Last Word on Hockey’s Puck Drop Previews are back for the 2025-26 season! As the regular season approaches, Last Word will preview each team’s current outlook and stories to watch for the upcoming year. We’ll also do our best to project how things will go for each team throughout the campaign. Today, we’re previewing the 2025-26 San Jose Sharks.
2025-26 San Jose Sharks
2024-25 Season Recap
The San Jose Sharks finished the 2024-25 season with a 20-50-12 record, good for 52 points and at the bottom of the Western Conference as well as the leauge. While the results on the ice were still far from playoff contention, the season was defined less by wins and losses and more by progress in the rebuild.
The highlight of the year was the arrival of Macklin Celebrini, the first-overall pick in th