Colin take stock of where this team is and where it is likely headed as the trade deadline looms.

Obviously, Alex and Ben had a lot to talk about around the Sharks’ present and future after several podcast-less weeks. One of those things is why the **** the Sharks think they need a Kiefer Sherwood, when the top 9 is already full of guys. Yet, here we are. Enjoy.

Will Smith and Phillip Kurashev are on IR. One of those is because of an uncalled dirty hit. But the end result of the game they both died was a comeback for the ages. Alex, Ben, and Colin talk about all this and the week that was in Sharks’ hockey.

The Sharks had a hot streak in November and found themselves briefly in a playoff spot. Since the hot streak, though, they’ve fallen back a bit to Earth. Alex, Ben, and Colin discuss which team is the real 25-26 San Jose Sharks.

Phillip Kurashev is a very good NHL player and the Chicago Blackhawks were morons to let him go for nothing. With that out of the way (for the mouthbreathers in the sexual assault franchise’s fanbase), Alex, Ben, and Colin talk about Will Smith’s development, the way that Misa and Dick have been…uh…dicked around, and a lot more!

The Sharks had 2 points in 2 games when we put out our first podcast of the year. They still have 2 points after 5 games. Wheeeeee. Alex, Ben, and Colin talk about what’s going wrong already and what could fix it.