Top 5 San Jose Sharks with Something to Prove in 2013

Players nearing the end of their contracts or coming back from injury, especially when unproven or aging, always have the most to prove. The 2013 San Jose Sharks have 16 active players less than two years away from their contracts expiring.

Half of them will play their next contract on the wrong side of 30 years old. Seven of the other eight plus two more under contract beyond the 2013-14 season have had uneven productivity thus far in their careers, and one more is coming off an injury that kept him from even skating for months.

This makes sense on a team that must prove it did not have the most wasted talent in this millennium. The Sharks are one of only three teams (Detroit Red Wings and Philadelphia Flyers) to reach the conference finals three times in the last nine seas...

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