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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18

Only remaining team from the 1967 expansion that has yet to win a Stanley Cup, even though they've been a pretty good franchise for pretty much their entire history in the NHL.

Originally Posted by FireGilbert

Technically the Sharks have a loose connection to the 1967 expansion Golden Seals too.

I think I will be cheering for the Blues from here on. They are the team that has been in the league the longest without a Cup. If any fan base is "deserving" it is them.

Yep, that was quite a circle route to having a hockey team return to the Bay area. The Golden Seals leave Oakland, become the Cleveland Barons, and then merge with the Minnesota North Stars and remain in the Twin Cities. Here are two of the better explanations and a key quote of the Sharks and Seals history from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleveland_Barons_(NHL) and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991_N...pansion_Drafts

"The league arranged a special dispersal and expansion draft in which the Sharks claimed 16 North Stars players in a dispersal draft, with both teams then allowed to choose players in an expansion draft. Although the NHL considers the Sharks to be a separate franchise from the Seals/Golden Seals/Barons, the dispersal to San Jose had the effect of reversing the original Barons-North Stars merger, with the Sharks occupying the same market as the Golden Seals did prior to their move to Cleveland."