Sharks’ all-2000s team: Franchise icons dominate the first line, but who makes the second?

This is the second in a series on the major Bay Area pro teams’ top performers of the last 25 years. The all-2000s 49ers were unveiled yesterday, and the Giants and Warriors will come next week.

SAN JOSE — The San Jose Sharks became one of the NHL’s top feel-good stories during the 1990s.

They put down roots and grew the game in a non-traditional hockey market, played before sold-out crowds inside a new downtown arena, won two playoff series in stunning fashion, had fans do ‘the chomp’ at the start of each power play...