A San Jose Sharks legend has officially rejoined the team. Patrick Marleau has rejoined the organization as a player development coach and hockey operations advisor, the team announced today.
In his new role, Marleau will collaborate with the Sharks’ development staff, focusing on on-ice skill development for both Sharks prospects and players with the AHL’s San Jose Barracuda. Additionally, he’ll serve as an advisor to Grier and the hockey operations staff.
Grier expressed his excitement about the re-addition of Marleau, a former teammate of his, to the organization:
It’s rare that you get the opportunity to add someone to your organization that brings a level of talent and character like Patrick Marleau. As one of the top players of his generation, Patty possesses an unlimited wealth of institutional knowledge about the game. Perhaps more importantly, he was a cornerstone piece in the Sharks becoming one of the NHL’s most dominant franchises over the last two decades and knows what it takes to win and succeed in the NHL. We are extremely happy to bring Patty back into the Sharks family as we continue building a team that our fans can be proud of.
Marleau’s career in and of itself boasts numerous remarkable achievements, including becoming the NHL’s all-time regular season games played leader surpassing Gordie Howe’s long-standing record of 1,767 games. With an astonishing 1,779 regular season games played, Marleau ranks among the top offensive players in NHL history (among career totals), although his peak may not have been as high as some of his peers.
The former captain will play a pivotal role in developing San Jose’s current class of the future, including forwards Filip Bystedt, Thomas Bordeleau, William Eklund, and defenseman Mattias Havelid.
let’s go patty ! dude is an absolute gem of a human. very happy for him.
What are Marleau’s qualifications in these rolls?
He was once a young promising prospect that transitioned into a prominent professional and had a successful career?
I’d assume his first requirement was determining the difference between roles and rolls. But I’ll stick with cinnamon :)
So another alumni hire and hope it works. Sounds cultish.
Weird, it’s almost like developing in the NHL hockey system makes one qualified to teach in the NHL system. Wilf, I will never understand why they keep passing you up for hire, with your degree in hockey development from Harvard.
I’m just questioning Marleau’s hiring with NO experience, I can see why Sharks fans wouldn’t question it, They are used to there team swimming on the ocean floor.
Great. Another former Shark to show young developing players how NOT to win a Cup
Now this I can agree with, never understood why teams were taking on Joe Thornton for their cup runs… if anything it’s way more pressure in the room I would think…. You look across at Joe rubbing A5-35 and think, we better make this chance count! No pressure at all……
You can certainly see my concern, The Sharks current business model isn’t unlike the state of California’s business model and currently both entities are a disaster.