Those perennial losers have been swept in a series twice in their history. The first time was their 4th season of existence - it happened in the 2nd round to the Cup finalist Red Wings. Then again in 2010 to the Stanley Cup champion Blackhawks. Only once in their history did they lose the first round in 5 games (2012).
Sports are all relative...of course there are 29 losers every year, but at least a few of their fanbases got to enjoy meaningful games in May and June.
Other than Detroit (at least until recently), the Sharks are probably the only team that hasn't endured an extended period of total suckage. The Sharks have never had a 4 year run as bad as the Flames last 4 years (which are far from our worst four years).
Mike Ricci was once actually a handsome man. He traded that in for the game he loved. Our passion for red laundry lead to embarrassing chants, though I probably found them funny when I was 18.
Of course it's just a message board and none of this matters, but IMO hating on JT and the Sharks for only being very, very good is just silly.
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