Darryl Sutter helped with one Sharks turnaround. Here’s what he said is key to the next resurgence

NHL: Calgary Flames coach led the San Jose Sharks to five straight playoff appearances from 1998 to 2002.

SAN JOSE – When Darryl Sutter became the San Jose Sharks head coach in 1997, then-owner George Gund III and former general manager Dean Lombardi knew it wasn’t going to be easy to turn around the fortunes of a franchise that had sunk to near the bottom of the NHL standings.

The Sharks have salary cap issues with a handful of expensive long-term contracts on the books, and a pending decision to be made on whether to sign or trade leading goal scorer Timo Meier, who is due another pricey deal. Sutter, now 64, took over a Sharks team in 1997 that had finished the season before with a 27-47-8 record – second-worst in the NHL.

By year five under Sutter in 2002, after four straight playoff appearances, the Sharks were a 99-point team that came within a whisker of knocking off the Colorado Avalanche in the second round.

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