Matt Benning

Sharks have chip on their shoulders entering 2023 training camp

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It will be a much different-looking Sharks squad this fall, mainly because Erik Karlsson won’t be around anymore.

Expectations are modest, to be kind, with many predicting the Sharks will finish dead-last in the league. For example, Bovada has San Jose with the worst Stanley Cup odds in the league, tied with the Montreal Canadiens and Arizona Coyotes.

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Of course, for some Sharks fans, that would be good news, as they’re more interested in the team’s 2024 NHL Draft position than a futile chase for the playoffs.

But that’s not acceptable for a proud, older locker room, led by Sharks stalwarts Logan Couture, Tomas Hertl and Marc-Edouard Vlasic, and incoming veterans Anthony Duclair, Mikael Granlund, Mike Hoffman and Jan Rutta.

“I don’t think people are giving us a chance this year. There’s gonna be motivation in this dressing room,” Matt Benning said. “There’s a lot of guys that don’t like what people have to say about us.”

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