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Will The Real San Jose Sharks Please Stand Up

12/22/2014 at 2:21pm EST

from Pierre LeBrun of ESPN,

A month ago -- after a Nov. 26 loss to Calgary dropped them to 10-10-4 -- it felt like this might be a cross-roads season for the Sharks after a decade of being among the elite contenders in this league.

The sense was that last spring’s first-round meltdown to Los Angeles, the ensuing off-ice turmoil/drama, and the beginning of a rebuild-on-the-fly would see the Sharks take a step back this season.

Well, that’s how it felt around U.S. Thanksgiving, anyway.

But since that Nov. 26 loss to Calgary, the Sharks have reeled off nine wins in 10 games heading into Monday night’s big tilt at their rival Anaheim Ducks. And the rest of us are left to ponder what the heck we have here with this San Jose squad sitting at 19-11-4 and very much looking playoff-bound.

"It's been nice to be under the radar a little bit, but yeah, we have been playing well," Sharks star center Logan Couture told ESPN.com Monday morning from Anaheim.

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