The Sharks allowed 326 goals last season, the most since 1995-96. Their two-year total of 641 goals against is the most since the franchise’s first two seasons – years when they won a combined 28 games. Yeah, it was that bad. There’s no way to win when you allow nearly four goals and are outshot by nearly 10 per contest.

San Jose Sharks general manager Mike Grier revealed a few notable players will be absent from the ice when training camp gets underway on Thursday. In a release, Grier stated that captain Logan Couture,

San Jose Sharks began their training camp without captain Logan Couture, Yaroslav Askarov, Shakir Mukhamadullin, and Marc-Edouard Vlasic.

It feels like a new era for the San Jose Sharks. “Feels”, of course, is the operative word — it’s just the first day of training camp. The players can feel it too though, from the addition of top prospects like Macklin Celebrini and Will Smith and Yaroslav Askarov,

San Jose Sharks training camp begins this morning and many questions will be answered before the start of the regular season.

The San Jose Sharks opened training camp Thursday without four injured players, including goalie prospect Yaroslav Askarov, who is out with a lower-body injury, the team announced Thursday morning before taking the ice.

The San Jose Sharks are set to begin camp without four notable players. General manager Mike Grier announced that Yaroslav Askarov, Logan Couture and Shakir Mukhamadullin are out with lower-body injuries,