San Jose Sharks: Dainius Zubrus
While Dainius Zubrus only spent 50 games with the San Jose Sharks, his name is much too majestic not to fit somewhere on this list, aside from the New Jersey Devils’ honorable mentions.
He didn’t have the most noteworthy scoring numbers, especially considering his draft status at 15th overall back in ’96. He did however play in more than 1,200 games and scored over 500 points, including a career-high 60 in 2006-07 and a four-goal effort against the Tampa Bay Lightning in 2008.
He did love to hit also. At this point it shouldn’t be surprising. If you come from the womb with a name sounding like a new breed of beast from the Cretaceous Period, it’s probable you’re prone to being feisty. Jeff Carter found that out the hard way, as he went cruisin’ for a bruisin’ and came face to face with his cruise director Captain Bruisin’.
He’s not all hard potatoes and lemon juice though (whatever that means). In fact, off the ice, Zubrus loves sweetening up some lattes. If you’re like us and have way too much time to waste watching hockey players make coffee, go ahead and click on the link. We’ll wait for you to come back.
Let it be known as well that in-between rounds of coffee grinds and probably pretending to be a T-Rex, Zubrus clearly worked hard at the celly. It’s too bad he didn’t make that his “thing.” The possibilities were endless.
Honorable mentions: Jonathan Cheechoo, Arturs Irbe, Lyndon Byers, Miikka Kiprusoff, Tony Granato, Mike Rathje, Tommy Wingels, Jim Kyte, Dody Wood, Evgeni Nabokov and Patrick Marleau