Every NHL team’s stated goal for this season is to win the 2017 Stanley Cup. It is a pipe dream for almost half the league, but not for the San Jose Sharks.
San Jose is coming off its first Western Conference championship and has kept most of the team together. Only four players will be 33 years old by the time the 2017 champion is crowned.
That is why it was puzzling the Sharks were not given better odds this summer to win the 2017 Stanley Cup. Still, even teams getting more love are over 80 percent likely to fail.