Well it will be tough for the Sharks to repeat, just because that never happens, but they could easily be better than where they finished the regular season last year.
Getting Kozlov and Yashin as free agents helped a lot. Up until free agency the Sharks were looking a little thin, but then they landed a few players and picked up Frolov and all of the sudden they're pretty deep up front. And the D is as good and as deep as any other team. Getting Pronger was a huge improvement.
The only question marks to me are the health/status of Forseberg, the health of Gagne, and whether or not Osgood can carry the load. If those three factors go the Sharks way they should be very good this season.
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