Fear The Fin Jun 11, 2019
2018-19 Season Review: Martin Jones and the tale of two goaltenders
Like him or not, the Sharks lived and died by the man in the net. There’s one phrase that perfectly encapsulates Martin Jones’ 2018-19 season: roller coaster. In a way, Jones was the living embodiment of the this year’s San Jose Sharks. He had all the components of a champion, routinely under-performed during the regular season, but caught fire in the playoffs, only to have it snuffed out in brutal fashion. No other Sharks player, not even Erik “Balls of Steel” Karlsson, had a more polarizing campaign than the 29-year-old netminder from North Vancouver. He played in front of...
Fear The Fin Jun 10, 2019
2018-19 Season Review: Aaron Dell, trade bait?
The backup goaltender appears to be nothing more than a backup. What looked like a promising goaltending tandem at the start of the 2018-19 season fell apart — to put it mildly — when it was put into actual game situations. As the Martin Jones review will get into, Jones was much less than reliable this past season. Unfortunately, Aaron Dell regressed as well. Dell played in 25 games in 2018-19 and started in 20 of them. His record, a very blah 10-8-4, comes with a .866 save percentage and 3.17 goals against average. And while raw numbers like save percentage and goals against average...
